ECHNOLOGY: TOOL OR METHOD?
A Satellite Broadcast Discussion2 p.m. EDT, April 12, 2001Sponsored by the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and in collaborationwith Washington and Lee University and Duke University, the teleconference is to be broadcast over theNorth American continent free of charge to any and all interested parties, educators, and otherwise.It is being labeled a Baker’s Dozen Roundtable Discussion and is to be an assemblage of 13 experts in thefields of applied linguistics, pedagogy, and/or technology who promote technology’s use in the broad spec-trum of teaching methodologies and who will respond to and comment upon questions and statements fromviewers regarding approaches to technology as well as methods, applicability, feasibility, productivity, andfrugality of technology.Emphasis in the discussion will be (1) theory and practice in technology, (2) expected and assured outcomeswith technology use, (3) the changes in knowledge acquisition as it pertains to the technological interface,and (4) technology as a transparent tool and/or method.Questions and statements are being solicited from potential viewers beginning March 12 , and these ques-tions and statements will be the basis for the discussion and commentary by the Baker’s Dozen RoundtableDiscussion. Questions and commentary should be submitted via electronic mail to
toolormethod@wlu.edu.
Never, since technology’s inception as we know it, has there been such a highly-qualified and respectedgroup brought together to discuss issues that are so timely and pertinent. For today’s educators, this is onesatellite teleconference you will not want to miss.The teleconference will be viewed in AC-236, where you will be able to communicate via phone or e-mailwith the presenters, should the opportunity arise during the discussion.
REMINDER
• Put this in your calendar.• Send in your questions now.• Phone 2073 to reserve a seat.• Attend the discussion on Maundy Thursday at 2 p.m. in AC-236
The Bakers Dozen
Ms. Pegge J. Abrams, DirectorLanguage Learning CenterDuke UniversityDr. Bryan AlexanderAssistant Professor of EnglishCentenary College of LouisianaDr. Robert Blake, DirectorUniversity of California Consortium onLanguage Learning and TeachingUC, DavisProfessor Miriam CarlisleABD Harvard UniversityVisiting Instructor in the ClassicsWashington and Lee UniversityDr. Lise DesmaraisLanguage Teaching SpecialistCanadian Foreign Service InstituteDr. Robert FisherExecutive DirectorCALICODr. Nina GarrettDirector of Language StudyYale UniversityDr. P. Richard (Dick) KuettnerCoordinator and HostWashington and Lee UniversityDr. Jerry Larson, DirectorHumanities Research CenterBrigham Young UniversityDr. Jimmie PurserProfessor of Computer ScienceMillsaps CollegeDr. Clare TuftsDirector of French Language ProgramDuke UniversityProfessor Ken’ichi Ujie, ChairEast Asian Languages and LiteraturesWashington and Lee UniversityDr. Clara YuC.V. Starr Professor of LinguisticsMiddlebury College

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