ACTC 2013

The Third Annual Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom, from April 25-28 2013, at the Ramada Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

CONFERENCE THEME: "The Impact of Innovation: Technology and You"

Technology is all around us. Long gone are the days when we could just walk into a classroom with a handful of papers and a piece of chalk. Even if we are in an environment that is lacking resources, our students with mobile phones, internet café, and social networking, are exposed to technology daily. And new uses of technology are being introduced daily. These new uses show how innovation and creativity go hand-in-hand. We invite language educators, administrators, policy makers, and others to join us at ACTC2013 as we examine technology’s impact upon our classrooms, share what innovations we are currently implementing, and look to the future imagining the role technology will play in education.

Special Theme: "The Impact of Innovation: Technology and You"

The conference theme is "The Impact of Innovation: Technology and You" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to technology in the classroom, including the following streams:

Beyond Web 2.0 Computer Adaptive Testing Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Digital literacy e-Assessment and new Assessment Theories and Methodologies e-learning and collaborative learning Education in a virtual world Future Classrooms Human computer interaction Instructional Technology Integrating e-learning in classroom based language teaching Interactive Whiteboard technologies (Blackboard, WebCT, etc.) Language Labs Learning Systems Platforms Mobile learning Mobile technologies Moodle and Classroom Teaching Multimedia New Technologies Open and distance learning technologies Social networking Support Centers Teaching online Telecollaboration Video Podcasting Virtual and personal learning environments Virtual Communities Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom Web-based Learning Web-based Writing Education Wikis, Blogs, and Online Journals

Extended Deadline for submission of abstracts:  March 1 2013 Results of abstract reviews returned to authors: Within two weeks of submitting an abstract Deadline for submission of full papers: June 1 2013 Deadline for full conference registration payment for all presenters: April 1 2013 ACTC Conference: April 25-28 2013

Confirmed Featured Speakers

Steve Cornwell Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka Jogakuin University

Insung Jung Professor of Education, The International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

Eiko Kato President and Professor, Osaka Jogakuin University, Japan

Lisa Donohoe Luscombe Education Program Associate and Project Manager, The English Language and Nonproliferation (ELAN) Program, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA

Dr Shamim Ali Lecturer, National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan

Steven Herder Assistant Professor, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan

Barbara B. Lockee Professor of Instructional Design and Technology Associate Director of Educational Research and Outreach in the School of Education, Virginia Tech, USA

Marjo Hannele Mitsutomi Professor and Head of English Language Teaching Practices and the Language Development Intercultural Studies Center, Akita International University, Japan

Thomas Robb Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan