ELT Calendar

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Oxford Teaching Workshop Series 2011: A New Start for English in Japan (Okayama)
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, Kevin Churchley, Caroline Marie Gerner
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Whether you are teaching at elementary school, or teaching elementary school-aged students, you will find informative presentations on this year's Oxford Teaching Workshop Series to meet your needs.

Publishing - Past, Present and Future
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Steve King, Pearson Education
Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Short description: For Nagasaki JALT's first full meeting of 2011, we are very happy to invite back a popular past presenter. Steve King is the Market Research Manager for Pearson Education in the Asia Pacific and has worked in the field of educational publishing for eight years.

Publishing: Past, Present and Future
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Steve King (Pearson Education)
Organization: Fukuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Short description: How did educational publishing get to where it is today? What is the current state of educational publishing in terms of where authors, publishers, educators and students stand? How will this look in five, ten or fifteen years from now and what clues do we have today that can shape any predictions we can make about the future?In this talk, the presenter will take a short tour through the history of how educational publishing has developed into the multi-billion dollar industry it is today and examine several case studies from the present that make up a snapshot of how this industry will grow and develop in the coming years.

Personal Learning Networks - The What, Why and How
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Darren Elliott
Organization: Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Short description: The idea of the Personal Learning Network (PLN) is not, in itself, new. However Web 2.