Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Keynotes • Shanghai, China: Digital Learning Summit Conference, 2011 • Caracas, Venezuela: VenTESOL Conference, 2010 • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: NERALLT Conference, 2006 • Austin, Texas: TexTESOL Conference, 1997 • National University of Singapore: ITELL Conference on Information Technology, 1997 • Harvard College Libraries, Cambridge, MA: Gateways Conference, 1993 Selected Conference Papers •Interactivity and Digital Content in 2015: Illustrations and Reflections, FLEAT VI Conference, Harvard University, 2015 •Perceptual Computing and "Sensing" Technologies, CALICO, (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium), Denver, CO, 2015 •Multimodal Interfaces: Blending Gaze, Gesture, Movement and Speech to Overcome the Limitations of Keyboard, Mouse, & Touchscreen, WorldCALL, Glasgow, Scotland, 2013 •ICALL (Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning) Applications: The Integration of Handwriting Recognition and the Haptics of Learning,” invited paper at TESOL Academic Session, 2012 •Paper-based Computing, CALICO, (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium), Victoria, Canada, 2011 •Using Technology for Conversation Analysis of Second Language Classroom Discourse, CALICO, Amherst, Massachusetts, 2010 •The Emergent Role of Educators in Evolving E-Learning Environments, invited paper at TESOL Academic Session, (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), Boston, 2010 •How Technologies of the Future will Shape our Teaching: Mobile and Social Technologies,” invited paper at TESOL Academic Session, Denver, 2009 •Speech Analytics Software: Content AND Speech Recognition, TESOL, (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), New York, 2008 •Machine Translation Technologies and the Future of Multilingualism, IALLT, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2007 •What Can Some of the Emerging Technologies Do for Language Literacy? invited paper for the Language & Literacy Department, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2007
Obtained grants and technology loans for research involving closed-captioning, video concordancing, and speech analysis from Apple Computer, IBM, Exxon Educational Foundation, Tandberg, Dragon Naturally Speaking ($289,000 between 1981-1993) Co-interviewed and co-hired senior faculty (200+ experienced teachers) with two other colleagues, 1981-1993 Director of ESL/ EFL teacher-training program (750+ novice teachers and graduate students), 1981-1993 Responsible for all teacher evaluation (formative and summative)