Virtually Connecting Session

We’re excited to be Virtually Connecting, a learning community that connects onsite conference presenters and attendees with virtual participants, from JALT2018 (#JALT2018). Sunday November 25th 2018 Starting at 2:20pm Shizuoka, Japan Standard Time
Meeting with plenary speakers Judith B. O’Loughlin (@judyoloughlin) and Lindsay Clandfield (@lclandfield). Naomi Fujishima, Parisa Mehran (@ParisaMehran), and Jason Wolfe (@jasondwolfe) will be onsite buddies with virtual buddies Wendy Taleo (@wentale) and Laurent Carlier (@inovateach).
If you’re interested in having conversations with some of the folks onsite, tweet to @vconnecting or leave a comment on this blog post.
Want to know more about Virtually Connecting? Read more at the website.
 
Livestream Schedule & Recording at JALT2018
 
We are planning to live-stream the following sessions on the conference Twitter page (@JALTConference) and record them. The recordings will be available on JALT’s YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/jaltYTchan) after the conference.
Saturday Schedule
Time (JST)
Speaker
Title
Format
9:45 – 10:45 AM
Larsen-Freeman, Diane
Including All Students: A Complex Systems Perspective
Plenary Session
12:45 – 1:45 PM
Bao, Dat
Creative Use of Visual Images for the L2 Classroom
Featured Speaker Workshop
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Clandfield, Lindsay
Diversity, Inclusion, and Authenticity in ELT Materials
Plenary Session
4:40 – 5:40 PM
Shaules, Joseph
Brain Guide to Interculture in Language Classrooms
Featured Speaker Workshop
Sunday Schedule
Time
Speaker
Title
Format
10:25 -11:25 AM
O’Loughlin, Judith B.
Three Strategies for Fostering Learner Resilience
Plenary Session
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Hughes, John
Make Critical Thinking a Part of Your Classroom
Featured Speaker Workshop
2:15 – 3:15 PM
McKay, Sandra
The Need for Diversity and Inclusion in ELT Texts
Featured Speaker Workshop
3:25 – 4:25 PM
Nakamura, Momoko
Gender Construction in Japanese Translation
Plenary Session
Here are the links to the live sessions on the conference Twitter page:
Diane Larsen-Freeman, Plenary Session, Including all Students: A Complex Systems Perspective https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066134361425072128
Dat Bao, Featured Speaker Workshop, Creative Use of Visual Images for the L2 Classroom  https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066183005457117184 https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066180779695198208 https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066177970803359744
Lindsay Clandfield, Plenary Session, Diversity, Inclusion and Authenticity in ELT Materials https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066207049908805633
Joseph Shaules, Featured Speaker Workshop, Brain Guide to Interculture in Language Classrooms  https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066235949162553346
Judith B. O’Loughlin, Plenary Session, Three Strategies for Fostering Learner Resilience https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066505493957361664
John Hughes, Featured Speaker Workshop, Make Critical Thinking a Part of Your Classroom https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066534955935662080
Sandra McKay, Featured Speaker Workshop, The Need For Diversity and Inclusion in ELT Texts https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066561002383134721
Momoko Nakamura, Plenary Session, Gender Construction in Japanese Translation https://twitter.com/JALTConference/status/1066581418174689280
Here is the link to the Virtually Connecting session at JALT2018: https://youtu.be/wGOQe-Tk49U