November 2013 SLATE Meeting

Meeting Details

Date: 
November 20, 2014

Time: 
Beginning at 10:00am
Lunch provided

Hosted by:  
Saint Xavier University

Building/Room:
Warde Academic Building, L-127

Parking:
Lot #9 will be reserved for SLATE  

Maps/Directions

• Saint Xavier Campus Map
• Driving Directions

Campus Address:
3700 West, 103rd Street Chicago, IL

Campus Phone Number:  773-298-3000

RSVP:  email ken@slategroup.org by November 13th
                                

Others Items for Consideration

• Conference Evaluation Now Available please complete by November 15, 2014
• SLATE Conference and Moodle Moot Review
• Looking for institutions to host 2014 meetings
• Suggestions for topics for the 2014 meetings
• Update your Mailing List and Institution Profile Information

Building a Culture of Innovation

Join Saint Xavier University for a two part discussion on creating a culture of innovation.  During the first hour, SXU will lead a discussion on how each of our campuses have worked to create a culture of innovation on campus.  By the end we should have a few new ideas to take back to our individual campus.

Part two will continue the theme of innovation by showcasing a product developed as a graduate school project at Northwestern University.  Louie Huang from Swift Education Systems, Inc. will demonstrate their DiLL product.  The Digital Language Lab is an all-software, Mac-based alternative to the traditional language lab. Using only USB headsets and networked computers, DiLL helps language teachers maximize student speaking time by facilitating real-time high quality audio communication between students and teachers in a live classroom setting.  Over 60,000 students across four countries have used DiLL to improve language fluency.  This session will feature a short presentation on the history of DiLL and the pedagogical benefits that language labs provide, an interactive demonstration of DiLL's features and capabilities, and insights learned from DiLL installations at over 70 schools and universities.

NOTE: If your are unable to attend in person - the monthly SLATE meetings  are streamed live using Blackboard Collaborate.

To participate, visit: http://live.slategroup.org/ and enter your name to login.  Streaming will begin at approximately at 9:55am

If you have any questions or need additional information please contact:

Ken Sadowski
ken@slategroup.org
708.744.9448