February 2025

February 7th — Online Workshop

Friday, February 7th, 2.5 hours length – 10:00am-12:30pm PT/12:00 – 2:30pm CT/1:00-3:30 ET/6:00pm-8:30pm London

Finding the Right Tool for Your Task
Workshop Leaders: Ursula Stickler and Joe Hopkins
The ICT-REV team has been collaborating with the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) for over a decade to generate an online, searchable inventory of freely available tools for language teaching. Using the ICT-REV inventory, we will show workshop participants how to locate and evaluate a suitable tool for different teaching tasks. Participants will share their findings and – ideally – continue to contribute to the further development of the inventory beyond the workshop.
REGISTER FOR WORKSHOP: https://calico.org/product/online-workshop-finding-the-right-tool-for-your-task/

February 28th — CALICOffee Talk #3

‘Prompting Voice-Enabled Chatbots for Student Speaking Practice,’ Ryan Detwiler, founder and CEO of eslvideo.com, will present two tools for L2 learning incorporating AI, NeoEnglish and ChattyBots. We will also get to try the apps ourselves. 🙂

⏰: 2-3 pm ET / 1-2 pm CT/ 11 am-12 pm PT

📍: Teams. Please pre-register using this link: https://shorturl.at/wi3oc

January 2025

January 24 (rescheduled from the 17th) — Reading Circle

📆: Friday, Jan. 24

⏰: 4-5 pm ET/ 2-3 pm MT/ 1-2 pm PT

📍: Zoom- Please pre-register using this link: https://shorturl.at/iAWco

https://shorturl.at/iAWcohttps://shorturl.at/iAWcThe Graduate Student SIG invites you to our second reading circle of the year!

For this reading circle, we will be reading:

Kang, J. (2022). Transfer of knowledge across genres and media: Investigating L2 learners’ multiple composing practices. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 56, 101096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2022.101096

We want to thank Marlene Tovar (Arizona State University) for hosting this circle.

January 31 — Webinar

Hosted by CALICO’s SIG Immersive Realities

Date: Friday, 31st January 2025 Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm (PST)

Location: Virtual (Google Meet Link Provided Upon Registration)

Topic: “Challenges of Buildng Inclusive and Culturally Aware Language Models for Virtual Reality (VR).”

Join Sumit Tiwari, Senior Software Engineer at Meta, to explore how VR has the potential to revolutionize language learning and education. Discover cutting-edge innovations, and practical applications of immersive tools in education. This event is free and open to public.

January 31st — CALICOffee Event — AI, Critical Pedagogy, and L2 Learning

We are thrilled to invite you to our second CALICOffee event of the year, taking place this month! Please join us on Friday, January 31, for an enlightening talk on AI, Critical Pedagogy, and L2 Learning by Dr. Bill Cope and Dr. Mary Kalantzis, professors of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

This is a fantastic opportunity to explore the intersections between AI, language learning and critical pedagogy with Dr. Cope and Dr. Kalantzis, two esteemed scholars in the field. Please see event details below and remember to register to receive the meeting link:

📆: Friday, Jan. 31

⏰: 2-3 pm ET / 1-2 pm CT/ 11 am-12 pm PT

📍: Microsoft Teams. Please register here: https://shorturl.at/u8PZK