Tech Clinics with Joe Dale
KOTESOL 2021's "Tech Guru"
We are delighted to announce that Joe Dale, an edtech specialist based in the UK, will be leading a number of tech clinics during KOTESOL 2021!
His sessions will be focused around any edtech questions and issues you are having, both in general and specifically during the pandemic. If you are interested in attending one of Joe’s clinics, we invite you to send in your questions and he will suggest some practical solutions that should help to improve your practice. His considerable experience in this area (see his bio below) means that he will be able to provide quality, substantive advice — and if he doesn't know the answer straight away, he'll find it!
These sessions will last for 90 minutes, and will be custom-tailored to each group. They will also be small sessions, with our early estimates at attendance being between 15 and 20 people. Attendance will be capped at 20. For sessions to run there needs to be a minimum of 10 participants.
Session Timetable (subject to minimum sign-up of 10 participants; subject to change)
Monday, February 22 — 5:00-6:30 p.m. KST
Tuesday, February 23 — 5:00-6:30 p.m. KST
Wednesday, February 24 — 5:00-6:30 p.m. KST
Thursday, February 25 — 5:00-6:30 p.m. KST
Friday, February 26 — 5:00-6:30 p.m. KST
Registration and question submission will be done via an electronic form. We're currently working out the details of this with our new partner, Eventzil.la.
Joe Dale: Biography
Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was host of the TES MFL forum for six years, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker and recognised expert on technology and language learning. He has spoken at conferences and run training courses in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, the Far East and Australasia. He was a member of the Ministerial Steering Group on languages for the UK coalition government and advised on the Linguanet Worldwide project for The Language Company. He created ICT activities for the new Institut Français, ALL and Network for Languages Primary French Project Niveau Bleu, Blanc and Rouge courses and was short-listed for a NAACE Impact Award in 2013 too. Joe supported the Erasmus Plus project Conflict to Cooperation with 5 European countries and is currently supporting the Erasmus Plus Project Learning to think and live outside the box. He also worked on the Supporting Schools Reform in Algeria project through the British Council 2019-2020. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an 'MFL guru' and 'the man behind the #mfltwitterati.'
