prof gebhard+prof meloni+prof shaker present and review the owcp

Suez Canal University, Egypt Dear OWCp members , By Meteab Al-Zahrani It is my pleasure to inform you that OWCp was presented in TESOL conference in Baltimore, MD. It was a co-presentation with Dr. Shaker, a professor from Suez Canal University, Egypt. On my part, I talked about OWCp in general, its importance due the limited reso urces, huge number of students in the English classrooms, and due to the lack of real interaction and collaboration in EFL classrooms. I also talked about OWCp theo retical background and how OWCp wa s technically created using the most needed interactive features to serve English learners from all over the globe. I focused on Arab English learners' attitude toward online collaborative writing, and on their reactions toward sharing writing and getting feedback from online peers and classmates. At the end, I had some students writing sample presented using the audio interactive voice. Dr. Shaker talked about his students experience in the project and the effectiveness of such Collaborative writing projects in improving EFL learners' writing. Dr. Shaker also focused on the importance for more projects of such type to help learners interact in English. On the second day, I attended sessio ns that focus on similar work we do at OWCp. A few presenters presented their students' experiences using e-mails to exchange writing. Other presenters talked about the chat rooms and how their students engaged in such collaborative group discussions to help each other exchange ideas. I was given the opportunity to talk in these sessions. I shared our experience in OWCp. The presenters and their audience liked the idea of interactive and collaborative writing with peers from different cultural backgrounds . Some asked me to go to the computer lab in the Electronic Village just to show them how OWCp works and how they can join the project with their students. We went to the electronic village computer lab as a group and I was given the opport unity to do a sort of unscheduled and unplanned small workshop within the confere nce for those interested professors who showed high interests to know more about our experience in OWCp. I took them in a virtual tour in the project, and we met some members online. Now the good news I want to share wi th you, some of those professors already registe red to OWCp. Some will register with their students after they review OWCp. Some professors who showed high interests to join OWCp with their students were: 1. Dr. Christine Meloni, a well known in the field of CMC and teaching English as a second/ foreign language. Dr. Christine was the featured guest speaker in the Three TESOL RIVER

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Suez Canal University, Egypt

Dear OWCp members ,

By Meteab Al-Zahrani

It is my pleasure to inform you that OWCp was presented in TESOL conference in Baltimore,MD. It was a co-presentation with Dr. Shaker, a professor from Suez Canal University, Egypt.

On my part, I talked about OWCp in general, its importance due the limited resources, hugenumber of students in the English classrooms, and due to the lack of real interaction andcollaboration in EFL classrooms.

I also talked about OWCp theoretical background and how OWCp was technically createdusing the most needed interactive features to serve English learners from all over the globe. Ifocused on Arab English learners' attitude toward online collaborative writing, and on theirreactions toward sharing writing and getting feedback from online peers and classmates. Atthe end, I had some students writing sample presented using the audio interactive voice.

Dr. Shaker talked about his students experience in the project and the effectiveness of suchCollaborative writing projects in improving EFL learners' writing.

Dr. Shaker also focused on the importance for more projects of such type to help learnersinteract in English.

On the second day, I attended sessions that focus on similar work we do at OWCp. A fewpresenters presented their students' experiences using e-mails to exchange writing. Otherpresenters talked about the chat rooms and how their students engaged in such collaborativegroup discussions to help each other exchange ideas.

I was given the opportunity to talk in these sessions. I shared our experience in OWCp. Thepresenters and their audience liked the idea of interactive and collaborative writing with peersfrom different cultural backgrounds. Some asked me to go to the computer lab in theElectronic Village just to show them how OWCp works and how they can join the project withtheir students.

We went to the electronic village computer lab as a group and I was given the opportunity todo a sort of unscheduled and unplanned small workshop within the conference for those

interested professors who showed high interests to know more about our experience in OWCp.I took them in a virtual tour in the project, and we met some members online.

Now the good news I want to share with you, some of those professors already registered toOWCp. Some will register with their students after they review OWCp. Some professors whoshowed high interests to join OWCp with their students were:

1. Dr. Christine Meloni, a well known in the field of CMC and teaching English as a second/foreign language. Dr. Christine was the featured guest speaker in the Three TESOL RIVER