MAALLT is the Mid-Atlantic Association for Language Learning Technology, a regional group of IALLT. Here are some recent MAALLT events. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, or join MAALLT to receive the latest updates.
2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR
MAALLT is excited to hold our fifth Tech Slam, “AI &…: AI Smashing!” on Tuesday, August 6th at 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time on Zoom as an IALLT Webinar! Register to attend at this link (attending the event live is FREE).
The event will consist of multiple 5-minute micro-presentations. The theme of presentations this time will be around AI and some other elements. Presenters will introduce their tool or practice and explain its benefits to learners. A question and answer period will conclude the event.
Potential topics might include, but are not limited to:
- AI & VR
- AI & ethical considerations
- AI & Copyright
- AI & [insert app here]
- AI & collaboration
- AI & the workplace of the future
If you would like to present at this event, please submit your proposal here.
Thank you to those who attended and presented at our May MAALLT Tech Slams!
MAALLT was excited to hold Tech Slam 4 “M.AI the Tech Slam be with You” on May 30, 2024, at 7 pm EDT. A “tech slam” is like a poetry slam, where each presenter speaks about a technology, app, solution, or technology-supported practice for language learning, for 5 minutes.
Members can view the recording of the event by contacting us.
Presentations:
- Gobs of Tools? No, Goblin Tools! 👹 – Meredith White, SEALLT
- Enhancing Spanish Medical Communication with AI – Diana Ruggiero, University of Memphis
- Fear Leads to the Darkside: Confronting AI Anxiety in Teaching & Learning – Joshua M. Paiz, The George Washington University
- Creating Instant AI-Driven Activities with LingoTeach.ai – Jeffrey Samuels, World Languages 360
- From stress to success: Using AI to support translanguaging in language courses – Rachel Toncelli, Northeastern University
- Magic School AI and Flipped Learning: A Winning Combination – Ilka Kostka, Northeastern University
Bonus Virtual Sessions:
- AI for reading and creative writing assignments – Nicolino Applauso, Morgan State University
- Eigo.AI – The World’s First Fully AI-Powered 4-Skills Platform for English Language Learners – Paul Raine, Eigo.AI
Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, or join MAALLT to receive the latest updates.
• MAALLT held Tech Slam 3 — A Midsummer Tech Slam — on July 18, 2023. A “tech slam” is like a poetry slam, where each presenter speaks about a technology, app, solution, or technology-supported practice for language learning, for 5 minutes.
Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, or join MAALLT to receive the latest updates.
• MAALLT was at IALLT 2023 (Tuesday, June 13 – Saturday, June 17) in New Orleans. Members had an opportunity to meet the board, other members of MAALLT, and SEALLT as well. These sessions were presented by MAALLT members at IALLT 2023.
| MAALLT member | Topic | Location |
| Amanda Romjue, co-presenter | Meet us at the Crossroad to Join the Scenic Route: IALLT’s mentorship program | Casablanca Room |
| Helen Stapleton, presenter | D2L’s Brightspace for Language Assignments | Chartwell Room |
| Helen Stapleton, presenter | Language Resource Center’s Role in Building Community on the Language Learning Journey | Casablanca Room |
| Amanda Romjue, co-presenter | IALLT Resources and Services – Transform your PD | Casablanca Room |
| Errol M. O’Neill, presenter | Developing Informed Policies for On-Ground and Online Instruction | American Red Cross room |
| Jeff Samuels, co-presenter | Getting Published with The FLTMAG | Casablanca Room |
2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR
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Thank you to those who attended and presented at our April and December MAALLT Tech Slams!
MAALLT was excited to hold its Tech Slam 2! on December 6, 2022. Thank you to all who presented and attended! A “tech slam” is like a poetry slam, but with each presenter speaking about a technology, app, solution, or technology-supported practice for language learning for 5 minutes.
Members can view the recording of the event by contacting us.
| Sonja de Vargas | New Mexico State University Alamogordo | Language Instruction with Music Videos |
| Kathryn Murphy-Judy | VCU Emerita | H5P and OER |
| Ella Alhudithi | Iowa State University | Building autonomy through interactive visual displays of language |
| Kevin Gaugler | Marist College | Remnote for Vocabulary Acquisition |
| Lauren Rosen | University of Wisconsin | Turn Your Start Module into a Smart Module |
| Joseph Borkowski | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Social Annotation of Text and Multimedia using Perusall |
| Helen Stapleton | Sewanee: University of the South | D2L’s Brightspace for Language Assignments |
| Joe Dale | Freelance | Use Immersive Reader on Websites for promoting accessibility and autonomy in the languages class |
Our first Tech Slam! took place on April 21, 2022. A special thank you to our Tech Slam! presenters:
- Comic Creation to Foster Reader Response across Genres (Peggy Semingson)
- Flipping lessons: Designs using your LMS (Lauren Rosen)
- Bringing images to life with Thinglink (Helen Stapleton)
- Learner Agency in Assessment (Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia)
- Digital Escape Rooms with the Google Suite (Caroline Schlegel/Aubrey Swisher)
- Virtual spaces for engaging hybrid learners (Umida Khikmatillaeva)
- Using a Split Screen in Zoom Language Classes (Sonja de Vargas)
- Best Practices for Organizing Virtual Field Trips (Katja Anderson)
Not a member yet? You can fill out the brief form indicating your interest in becoming a member on our Join page.
Questions? Please reach out to us.
Here are a selection of previous events MAALLT and its members have participated in
- MAALLT gave a joint session with IALLT & SEALLT on April 2 at SCOLT 2022. Among other things, we discussed ideas for language learning technology and growing our organizations.
- MAALLT President-Elect Jeffrey Samuels contributed several interviews and articles to IALLT’s free online language technology magazine, FLTMAG, in 2021.
- MAALLT board member Errol M. O’Neill contributed a successful IALLT webinar in 2021 (live webinars are available via IALLT and free to all educators).
- MAALLT board members Amanda Romjue and Hope Fitzgerald presented sessions during the FLAVA fall 2020 conference.
- As a small organization, our priorities remain to deepen connections with partner organizations and grow an engaged membership. We have re-engaged our social media presence to increase awareness of MAALLT.
