Finding an ESL agent – A open discussion

September 22, 2010

This event has passed.

Check out the webinar recording or view the slide presentation.

___________________________

I’ve been working with language schools for a decade now. One question keeps popping up time and time again: “How do we find agents?”

The traditional way to find an educational agent is to attend an agent workshop or fair. For small or aspiring language schools however, the fees to attend such fairs are out of the question.

I’ve organized a free, webinar-style discussion on the topic and I’m inviting you to join me. This will be a frank and open discussion. It will be online, open to anyone who wants to join in:

Here are the event details:
Title: “Working with ESL and Educational Agents: Tips from the Pros – a webinar”
Format: Online, real-time, live discussion
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Time: 08:00 – 09:00 Mountain Standard Time (Origin point: Calgary, Canada) – Please convert to your time zone.

Guiding questions for the session:

  • How do ESL schools and programs find reputable agents?
  • What are the alternatives for small schools without a sufficient budget to attend the large agent fairs and workshops?
  • What are some pitfalls for language schools to avoid when working with agents?
  • How can schools develop long-term relationships with agents
  • Recommendations from the pros

Participants are invited to join at no cost. The point of this session is to provide information, education and an interactive discussion between language school directors and marketers and those working in the ESL / Educational agents field.

Registration link: http://workingwitheslagents.eventbrite.com/
Deadline to register: Tuesday, October 12 – Note: there are a limited number of seats available in the virtual classroom, so participants are encouraged to register early.

Please invite your associates and members to join us for this open discussion between ESL schools and educational agents.

This event is sponsored by:

  • Elluminate – Providers of the webinar technology.
  • Eventbrite – Providers of the registration system for the event.

Update: September 24 – So far, participants from the U.S.A, the UK, Italy and Korea have registered.

Related posts:

Tips for finding ESL educational agents

Tips for success at educational trade fairs

How to find a good ESL agent: Tips from the trenches

__________

Share or Tweet this: Finding an ESL agent – A open discussion http://wp.me/pNAh3-kD

Update – January 2018 – This blog has had over 1.8 million views thanks to readers like you. If you enjoyed this post, please “like” it or share it on social media. Thanks!

Sarah Elaine Eaton is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.

Comments Off on Finding an ESL agent – A open discussion | agents, marketing, Uncategorized, webinar | Tagged: , , , | Permalink
Posted by Sarah Elaine Eaton, Ph.D.

Global Trends in Education in the 21st Century: Webinar

August 31, 2010

I am delighted that the Centre for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) invited me to give their Spotlight Presentation for September. Join us for this free PD webinar for educators and students:

Title: 21st Century Global Trends in Education

Date: September 8, 2010

Time: 14:00 – 15:00 Mountain Time (Click here to convert for your time zone).

We’ll go over the top 7 trends that are occurring in education across the globe at every level, from elementary school through to post-secondary levels and beyond. You’ll get tips on how to engage learners and create your own “best teaching practices” for the 21st century.

Register through CILC here.

Comments Off on Global Trends in Education in the 21st Century: Webinar | CILC, education, leadership, technology, webinar | Tagged: , , , , , , | Permalink
Posted by Sarah Elaine Eaton, Ph.D.

Using Skype in the Second and Foreign Language Classroom – Follow up

August 12, 2010

I was thrilled to be invited to present at the Social Media Workshop organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center at San Diego State University.

Here are the slides from today’s presentation:

You can download the handouts from the session here.

Check out the recording of the session, too.

And if you’re doing research on using Skype for education, then you might be interested in the research paper that I wrote to go along with the presentation.

Also, for the first time, I put together a Diigo list of online bookmarks for this session. Check out all the resources I archived for you on my list “Skype for Educators”.

Here’s what people said about the webinar:

“I have used Skype for about a year to communicate with family during travel. Pointing out that Skype is easy to use for those less versed in new technology is important. People need to feel comfortable and the technology is invisible so that communication is the focus. With the globalization of education it is important that we maintain strong human connections and include both the older generation and the new digital natives.” – Denise Foures-Aalbu, USA

“Dr. Sarah provided participants with many useful ideas. Her enthusiasm encouraged others to add their ideas to the list. Well done, Dr. Sarah!” – Scott Miatech, Waterford, WI, USA

“Dr. Eaton did a wonderful and engaging presentation for our 2010 LARC Summer Social Media Workshop.  She provided motivation for participants to dive right into Skype and practical activities for the language classroom.  LARC hopes to continue collaborating with Sarah in the future and exploring the outer limits of distance education!” – Evan Rubin, LARC, San Diego State University.

______________

Share or Tweet this post: Using Skype in the Second and Foreign Language Classroom – Follow up http://wp.me/pNAh3-gt

Update – January 2018 – This blog has had over 1.8 million views thanks to readers like you. If you enjoyed this post, please “like” it or share it on social media. Thanks!

Sarah Elaine Eaton is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.

Comments Off on Using Skype in the Second and Foreign Language Classroom – Follow up | languages, second languages, social media, technology, Uncategorized, webinar | Tagged: , , , , | Permalink
Posted by Sarah Elaine Eaton, Ph.D.

Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century: Webinar Follow Up

July 27, 2010

With participants, from Canada, the U.S, Romania, Germany, Guatemala, this was an amazingly international, multicultural and interactive session! Thanks for everyone who joined in today.

If you couldn’t make today’s webinar on Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century, generously sponsored by Elluminate, don’t fret. I’ve archived everything for you.

Webinar recording
Check out the webinar recording. Note that this link may ask to download Java onto your computer. If you click “yes”, you’ll be able to access the recording, slides and all the chat that happened during the session.

Handouts

Click here for a copy of the handouts from the webinar.

Research report

This webinar was based on a research report that’s been archived in 3 countries now. Click here for a post with links to the full article.

Original webinar info

Want the information about the webinar? See this post.

Slides
I’ve archived the slides on Slideshare, here:

Testimonials

“This was the first time I attended a webinar, apart from all the conference calls organised at my place of work. I found it interesting, first because it shared information from my area of expertise, and also because it addressed a stringent matter of all teachers nowadays- how to take the leap into the 21st century without getting severely bruised.” – Anca Costea, Little London Nursery School, Bucharest, Romania.

“Sarah Eaton set out the results of here research in a very well structured and informative talk that provided many useful ideas for engaging language learners – especially younger learners – more effectively.” – Carl Dowse, Germany.

“My work in family literacy is backed up by emerging trends of the 21st century according to Dr. Eaton’s meta-research. In all fields of learning, we need to keep current on why people are formally or informally motivated to learn and how they would like to be equipped to do so. This webinar advances us towards a clear plan of taking action towards a literacy that allows all learners to communicate through thoughts and actions and respectively be able to reflect upon them.” – Tracy Howk, Literacy for Life Foundation

_______

Like this post? Share or Tweet it: Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century: Webinar Follow Up http://wp.me/pNAh3-dE

Update – January 2018 – This blog has had over 1.8 million views thanks to readers like you. If you enjoyed this post, please “like” it or share it on social media. Thanks!

Sarah Elaine Eaton is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.

Comments Off on Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century: Webinar Follow Up | languages, research, Uncategorized, webinar | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | Permalink
Posted by Sarah Elaine Eaton, Ph.D.

Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century: Webinar

July 14, 2010

Did you miss this webinar? Check out the follow-up post for links to the slides, handouts and recording.

Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century: Webinar
http://www.learncentral.org/node/86167
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Login start: 09:45 Mountain Time
Webinar: 10:00 – 11:00 Mountain Time

In this webinar we’ll talk about the findings of my new study that reveals what’s hot and what’s not in language learning in the 21st century.

The study, “Global Trends in Language Learning in the Twenty-First Century”, found, among other things, that public speaking and presentation skills, even for second language students, are enjoying new levels of prestige in the Obama era. “For the first time in decades, there is a U.S. President who is wooing young people with his power to communicate verbally. This is having an impact not only in the United States, but across the globe. Second language speech contests, debates, poetry readings, and story telling are particularly trendy,” the report reveals.

This is just one of a number of new trends in language learning you’ll want to hear about.  Join me as I share the highlights of this new research. The webinar will include a 20 minute presentation and 35 minutes for discussion.

How to join the webinar:

1) Mark the date and time of the event in your calendar

2) at 09:45 Mountain Time (adjust for your time zone!) on July 27, click on this URL:
 https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/dropin.jnlp?sid=lcevents&password=Webinar_Guest

3) Have a pen and some paper handy to take notes.

With thanks to our sponsor, Elluminate (www.elluminate.com), for providing the technology to make this webinar available to you free of charge.

Remember to convert the time of this webinar to your own time zone. You can do this at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. In the top of the box where it asks you to “Select time and place to convert from” choose “Canada – Alberta – Canada”. In the box under that, select your country and closest city.

_______________

Like this post? Share or Tweet it: Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century: Webinar http://wp.me/pNAh3-bC

Update – January 2018 – This blog has had over 1.8 million views thanks to readers like you. If you enjoyed this post, please “like” it or share it on social media. Thanks!

Sarah Elaine Eaton is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.

Comments Off on Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century: Webinar | education, ESL, Uncategorized, webinar | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | Permalink
Posted by Sarah Elaine Eaton, Ph.D.

Next Entries »