[PN] Multimedia reporting of applied linguistics research (13 Nov. 2003)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Call for Journal Submissions

CALL for Papers for Special Issue of System
Theme: Incorporating Multimedia Capability in the reporting of
applied linguistics research. "Electronic journals are capable of
reaching larger audiences with manuscripts in a multitude of formats
possessing features which can enhance reader understanding of and
interaction with the research data presented."
E-mail 250-word abstract by January 15th; full papers by June 1, 2004.
[I recommend at least checking out what this Web page is saying - Ed.]
http://www7.tltc.ttu.edu/smith84/systemcall.htm

* Reference Websites

Moroccan Association of Teachers of English
http://www.mate.org.ma/
Links to organizations:
http://www.mate.org.ma/mateweb/organizations.htm

World Association for Online Education (WAOE) new Arabic site
http://e-education.ca/waoe
For other languages see the WAOE home: http://waoe.org/
or President's page: http://waoe.org/president/

* Periodical articles

Adaptive Mobile Learning Technologies
Dr. Kinshuk, Director, Advanced Learning Technology Research Centre
Massey University, New Zealand
GlobalEducator.com, October, 2003 [m-learning horizons - Ed.]
http://www.globaled.com/articles/Kinshuk2003.pdf

PRC Internet Crackdown
Agence France-Presse ("IN CHINA'S CRACKDOWN ON ONLINE ACTIVISM,
ANYONE IS A POTENTIAL TARGET," 11/10/03) reported that a PRC
crackdown on online activism -- highlighted by a mounting wave
of arrests and trials -- is unlike other recent government campaigns,
because anyone can become a victim, experts said Monday. The
year-long detention of Liu Di, an ordinary Beijing student who
posted democracy essays on the Internet, shows that this time
the target is not just a well-defined group of open-mouthed
intellectuals... "Liu Di wasn't a dissident, she was just a kid."
The detention of Liu has clearly sent chills down the spines of many
Chinese, and her arrest has triggered unusually widespread calls for
clemency. She has emerged as the most well-known person to fall foul of
the Internet censors, who are engaged in a massive drive to
quell discussion of sensitive political issues online. The ministry
of culture has announced plans for a nationwide surveillance
system aimed at controlling what people read and write
when they visit one of the country's 110,000 Internet cafes.
NORTHEAST ASIA PEACE AND SECURITY NETWORK DAILY REPORT
November 11, 2003, Berkeley, California
[Chinese authorities never give up trying to control people's minds.
Recently they propagandized the oldest civilized villages found in the
nation -- in Inner Mongolia (a recent part of their empire, acquired
when Russia and China carved up Central Asia between them). But
they shot themselves in the foot, because it just revealed that the
cradle of East Asian civilization was Mongolia, not China - Ed.]
Nautilus (e-mailed daily reports, etc.):  http://www.nautilus.org/

Mr. President, You're No Moses
by Robert Scheer, The Nation, November 11, 2003
[A hard-hitting article on American imperialism - Ed.]
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031124&s=scheer1111

Is Texas America?
by Molly Ivins, The Nation, October 30, 2003
[Author of Bushwhacked, she uses some cuss words, Texas style.
I imagine the world's anthropologists converging on the U.S. - Ed.]
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031117&s=ivins

Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
Bookmark: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve
E-mail (including items for Papyrus News): steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp