LINGUIST List 22.3008 Mon Jul 25 2011 Calls: Discourse Analysis, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Spain Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Miguel A. Candel-Mora , International Conference Digital Storytelling Message 1: International Conference Digital Storytelling Date: 25-Jul-2011 From: Miguel A. Candel-Mora <relatodigitalstorytellinggmail.com> Subject: International Conference Digital Storytelling E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: International Conference Digital Storytelling Short Title: dst2012 Date: 21-Mar-2012 - 23-Mar-2012 Location: Valencia, Spain Contact Person: Carmen Gregori-Signes Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.uv.es/digitalstory Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2011 Meeting Description: International Conference Digital Storytelling 21st-23rd March2012 Valencia, Spain The Inter-university Institute for Applied Modern Languages of the Comunitat Valenciana (IULMA) & the Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya at the Universitat de València will be hosting the International Conference on Digital Storytelling between the 21st and 23rd of March 2012 in Valencia (Spain). Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. It combines music, narrative, and multimedia and the voice of the author and has become both an educational and a cultural phenomenon. Digital Storytelling is currently being used in more than 80 countries with many different applications, including education, tourism, marketing, history, and self-expression, among others. In this conference we hope to gather here in Valencia those who want to share and explore these new pedagogical/socio-cultural dimensions of digital storytelling as well as those who wish to learn how the use of technology has helped transform the whole experience of storytelling into an exciting new form of personal or professional expression that is within everyone's reach. For more information, you can visit the conference website: http://www.uv.es/digitalstory Call for Papers: Important Dates: 15th October 2011: Online abstract submission closes. Abstracts will not be accepted after this date 15th November 2011: Notification of acceptance or rejection 30th January 2012: All authors of accepted abstracts submit a full paper All conference proceedings will be published in a CD-Rom. A selection of papers will also appear as a volume in a prestigious international publication to be determined. We invite you to submit contributions on any of the following themes: 1. Digital Storytelling in Education (primary education, secondary education, university education and education for adults) 2. Digital Storytelling and Foreign Language Teaching 3. Digital Storytelling and Society 4. Digital Storytelling and Culture 5. Digital Storytelling in the Scientific-Technical Fields 6. Community and Personal Storytelling 7. Technical Aspects and/or Innovative Tools in Digital Storytelling Productions 8. Digital Narratives in Web 2.0. (blogs, social networks, wikis, etc.) [a very limited number of contributions will be accepted in this last field] Submissions: We will accept two types of contributions: A) Oral Presentations These will deal with the formally descriptive aspects of digital storytelling and help understand the characteristics of digital storytelling as a genre. The presentations will last a maximum of 20 minutes (including any audiovisual materials displayed) and will be followed by questions and answers. Multiple-authored presentations are welcome. B) Digital Video-Posters These will consist of a video self-presentation which will include a description of the project and an example of a digital story. The whole video should not last more than 6 minutes. Languages: English, Spanish and Valencian Abstracts: Deadline: 15th of October Notification of acceptance: 15th of November Format: Font: Cambria 12; single spaced Word limit: 300 words Abstracts should be structured as follows: - Background: indicate the purpose and objective of the research, the hypothesis that was tested or a description of the topic being analyzed or evaluated - Methods: describe the setting/location for the study, study design, participants and methods of analysis used - Results: present as clearly and detailed as possible and in a summarized form the features on which the discussion of results will be centred Full Papers: Deadline: 30th of January Submitting the full paper is a requirement to take part in the conference. Please submit a full paper of 2,000-2,500 words including abstract, 4 keywords and bibliography by the 30th of January. The organizing Committee reserves the right to decline participation if a paper does meet the objectives set by the abstract. For the submission and review process, we will use the Easychair conference management system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dst2012 Video-Posters: Due to the nature of the digital story we have decided to substitute the traditional poster with video-digital-posters. These will be projected in a showroom dedicated exclusively to that purpose. What is a video poster? - The final product looks like a video that should include a description of the project + an example of that project in the form of digital story. - Step 1. You may use power point slides in order to explain the details, objectives and characteristics of the Project. You may also add voice-over. - Or instead you may just leave a static images/s and have a voice over describing the project itself. [This first step should not exceed 2-3 minutes] - Step 2. Add an example of a digital story that illustrates the previous. The digital story itself should not exceed 4 minutes. - Tools: you can use Windows Movie Maker to join images/power point slides with the digital story itself. - Or if you use Photo-Story, you can dedicate the first one or two images to the description of the Project with a voice over. Organizing Committee: Conference Conveners: Carmen Gregori-Signes, Barry Pennock-Speck Conference Secretaries: María Alcantud-Díaz, Anna Brígido-Corachán Members of Organizing Committee: Laura Monrós-Gaspar, Garikoitz Knörr-de-Santiago, Miguel Ángel Candel-Mora, José Saiz-Molina, Alicia Ricart-Vayá Further Contact Information: relatodigitalstorytellinggmail.com Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació, Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 32, Valencia, 46010, Spain Phone: +34 96 - 386 - 4058 FAX: + 34 96 - 386 - 4161 Department Secretary: + 34 96 -386 - 4262 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 25-Jul-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.