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June 14, 2025 | Fully Online
9AM–3PM (Eastern Time)
New York State TESOL TELL SIG & Center for Learning in the Digital Age, University of Rochester
2025 Conference Theme:
2025 Conference Theme:
“Rethinking Literacy to Empower Multilingual Learners: Putting Humans in the Center in Rapidly Shifting Digital and Educational Landscape”
“Rethinking Literacy to Empower Multilingual Learners: Putting Humans in the Center in Rapidly Shifting Digital and Educational Landscape”
In an era shaped by rapid technological innovation and global interconnectedness, traditional notions of literacy are being reimagined. VirtuaTELL2025 invites you to explore what it means to be literate in a world where AI, digital media, and transnational flows of knowledge are transforming how we read, write, communicate, and learn.
Inspired by Paulo Freire’s (1983) powerful call to “read the word and read the world,” we place multilingual learners and human-centered approaches at the heart of our inquiry. We ask questions such as; What does literacy look like when it encompasses not only language, but also AI, media, and digital tools?; How can TESOL professionals support learners in engaging with the technologies and discourses that shape their identities and futures?
Join us as we rethink literacy that is both technologically advanced and deeply human!
Guiding Topics and Questions for Reflection:
How are information and digital literacies being redefined in the current digital landscape?
What does literacy mean in a broader, more inclusive sense—beyond students and teachers, but including all involved such as policy makers, families, and communities?
What does AI literacy look like for multilingual learners and their educators?
How can we design for human-AI collaboration that centers responsible and meaningful learning?
In what ways is technology reshaping globalization, identity, and language practices?
What kinds of classroom practices are emerging to support learners in this new landscape?
How can we ensure that multilingual learners are not only supported but empowered in the current digital landscape?
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About VirtuaTELL
About VirtuaTELL
Launched by NYS TESOL's TELL SIG, VirtuaTELL presents an unparalleled opportunity for TESOL professionals to gather and explore the dynamic landscape of technology-enhanced language teaching and learning.
Previous VirtuaTELL & Themes:
June 15, 2024: TESOL in New Academic Reality with Generative AI
May 06, 2023: Technology Enhanced Language Learning: Investigate, Identify and Innovate
May 14, 2022: Emerging Technologies in Language Learning and Teaching: Diversity, Criticality and Multimodality
April 17, 2021: Equity, Access, and the Digital Divide: Challenges and Opportunities for Language Learning and Teaching
Co-hosted by the Center for Learning in the Digital Age, University of Rochester
Co-hosted by the Center for Learning in the Digital Age, University of Rochester
This year, New York State TESOL's Technology-Enhanced Language Learning SIG Leadership Team (TELL SIG) is pleased to announce a co-hosting partnership for VirtuaTELL 2025 with the Center for Learning in the Digital Age (LiDA) at the Warner School of Education, University of Rochester. Learn MORE about the LiDA center.
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