Disclaimer: Most of the content of this site is from 1997-1999. I keep my resume (C.V.) information up-to-date, but most of this content is old.

Connect: I'm on facebook here: facebook.com/pellowe. I'm on twitter as billpellowe and eltcal (which is for event announcements on ELT Calendar).

Current stuff:

• Web-based quizzes and surveys for students' mobile devices. MOARS (MObile Audience Reponse System), for students to use in class or outside of class on their iPod Touch, iPhone, keitai, or computer.
• Low-tech classroom response system. Captur.me is a simple tool that teachers can use in their classrooms to help them capture the class' understanding or opinions in an instant. In a nutshell, Captur is a way for teachers to encourage every student to stay involved in the class. Each student has an answer paddle with which they can show the teacher their answers to questions with up to 4 options per answer. I'm working on this with Paul Shimizu.

projects

• ELT Events Calendar for Language Teachers in Japan lists events of interest to those teaching English as a foreign language in Japan. If you're a TESOL / ESL professional thinking about coming to Japan for a conference, the ELT Calendar is where you'll find conference information as well as some calls for papers.
• Camp Harrison H. Child Alumni is a members-only "keep in touch" site for former staff members of this summer camp. (My first teaching experiences were at this camp, a few years in the early 80s.)

on this site...

	Internet for International Communication On-line lesson materials and teachers' notes for an Internet training course developed for my Japanese students of English. These materials have been used by educators in Australia, the United States and other parts of Japan. Best approached via the table of contents page. RELATED LINK - My students' home pages
	The Kanji Names Project My Japanese students created explanations in English of their names in order to share a part of their Japanese culture with educators and students around the world, including their e-mail pen pals from other countries. LINK: more Kanji resources
	Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) Video Transcripts A recent time-consuming yet ultimately very useful activity I engaged myself in was transcribing, word for word, the entire text of the movie "Totoro". On this site you'll find the Totoro anime transcript, and you'll be able to juxtapose it with an English translation of the original Japanese version. I used this movie in my classes. Specifics as to how & why I did this and what I did with it will come later, but basically, I ran it through concordancing software, and in class I employed a variety of techniques which involved using the English video with different combinations & varying degrees of Japanese video, English transcript and translation script. RELATED LINK - The video of Kiki's Delivery Service is available in the orginal Japanese version...with English subtitles! I'm looking forward to using this in juxtaposition to the English version of this video in my classes.
	My resume My resume, with information about my publications (with links to on-line versions) and other professional activities.