Prior to coming to my current job in higher ed and language learning technology, I taught in a grade school. Grades 7-12 to be exact. The wonder years. (I now realize how wonderful they are, and how awesome my colleagues were then, now that I have kids of my own in that age [...]

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We are snowed in here, unable to go anywhere, so I am reading my students blogs and watching their explorations in the Spanish language. My husband is wandering around the internet. He was googling his old high school and found this little gem…the 1970 Holy Family High School Xerox Club.
This is what student [...]

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I thought I would share a great clip I found on YouTube from Mary Ann Mengel from a Center for Learning and Teaching in the Penn State system. It gives a great overview of educational uses of Second Life including educational locations, tools, and learning archetypes that are applicable to Second Life. This is [...]

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Week four of my Spanish conversation class has just finished. I am teaching 2X a week vs 3X a week…my hope was that we would have more time on task if we met for an hour and 15 minutes (vs 3X a week @ 50 minutes). The class meets at night. [...]

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This semester I have the pleasure of teaching a 5th semester “Introduction to German Media and Film” course. I like teaching all kinds of levels, but this course has never been taught before.
You can imagine that this is the perfect playground for a language technologist and teacher! I can try out new technologies that enhance [...]

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