For all you iPhone fanboys and -girls…
The German company Shape Services has just announced a beta version of IM+ for Skype that supports iPhone hardware. Non-beta versions are already available for Blackberries, handhelds running PalmOS, and Windows Mobile Pocket PCs (among others). Maybe this will help nudge Skype to speed up development on future Skype-for-OSX [...]

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I have been contacted by the Christian Science Monitor about a story they want to do on using Skype in the language classroom. They need to know that this is not a passing fad and that many US colleges/universities/highschools are using this tool for meaningful classroom exchanges.
Of particular interest to the CSM is the [...]

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The Changing Role of the Teacher-Technologist: How connected learning, meaningful collaborations and reciprocal apprenticeships are changing the FL teaching/learning experience (Barbara Sawhill, Oberlin College)
Tensions
Social software / collaborative technologies are now safe to use for teaching / learning / exploring without worrying about their expiration. These tools (blogs, wikis, Twitter, etc) allow many voices to come [...]

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Teaching Language and Culture with Computer Games (Felix Kronenberg, Pomona College)
Why game? to motivate, to provide immersion, they result in choices/decisions and active participation, repetition without being boring (Civilization I - Felix learned the term ‘irrigation ditch’ that he never would have otherwise), have great narrations, good examples of language use
to introduce new cultural aspects, [...]

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(Subtitled: who will remember to put the tape in the VCR when they’re all watching Youtube?)
Harold H. Hendricks, BYU
There are lots of ways to get capure television and put it online. But there are a bunch of problems. For example: what about daily broadcasts? You don’t want to watch them a week late. So [...]

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