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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One of the many tensions that is present in a classroom that encourages experimentation and growth and reaching outside vs hiding inside is that of THE CALENDAR. It would be so wonderful if we did not have to be put in the position of altering the flow of learning and the shape of a [...]

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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)
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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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Just found out that my Spring 06 students’ blogs were part of a presentation at the Computers in Libraries conference in DC this week. The presentation, given by Meredith Farkas of the information wants to be free blog and author of the upcoming book: Social Software in Libraries.
Nice to know that even after the [...]

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This is how I created learning circles for my students and their projects. There are cards with red writing and arrows that try to connect and intertwine the project topics. The object of a learning circle is to comment, support, cajole, the people in your “circle” by leaving comments on their blog [...]

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