It has been several days since the nmc summer conference ended. The attendees have left Disneyland for other perhaps less bizarre locations. Folks are back at work, filling out trip reports and submitting receipts. The conference is over and successfully so. And yet I still find myself processing what I saw, heard, and learned while(…)
Remember what I said here about the nmc being an organization that celebrates creativity, innovation, and the importance of play? This spirit probably could not be more clearly apparent in their remarkable way of chronicling the work they do in their meetings when they ask their members for ideas, opinions, interpretations. We live in a(…)
The next few posts that will emerge on this blog will be from the NMC summer conference. I am one of three “live bloggers” that have been asked to write about the event. Those of you who know how I write know that the concept of “live” blogging, for me, is a bit of a(…)
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(…)
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(…)
(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.(…)
Breathing a Second Life into the L2 Curriculum: Google, Gaming, and Language Learning for the GNUbie (Douglas W. Canfield, UT-Knoxville) A disconnect exists between the academy and what students are doing. How do we reach millenials? By age 21, students will have spent tens of thousands of hours playing video games, sending emails, watching TV,(…)
Wikis, iPods, and Cervantes (Read Gilgen, UWisc) Flashback: Hawaii 5-0, dubbed in French. HOT Technology isn’t relegated to the geeks. Everyone can (and should) take advantage of them. Technology Enhanced Learning: emphasis on shift away from teacher-centric, to student-centric. Homework & Tutorials: ~ online/electronic activities that replicate paper workbook. The most effective exercises, though, allow(…)
This afternoon’s presentation is (drum roll please) The Language Lab That Never Closes: Accessing Specialized Lab Software Virtually (Harold Hendricks, BYU). The problem: students want 24-hour access to specialized language software so they can, for example, write their Chinese papers whenever they want. Is there a way to do that without hiring more employees and(…)
Hi folks! I finally found a wireless connection here and will be liveblogging Claire Braden Siskin‘s presentation on Runtime Revolution. Joining the presentation in progress …. RR is not contained within a browser but you can run a browser within it. You don’t –have– to depend on the intartubes [woo-hoo!] but you can integrate the(…)
UPDATED! I just figured out how to add [annoying] music to the slideshow! Turn down your sound! With thanks to my (now former) student Ariana, I learned about this nifty little slide show program called, appropriately enough, Slide. I am playing with it here to show some the pictures of my drive to and from(…)
Barbara Lafford, Peter Lafford and Michelle Petersen, Arizona State University Wow…this presentation was chock-a-block with information about types of eportfolios, definitions, purposes, types of “artifacts” to be collected and selected, assessment….thankfully they had an extensive handout. I will fill in the blanks this evening over a refreshing beverage Great quote: “We do not learn from(…)