LLU Authors
Recent Posts:- Giving up on Google Reader January 2, 2012
- There are no words. January 2, 2012
- A few shout outs and a woof December 15, 2011
- Mid semester evaluation: Do it. November 3, 2011
- Remain calm November 3, 2011
- Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 4): El beísbol August 11, 2011
- Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 3): Colombian Music, or how I learned to appreciate Hip Hop after 40 August 9, 2011
- Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 2): Colombian Film July 27, 2011
- Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 1): Colombia July 9, 2011
- Equating a Knowledge of English with Intelligence March 28, 2011
Recent Posts:- An Open Letter to Joshua Kim January 11, 2010
- Has the Sage on the Stage Run Amok? Banning Technology in Class March 7, 2009
- Which conference session would you go to, and why? February 20, 2009
- Blogging from CALICO: CALL Needs a Disciplinary Track Record (a.k.a. "Don't fear the Metadata") March 21, 2008
- Is CALL a subset of Applied Linguistics? March 21, 2008
- Prensky – Redefining Literacy OR Is the Print Culture Going the Way of the Oral Culture? March 19, 2008
- Doodle…Sloodle…Moodle March 4, 2008
- Back to "addled"… January 14, 2008
- What (or Who) is "In the Flow"? November 30, 2007
- "Real Life" Live webcasting into Second Life November 15, 2007
Recent Posts:- Air Sketch – a Smartboard Alternative? July 27, 2010
- Scheduling Meetings with Students: Tungle July 22, 2010
- Flowgram November 14, 2008
- Great Little Application July 13, 2008
- Language Technology Boot Camp December 10, 2007
- Introduction to German Media and Film November 5, 2007
- We built this city… October 27, 2007
- Live from SWALLT 2007 October 27, 2007
- Skype and MySpace October 17, 2007
- Comic Life for Windows October 16, 2007
Recent Posts:- How to do EdTech right? October 26, 2011
- What every lab manager needs to know about the App Store October 22, 2011
- Preparing to travel abroad? Don’t forget to watch these videos. January 3, 2011
- My resolution: creating, sharing, and connecting in 2011 December 31, 2010
- The toughest lecture December 30, 2010
- YouTube + Disney = language learning gold December 29, 2010
- Artisanal education and the illusion of support. November 21, 2010
- Creating community: a new proof-of-concept. August 14, 2010
- Conference as learning environment: we can do better. July 25, 2010
- The return of the podcast: LLU #24 May 12, 2009
Recent Posts:- Makin’ It January 27, 2012
- Reviewing the Situation December 16, 2011
- ‘Tis the Season December 9, 2011
- Refreshing October 28, 2011
- Talking Out of Both Sides of My Mouth April 11, 2011
- Au Début February 1, 2011
Other Stuff
RT @LangLabUnleashd: [New Post on LLU] Makin’ It http://t.co/s1X5w7yd // I writed something.
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Has anyone else noticed that Ron Paul /Endorse Liberty ads have taken over the Lady Gaga channel on YouTube?
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WLTools Tech Scoop is out! http://t.co/7YEYpffV ▸ Top stories today via @langlabunleashd @fraususi @anamlarr @jenwaak @just_education
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pedagogy Archive
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Mid semester evaluation: Do it.
Posted on November 2, 2011 | 6 CommentsWe are at the 1/2 way spot in our semester. It’s midterm grading time (here the grades at midterm are pretty simple: Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, Really Unsatisfactory and Never Seen... -
The toughest lecture
Posted on December 30, 2010 | No CommentsI’m going to give a lecture today that basically is the toughest one I’ve ever had to give, and for some of you it’s the toughest one you’ve ever had... -
Reflections from the Chair Swing, Moving into the Summer
Posted on June 10, 2010 | No CommentsIt has been a busy spring, what with our infamous birds and a remarkably rough and tumble college admission process for my eldest son. My energies, needless to say, have... -
Twecklers in the Language Lab
Posted on December 10, 2009 | No CommentsThis morning I upgraded TweetDeck for the mac. There are a gazillion different twitter readers out there…I started using this one when Twhirl died on me. TweetDeck allows you to... -
Teaching outside of the textbook and inside of the museum
Posted on December 8, 2009 | No CommentsThe lesson: Understand how to form and use comparisons of equality and comparisons of inequality. Figure out the superlative and how to use it. Learn all of the irregular forms.... -
Why I teach.
Posted on October 18, 2009 | No CommentsMy job is a language center director first and foremost, but the opportunity to teach language classes gives me a perspective on teaching and learning that I would not get... -
Ending the semester, lessons learned (Part 3)
Posted on June 23, 2009 | No CommentsLesson #3: Marc Prensky got it all wrong Marc Prensky’s famous and yet false binary that says our students are digital natives and the rest of us are digital immigrants... -
Ending the semester, lessons learned (Part 2)
Posted on June 23, 2009 | No CommentsLesson # 2: It’s not about you: actually, it’s always been about them I believe that before you apply any of these new, disruptive, innovative, learner-centric tools to your teaching,... -
Welcome to the free fall
Posted on February 1, 2009 | No CommentsFebruary 1, 2009:I have spent the day crafting a document that ended up being less of a step by step syllabus, and more of a “what we want the outcome... -
Moving … and staying put.
Posted on August 23, 2008 | No CommentsFor much of the last three weeks, this comic has been my life: mooching free wireless (thank you, jrodie, whoever you are) from a neighbor while living out of boxes...
