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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
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@courosa Okay, phew. Thought maybe you were tweeting from a holding cell. Good to know. :-)
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@GraemeCampbell I feel much better about not knowing. Thanks for doing the research. Now I don't have to steal anything. @langlabunleashd
4 days ago
@courosa @langlabunleashd This appears to be unresolved..at least at this publishing. https://t.co/5KuWOWWf
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@courosa @langlabunleashd That would be interesting. Somehow I don't think they could transport a Canadian out of Canada without permission?
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@GraemeCampbell Still wondering if there has to be an extradition process, or if there would be immediate custody. @LangLabUnleashd
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@courosa @langlabunleashd Upon further research, I think he's correct - nothing official, but a ton of forum posts on the topic.
4 days ago
@LangLabUnleashd so, does the US have immediate custody, or is there an extradition process?
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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... -
Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 4): El beísbol
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 2 CommentsOne of my not-so-secret guilty pleasures is baseball. Growing up in a family of baseball enthusiasts and long-suffering Red Sox fans, listening to baseball games was something that put me... -
Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 3): Colombian Music, or how I learned to appreciate Hip Hop after 40
Posted on August 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsFoto of a sign in a buseta in Bogotá used with permission from Andreuchis I have to admit it. Prior to this past semester, when I thought of Colombian Music... -
Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 2): Colombian Film
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 4 CommentsHISP 205 is a conversation class. As the teacher, my goal for the inclass portion was that whatever I brought for my students to see, hear, witness… that those things... -
Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 1): Colombia
Posted on July 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsA thousand years ago, I studied at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. I went during college and then back again for a year after I graduated. Those... -
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... -
The Backwards Syllabus
Posted on March 15, 2010 | 1 CommentThis semester I did not create a planned, hyper-managed “if it is Tuesday we will be doing this” sort of syllabus. And yes,as in the past I was worried that... -
To the whiteboard!
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsI am lucky to work with some pretty amazing people. I am also lucky that these same people are tolerant of my “what would happen if we did this?” or... -
VoiceThread as Final Exam
Posted on January 9, 2010 | No Comments(Original FotoZach Hawkins on Flickr) The end of the semester has come and gone. Grades have been tallied and entered. The VoicesThreads as Final Exams were completed, viewed and reviewed....










