I am taking a poll (and writing a paper) so please help me out and leave your answers in the comment box above:
If you work in the area of language learning technology, or know someone who does, please tell me what your/that person’s title is. We all know that it sometimes […]
The Name Game
March 10th, 2008 · Barbara · 52 Comments ·
Tags: 1965 • edublogging • education • language learning • learning centers • names
State of the art language learning: if this is you, we can help.
March 9th, 2008 · Barbara · 3 Comments ·
At the same time of the Xerox club (see below), Sister Joan Schmitt was teaching French in the Holy Family High School Language Lab. As you can clearly see, it was a compelling, technology-rich, language learning experience.
Please note, if your lab looks like this, please put down the reel to reel immediately and […]
Tags: education • language learning • learning centers • nuns • pedagogy • students
Student-centered learning using technology…circa 1970
March 8th, 2008 · Barbara · 3 Comments ·
We are snowed in here, unable to go anywhere, so I am reading my students blogs and watching their explorations in the Spanish language. My husband is wandering around the internet. He was googling his old high school and found this little gem…the 1970 Holy Family High School Xerox Club.
This is what student […]
Tags: classroom tools • education • friday fun • HISP205 • students • whats and whys
Boys’ brains and girls’ brains and language learning
March 7th, 2008 · Barbara · No Comments ·
I don’t quite know how I feel about this article yet, but I thought I would pass it on and get the conversation started. Comments anyone??
Tags: gender • language learning • students • whats and whys
The kindness of strangers: Meet Kroonos.com
March 3rd, 2008 · Barbara · No Comments ·
I was just checking my students’ blogs before calling it a night and discovered this extraordinary exchange between my student Jonah, and a Spaniard named Morgan.
Look at the time, and the care, and the detail that Morgan took to help Jonah with his Spanish. No one is paying or insisting that Morgan do this…he […]
Tags: edublogging • education • fear2.0 • HISP205 • incredible connections • Kroonos • stranger danger
