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You just gotta want it.

May 4th, 2008 · Barbara · 2 Comments ·

I was talking with a student who works in our center on Friday and he reported that he had slept about 2 hours in the past 24 or so, studying hard, and yet he was still not caught up on the work he had been assigned to do for the end of the semester. […]

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But could you do this without Ryan??

May 2nd, 2008 · Barbara · 2 Comments ·

Yes it has been a while since I have blogged, I admit it. There is this pesky little thing called the end of the semester that we are dealing with which, as we all know, is the time when technology (yes I am talking to you Dell Profiles) and time sort of collapse and […]

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Calling all K-12 language teachers (a.k.a. one of the hardest teaching jobs out there): Please share your stories!

March 26th, 2008 · Barbara · 4 Comments ·

Prior to coming to my current job in higher ed and language learning technology, I taught in a grade school. Grades 7-12 to be exact. The wonder years. (I now realize how wonderful they are, and how awesome my colleagues were then, now that I have kids of my own in that age […]

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The Name Game

March 10th, 2008 · Barbara · 52 Comments ·

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 […]

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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 […]

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