Kévin Le Blévec, Modern Languages Technology Specialist, Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) Preliminary Observations While I started in my current position as the Technology Specialist in charge of the Modern Languages Technology Center at the Rochester Institute of Technology, it
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Mark A. Kaiser, Associate Director, Berkeley Language Center (CA) As the Associate Director of the Berkeley Language Center, most of my time has been devoted to running the day-to-day operations of the BLC, working with faculty, designing new spaces,
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By Irina Kogel, Five College Lecturer in Russian at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Smith College. With the advent of video and messaging platforms such as Skype, intercultural collaborations between partner institutions in different
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Lillian Jones, Ph.D. student. University of California, Davis. Technologies will never cease to influence communication. If we look around our campuses, classrooms, and coffee shops we are sure to observe a generation deeply absorbed in their pocket
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Anastasiya Smith-Lakhno, Instructor of Russian, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at UGA Tatiana Maslova, Lecturer of Russian, University of North Georgia. The transformative power of a study abroad experience for students is a well-established fact. Research demonstrates that
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By Lisa Katzenstein, Tutor Coordinator-Language Corner, Richland College, Dallas, TX. This is the story of a collection of 500+ books scattered around the language lab at Richland College in Dallas, Texas and how I organized the collection using
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By Kristin M Marena, Spanish Teacher at Ringgold High School, PA. “Music is life, that’s why our hearts have beats.” Cecily Morgan. This quote expresses how much music is part of the human race and beats within
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Maria Alley, Senior Lecturer in Foreign Languages, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Molly Peeney, Lecturer in Foreign Languages, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Authenticity of language, language tasks, and assessment have been key principles of language teaching and learning in
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by Beth O’Connor, Spanish Teacher, Essex High School and Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative ABOUT SCAVENGER HUNTS When I was young, the party games that were the most fun were the scavenger hunts. We were given a list of things
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By Peggy Veal, French Teacher & World Language Department Chair, STEM School and Academy, Highlands Ranch, CO. In 2017, STEM School Highlands Ranch introduced The SYNK into its building. Lead by Dr. Cannady, the SYNK offers an interactive whiteboard, connected to
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Andie Faber, lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University, NJ Anais Holgado-Lage, lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University, NJ Adriana Merino, lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University, NJ Jovana Zujevic, lecturer, Department of Spanish and
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By Edwige Simon, Faculty Director of the Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching with Technology, the University of Colorado Boulder. WHAT IS BLENDED LEARNING? The term blended learning can be used to define a wide range of instructional models. In this
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by Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University Virtual and augmented reality facilities are becoming a reality in many universities across the country. At Michigan State University, the library recently installed a digital scholarship lab that includes a 360
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by Carlos Torres, Spanish teacher and department Head in Birmingham, MI. I am fortunate to work in a school district where the use of social media for instructional and extracurricular purposes is relatively commonplace. Teachers, sponsors, and
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