March 2014 Archives - The FLTMAG

An Initial Flipgrid User Experience

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:17:40 +0000

By Alexander Waid, Ph.D., Deputy Department Chair, Humanities Associate Professor of Spanish Language & Literature and Director of the Media Resource Center, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, CT. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TUPE4710 This article presents a critical summary of my experience as a college-level language

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Boundless Education: The Case of a Spanish MOOC

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:16:53 +0000

By Fernando Rubio, Co-Director, Second Language Teaching and Research Center, Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics, University of Utah. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/HYJO8021 After teaching for more than 20 years, I have decided that I really do not care much about teaching. The only thing that

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Teaching Materials in the Digital Age: Using and Sharing Images and Video Responsibly

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:48:32 +0000

By Alison Hicks, Romance Language Librarian, Norlin Library, the University of Colorado Boulder. By Courtney Fell, Foreign Language Technology Specialist at the Anderson Language & Technology Center, the University of Colorado Boulder. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ILYM9619 INTRODUCTION As educators, we

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Book Review: Technology-Infused French: Foreign language Instruction for the Digital Age by Falsgraf, C.ed.

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:10:46 +0000

By Patricia Mosele, PhD, French instructor in the French & Italian department at the University of Colorado Boulder. Falsgraf, C. ed. Technology-infused French: Foreign language instruction in the digital age. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 2011. ISBN 978-1-56484-282-4.

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Best Practices for an Online Spanish Course

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:10:26 +0000

By Robert J. Blake, Professor of Spanish, the University of California Davis. By Gabriel A. Guillén, Associate Instructor of Spanish, the University of California Davis. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/KDJT7747 The first online Spanish course offered through the auspices of the University of California (Spanish

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The Shared Course Initiative: A Model for Instructional Collaboration Across Institutions

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:20:08 +0000

Dr. Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Associate Dean, Yale College, Director of the Center for Language Study, Yale University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MYDD9504 Over the past decade, budgetary constraints and institutional pressures have forced many institutions to reduce the number of foreign languages that they

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Interview: John Duquette, CEO of Yabla

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:18:36 +0000

John Duquette, CEO of Yabla DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SWUT3098 Mark Knowles: John Duquette, do you mind introducing yourself briefly? Where did you study, what’s your connection to the Foreign Language Learning community? John Duquette: I am from East Hartford, Connecticut

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Interview: Marlene Johnshoy, Technology Project Coordinator and webmaster at CARLA

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:18:20 +0000

Marlene Johnshoy, Technology Project Coordinator and webmaster at CARLA DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CHAB5337 Adrienne Gonzales: Do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself and CARLA? Marlene Johnshoy: Well, my name is Marlene Johnshoy and I work here at CARLA which

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BonPatron: An Educational Grammar and Spell Checker

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:17:50 +0000

By Merica McNeil, Ph.D. Candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, Graduate Associate in Teaching French at the University of Arizona. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SLWN8313 Want to help language learners find and correct their own mistakes when writing in the target language?

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PowToons: Cartoon-Based Tutorials and Presentations

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:18:04 +0000

By Nivea Soto-Lightbourn, lecturer in the French and Italian department at the University of Colorado Boulder. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/VKGO6643 PowToon is an online tool that helps create fun, colorful, and short videos and animated presentations using animated cartoons. It is currently

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