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By Ilaria Compagnoni – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RNPK8419 izi.TRAVEL (“easy travel”) is an open-course digital travel guide with audio tours, multi-media content available in 13 languages with storytelling capabilities. Devised by a team of Dutch innovators,
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IDSE2473 Students benefit from receiving feedback on their pronunciation and writing, but instructors only have a limited amount of time to devote to it. Yask is a mobile app that allows students
Read MoreBy Sherry A. Maggin & Rebecca Jones-Kellogg, The United States Military Academy DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/GHVZ2568 Introduction Book Creator is an online platform for the creation of digital books. Instructors and students alike can read, create, and publish using a wide
Read MoreBy Joseph Fees, Delaware State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/UAHJ7964 Loom is a browser-based program to create sharable screencast videos for classes or training. Users can access the website directly or add a Loom extension to Chrome. The website allows users to
Read MoreBy Richard Medina, Center for Language & Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OPLJ7846 About AMPLIFY Amplify is a web application that collects and distributes information about professional learning events specifically from language centers, departments, or other organizational units
Read MoreBy Melissa Fiori, Associate Professor of Spanish, Daemen College, Amherst, NY DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CCWV1863 Introduction Music moves us all and is especially motivational in language learning. With the intersection of music and language, the web platform Lyricstraining makes acquiring a language
Read MoreBy Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OILM3809 Introduction Perhaps one particularly challenging aspect of teaching over the past year and a half has been how to break the monotony of online classes. Video Conferencing tools can
Read MoreBy Maria Khotimsky, Senior Lecturer in Russian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/HHZH4383 Using interactive digital presentations is a simple way to enhance student engagement during a warm-up, lesson summary, or a low-stakes assessment activity. Among the vast array of
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Quinn, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/GTZU3338 One challenge that we faced when moving instruction online in the wake of COVID-19 was the potential of losing opportunities for students to practice speaking in the target language. H5P’s activity
Read MoreBy Maria Slusarek, Ph.D. Student, University of Iowa DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/QBWF7366 Introduction The world language classroom commonly uses videos as a way to foster an engaging, authentic and culturally centered language learning experience for students. EduNovela provides a unique 1:1 experience
Read MoreBy Sara Villa, Assistant Professor of Spanish, The New School, NY DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/QBWF7366 Introduction Digital spinners (also called random selector tools) allow instructors to engage students in language production in a turn-taking, game-like way. Most are free, and allow the
Read MoreBy Asya Vaisman Schulman, Yiddish Book Center DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/DTHR7673 Playing modified versions of card-based party games like “Cards Against Humanity” or “Apples to Apples” can allow students to practice the target language in a structured but fun way. By creating
Read MoreBy Sara Saez-Fajardo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RJAL1296 Gather Town is a video-conferencing platform that allows teachers and students to explore a 2D map with an avatar and recover some of the most missed elements of face-to-face classroom
Read MoreBy Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/UPCL5971 For those of us who normally teach face-to-face or hybrid, finding ways to replicate games that we normally play in class in the online environment has been one of our challenges.
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