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Elizabeth Caspari, French Teacher, Clayton High School, MO DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TSKP6405 Recently launched, FluentKey is designed to gamify the use of videos for comprehension. FluentKey is currently in beta testing, but open to all. Edpuzzle already allows teachers to design online
Read MoreBy Marina Buratti, French and Italian Teacher, Sewickley Academy (PA) DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/GIRP2017 Wakelet is a free web-based tool that allows you to curate and share multimedia resources from around the web: webpages, videos, tweets, images, PDFs and a whole lot more. It seems
Read MoreBy Lisa Katzenstein, Tutor Coordinator-Language Corner, Richland College, Dallas, TX. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CDOE7210 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
Read MoreBy Kristin M Marena, Spanish Teacher at Ringgold High School, PA. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/VXMY8446 “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
Read Moreby Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RXMU1336 The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) conference (IALLT 2019) took place June 19-22, 2019 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The theme was “crafting communities of
Read MoreMaria Alley, Senior Lecturer in Foreign Languages, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Molly Peeney, Lecturer in Foreign Languages, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OVPI3233 Authenticity of language, language tasks, and assessment have been key principles of language teaching and
Read Moreby Beth O’Connor, Spanish Teacher, Essex High School and Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MYRL3232 ABOUT SCAVENGER HUNTS When I was young, the party games that were the most fun were the scavenger hunts. We were given a list
Read MoreBy Peggy Veal, French Teacher & World Language Department Chair, STEM School and Academy, Highlands Ranch, CO. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CAQS1514 In 2017, STEM School Highlands Ranch introduced The SYNK into its building. Lead by Dr. Cannady, the SYNK offers an interactive whiteboard, connected
Read MoreAndie 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
Read MoreBy Edwige Simon, Faculty Director of the Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching with Technology, the University of Colorado Boulder. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TROJ3754 WHAT IS BLENDED LEARNING? The term blended learning can be used to define a wide range of instructional models.
Read Moreby Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YMQP2323 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
Read MoreSeth Killian, Founder of Lingco Labs By Shannon Spasova, Michigan State University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/XTNY1984 Shannon Spasova: Hi, can you tell us a little about yourself? Seth Killian: I’m Seth, the founder of Lingco Language Labs. I’m an undergraduate student at
Read Moreby Carlos Torres, Spanish teacher and department Head in Birmingham, MI. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/SWTK9414 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,
Read MoreMarlene Johnshoy (University of Minnesota) Jonathan Perkins (University of Kansas) Dan Soneson (University of Minnesota) Shannon Donnally Spasova (Michigan State University) DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/VXZB3286 With shrinking travel budgets and difficulties taking extended time away from work, many language
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