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by Shannon Donnally Spasova (Michigan State University) DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RBFG1121 In previous articles, I introduced you to H5P’s Interactive Video and Audio Recorder activity types. In this article, I would like to introduce you to the H5P Course Presentation activity type.
Read MoreDOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/FZEC1571 Jeff Magoto is the language center director at the University of Oregon where the next IALLT conference will be hosted on June 19-22, 2019. Here a link to the Call for Proposal. The deadline is December 6, 2018. The
Read MoreSeyed Abdollah Shahrokni, Washington State University, Pullman Joy Egbert, Washington State University, Pullman DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IVIJ1382 The process, content, and outcomes of teacher education in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) continue to be discussed in the field, with teacher educators employing various
Read MoreNathalie Ettzevoglou, French Teacher at Alpharetta High School, Georgia. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/BMSW4176 Quizalize is a web-based tool that allows teachers to collect and track student-specific data generated automatically by the zzish platform in order to personalize instruction. The company’s platform zzish
Read Moreby Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LIQK2103 Since more and more language courses are becoming technology-enhanced, hybrid, or online, language teachers are now often tasked with creating this curriculum. Faculty authorship is a very positive thing; after
Read Moreby Shannon Donnally Spasova, Michigan State University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OMUS6850 For quite some time, clickers (or student response systems) have been popular tools in large lecture courses to elicit student participation. Kahoot, a game-based quiz platform has also become commonly
Read MoreBy Rachel Frenkil, Spanish teacher at Gann Academy, Waltham, MA DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/GHVM7065 Microsoft OneNote, part of the Microsoft suite, is a multi-user online notebook that allows for collaboration and individualization. For classroom use, the add-on of Class Notebook is especially
Read MoreBy Heidi Trude, M.Ed, French Teacher at Skyline High School, Front Royal, VA and Certificate Student at the University of Colorado Boulder. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ECKS3466 Imagine putting on a headset and being transported into another world. That’s what virtual reality does for
Read MoreBy Joan Palmiter Bajorek, Doctoral Candidate, University of Arizona, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/CENW4479 Lightening fast, accuracy improving, and with sophisticated interfaces, the ability for instructors to get free and fantastic speech technology into the hands of
Read MoreBy Anna V. Torres Mallma, Spanish PhD student at University of Illinois at Chicago DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/WBJH9950 Recap is a free web-based tool that allows users to record and post videos for private and public interactive discussions. It is a product
Read MoreBy Lincoln Bain, MAT graduate student, Northern Arizona University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OTRM6072 Perusall is a free web-based reading tool designed by a small team of professors from Harvard and the University of Texas at Austin. Perusall allows users to create collaborative
Read MoreBy Carmen Granda, Amherst College. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LYRW3751 Around the halfway point of the semester, the classroom dynamic often changes with the arrival of midterm season. Many students, and if we are being honest, teachers, fall victim to “the midterm slump.”
Read MoreBy Cheryl Gil, Spanish teacher at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School in South Carolina. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LKDV9433 Padlet is a virtual wall that allows users to post words, pictures, attachments, and links onto a single post. If the link is shared, whether
Read MoreBy Theresa Schenker, PhD, Language Program Director & Senior Lector II at Yale University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/NSEM6486 One of the primary goals of foreign language instruction apart from the acquisition of target language skills is the development of cultural awareness
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