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Think About 'Recording' - part 2: Pros and Cons

Just like anything else, there are always pros and cons about the things.  The technology tool is the same way.

Previously I posted the blog talking about the use case of video capture cart. The advantages that you can take with this capture cart are something like the...|..........Read More of this entry|


Think About 'Recording' - part 1: Use Case of Video Capture Cart

The video capture cart equipped in the digital language classrooms has been used by various instructors this quarter.  Many classes in the different level, from Advanced EFS classes to Beginning Hebrew class, have been capturing the student’s presentation with the video capture cart.  Some class conduct the speech or...|..........Read More of this entry|


Whiteboard "TeamBoard" in the language lab classrooms

One of the common features equipped in the digital language lab classrooms is the TeamBoard.    This screen board allows us to write on with dry erase makers.

Another function which the Teamboard has is to be functioned as an interactive whiteboard using the tools such...|..........Read More of this entry|


Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels

From http://oralproficiency.coerll.utexas.edu/
Language: Spanish
Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels is a free open educational resource (OER) from our sister LRC, the Center for Open Education Resources and Language Learning, that can help you gain a foundational understanding of how to evaluate Spanish speakers. The resource includes:

Practice: Video-based practice...|..........Read More of this entry|


New Language Lab Facilitites in Lathrop - Oct 2014

The images of the drop-in area and the classroom and instructor’s meeting spaces.

For the detail, please visit the language lab website http://thelab.stanford.edu

 

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Title VI Language Resource Centers (LRCs) funding - CASLS InterCom news Oct 2014

The funding by the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI Language Resource Centers program for 2014-2018 has been announced.

Read more about the four new LRC’s that have been added in this four-year cycle at http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=119422.

Learn more about LRC’s at http://www.nflrc.org/

 

(http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/subscriber/subscriberEmail/1975#content18414)

From – CASLS InterCom...|..........Read More of this entry|


Stanford's new Lathrop Library ready for Sept. 15 opening

Stanford’s new Lathrop Library ready for Sept. 15 opening

Lathrop Library will be the new home of the East Asia Library and other units previously housed in Meyer Library. The four-story building is filled with seminar rooms and classrooms equipped with state-of-the art technology designed to enhance teaching, learning and research.|..........Read More of this entry|


miscellaneous news and article June 2014

Microsoft demos breakthrough in real-time translated conversations


It’s been an interesting evening here in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. at the inaugural Code Conference (#CodeCon) where @karaswisher and @waltmossberg are engaging Microsoft CEO @satyanadella in a more than hour-long onstage conversation.

During his conversation with Walt and Kara, Satya discussed his...|..........Read More of this entry|


Volume 18 Number 2 of Language Learning & Technology is Now Available

 

Volume 18 Number 2 of Language Learning & Technology is Now Available
We are happy to announce that Volume 18, Number 2, of Language Learning & Technology is now available at http://llt.msu.edu. It is a special issue on “Game-Informed L2 Teaching and Learning” with guest editors Jonathon...|..........Read More of this entry|


CASLS interCom articles June 2014

International Dialects of English Archive
Source: IDEA
Are you exploring different dialects of English with your students? Are you looking for audio samples of speakers of different dialects? The International Dialects of English Archive is a repository of audio clips of native English speakers from all over the...|..........Read More of this entry|


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