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Introduction to the Technology Modules

National Technology Standards

Generic Software

Find Web Resources

Use Web Resources

Create Web Resources

WebQuests

Telecollaboration

Using Digital Images

 

 
 
 
   
 



 
 

Telecollaboration: Examples

Asynchronous:

E-mail, Listservs, &
Threaded Discussions

Blogs and Wikis

Adding Audio-Video

Podcasting

Synchronous:

Chat Rooms &
Instant Messaging

Virtual Places

Video Conferencing

 

E-mail, Listservs, & Threaded Discussions

If you started from the top of these modules, you should have some experience now with the discussion board (NiceNet) used for the discussions in these modules.  Here are some others:

Leloup, J. Some example lesson plans::
email: http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/methods/obj4/email4.html
listservs: http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/methods/obj4/edg4.html
bulletin board: http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/methods/obj4/usenet4.html

Gonglewski, M., Meloni, C., & Brant, J. (2001). Using E-mail in Foreign Language Teaching: Rationale and Suggestions. The Internet TESL Journal, v7, n3. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Meloni-Email.html

Blogs and Wikis

What do think about this suggestion for an activity to build a mini-wikipedia as a class project?
Go to the very bottom of the page - (Wednesday, March 03, 2004) Micro-WikiPedia: Wiki Lesson Plan

Thorne, S. L. & Payne, J. S. (2005). Evolutionary Trajectories, Internet-Mediated Expression, and Language Education. CALICO Journal, v22, n3, p-p 371-397.  http://language.la.psu.edu/~thorne/thorne_payne_calico2005.pdf
Go to p. 382 for the section on Blogs and Wikis.  What do you think about the "study abroad blog" idea?

Chat Rooms & Instant Messaging

 

Virtual Places

 

Adding Audio-Video

Duber, J. (n.d.). Cutting Edge CALL Demos. CALL @Chorus. http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/cuttingedge.html

Web-Based Speech: Web-Based Applications that Replace or Extend the Traditional Language Lab. (n.d.) Yamada Language Center website. http://babel.uoregon.edu/ortesol.html

 

Video Conferencing

 

Podcasting

A list of a lot of language podcasts:   http://www.podcast.net/cat/89

• Arabic (10)

• Chinese (49)

• Dansk (27)

• Deutsch (230)

• Dutch (64)

• Español (135)

• Finnish (13)

• Français (178)

• Greek (9)

• Hebrew (4)

• Hindu-Urdu (17)

• Italiano (107)

• Japanese (78)

• Korean (4)

• Other Languages (144)

• Português (32)

• Russian (22)

• Türkçe (16)

 

Chinese - http://www.chinesepod.com/

Pod-EFL – long list of links for ELT podcasting down the right side
http://www.pod-efl.com/

Spanish 4 You - http://ssl4you.blogspot.com/
There is a list of 12 podcasts with a theme conversation.Below you will find blog posts with the script of the conversation in Spanish and then English with a list of vocab in the middle.

Learn Italian Pod - http://www.learnitalianpod.com/



 
 
 
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