Technology and Language Learning
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ACTFL Standards for Foreign Language Learning
Pools (a Leonardo II supported two years (2005-2007) project developing materials for language teaching and learning as well as teacher training courses based on pools of materials for nine languages; Basque, Danish, Dutch, English, Gaelic (Scottish), German, Lithuanian, Romanian, and Spanish.)
Language Menu (created by language teachers for language teachers)
EDUCAUSE Online Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus
Online educational delivery applications: A web tool for comparative analysis
New Tools for Teaching (James J. O'Donnell)
Language Interactive (Bob Godwin-Jones)
Web Based Instruction Resources
Yamada Language Center (University of Oregon)
Oral Language Archive Web Samples (QuickTime Audio of French, Japanese, Spanish)
Technology for language teaching (resource page at Ohio University)
Learning over the Internet: Courses, Curricula, Programs, Syllabi, etc.
Teaching with Technology Special Initiative (NEH project)
Technology Transforms Writing and the Teaching of Writing
Educational Technologies Bootcamp
Multimedia and Digital Commentary Online (Michael Bush at BYU)
Media and
Communication Studies Site ![]()
International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALL)
"From Papyrus to Cyberspace", records a Cambridge Forum presentation beginning with a 15-minute talk by James J. O'Donnell and then 45 minutes of response and discussion in RealAudio format (March 1999).
Technology and Culture Panel Discussion 11/8/99 (RealPlayer audio) (Written summary )
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Logging in with . . . Thomas S. Valovic: Author Warns That the Digital Age Will Be No Utopia (Valovic interview by Scott Carlson) Essays on the Philosophy of Technology A Cyberspace Independence Declaration (John Perry Barlow) CyberReader 2/e (UTA's own Victor Vitanza) The Cyberspace, Hypertext, and Critical Theory Web: An Introduction (George P. Landow) |
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Gender
Rosi Braidotti "Cyberfeminism with a difference"Maureen Ebben and Cheris Kramarae, Women and Information Technologies: Creating a Cyberspace of Our Own
Donna Haraway, A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century
Herring, Susan. (UTA's own) Gender differences in computer-mediated communication: Bringing familiar baggage to the new frontier
Race
eBlackStudies: ResourcesThe African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
Both
Culture, Class and Cyberspace (link list includes Ethnicity and Culture Section, Class and Poverty Section, and Gender and Sexuality Section)
Point: Significant Difference
Counter-point: "No Significant Difference Phenomenon"
An interview with Clifford Stoll, HIGH TECH HERETIC: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian
Debate about on-line courses:
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Developing a Distance Education Policy for 21st Century Learning, American Council on Education report, March 2000
Carnevale, Dan, How to Proctor From a Distance: Experts say professors need savvy to prevent cheating in on-line courses
Ehrmann, Stephen C. "Asking the Right Question: What Does Research Tell Us About Technology and Higher Learning?"
Farrington, Gregory C. 1999. The New Technologies and the Future of Residential Undergraduate Education.
Frayer, Dorothy A. 1999. Creating a Campus Culture to Support a Teaching and Learning Revolution.
Hamza, M.K. 1999. Technology and education: Between chaos and order
Imel, Susan. 1999. Using Technologies Effectively in Adult and Vocational Education.
Kerr, Stephen T. 1997. Nine Paradoxes of Educational Technology.
Noam, Eli M. 1995. Electronics and the Dim Future of the University.
Noble, David F. 1998. Digital diploma mills: The automation of Higher Education.
Oppenheimer, Todd. 1997. The computer delusion.
Owston, Ronald D. The World Wide Web: A Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning?
Sloan, Bernie. 1997. Cyberhope, or Cyberhype? CMC and the Future of Higher Education.
Trotter, Andrew Preparing Teachers For the Digital Age
White, Frank. 1999. Digital diploma mills: A dissenting voice.
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Perseus Project (for myth, art, and history) Mythweb Animated stories, fun for kids. Teaching resources for elementary grades. Mythmedia (a collection of art images relating to Classical mythology) Internet Ancient History Sourcebook The Search for Alexander (NEH, Texas Humanities Council, Austin) Classics Technology Center (a free repository of practical tools, for educators and other classicists, to enhance the use of computer technology in Classics education) |
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English on-line (Resource page for ESL teachers)
English as a Second Language (Rong-Chang Li at Univ. of Illinois C-U)
eVIEWS (online interviews, written and RealAudio)
Linguistic Funland TESOL Resources
Glossaire des Termes - Internet
On-line lower division French at UT Austin
française interactif (UT Austin videos)
Tex's French Grammar: la grammaire de l'absurde
Le Quartier français (Janice B. Paulsen, Univ. of Richmond)
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UT Austin Business German (uses RealAudio) |
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Web-Based Teaching Units, Tests, and Pedagogy (AATG link list) |
Treffpunkt Deutsch (Exercises for text book) |
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The German Electronic Textbook (grammar and pronunciation) |
German for Beginners (on-line help) |
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Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) (Link list from Shea, aimed at the German teacher but also of general use) |
Deutsche Internet Chronik: Gegenwartskultur: Andreas Lixl-Purcell |
Dr. Orlando Kelm's wonderful multi-media web material for Business Spanish and other Spanish and Portuguese instruction.
Mundo 21 BYU's link to the Spanish-speaking world
Multimedia Russian (University of Pennsylvania)
Klingon |
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Hot Potatoes (freeware)
Web Author (Univ. of Pennsylvania Language Center: tool for making interactive web exercises)
Exercises, Quizzes, Tests (Easton Language Education)
Webgen 2000 (exercise maker for Windows)