ACTFL 2013 Plenary: The Tipping Point – Language Learning for a Changed World
In late November I had the pleasure to be on the plenary panel The Tipping Point – Language Learning for a Changed World at ACTFL 2013 in Orlando, Florida. My 3 co-presenters were fantastic! All 4 of...
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A small game for teaching two-way prepositions
Teaching grammatical concepts like two-way prepositions can be difficult, especially translating the theoretical concept into meaningful and possibly even interesting or motivating exercises and...
View ArticleWood Between the Worlds
UMW faculty are constantly coming up with great ideas, and Warren Rochelle is no exception. This morning, Warren came to the DTLT to talk with me about a Fantasy Writing course he’s teaching in the...
View ArticleTurn On, Tune In, Make Radio at SWALLT 2014
This afternoon, Barbara Sawhill and I are running a workshop at this year’s SWALLT conference, hosted by our awesome colleague Michael Samojlik at UCLA’s Center for Digital Humanities. Because we never...
View ArticleTeam and Task Management
When it comes to managing teams, such as student workers, it is difficult to make sure everything gets done. When there is a group of people, something always falls through the cracks. For example, a...
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Quizlet Revisited
I’ve been using Quizlet for my courses for a number of hers now. Last year I purchased a teacher license ($25 for one year), and I am glad I did. It’s been really easy to monitor progress, avoid ads...
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Storybird Writing Projects, Part 2
My experiences with Storybird this semester were great. I wrote part one of this a few weeks ago, and now that the projects are in, I’d like to write a few lines about the final results.read more
View ArticleTurn On Tune In Make Radio: ALTfest Edition
Last spring, Barbara and I presented about the great and creative work she is doing with radio at SWALLT ’14, a language technology conference. This morning we will be reprising that presentation for a...
View ArticleAnnouncing ALTfest Radio
As part of the storytelling theme from this first annual ALTfest conference at VCU, Barbara and I would like to provide everyone within earshot the opportunity to contribute to ALTfest Radio. This is a...
View ArticleAlternate Reality Project
It’s been a while… After receiving tenure, I took a small break from blogging. Also, I was elected as President-Elect of the International Association for Language Learning and Technology and have been...
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