languages and translation

2010 Midwest Moodle Moot

On 07/28/2010, in CMS/LMS, languages and translation, by Daniel Christian

Martin Dougiamas, Moodle Founder and Lead Developer, attended the 2010 Midwest Moot and presented the keynote address:

View Dougiamas’ keynote address via a Wimba webcast.
Tuesday, July 27, 9:00a – 10:00a Eastern Time

Other links/thoughts:

Moodle 2.0

Better navigation via the new nav block
Enhanced Settings block – context sensitive
Customizable “My Home” page
My private files
File picker — used whenever you want to select and/or upload a file; draws from repositories, flickr, private files, document management systems, public sites, etc.
Text box editor is resizable
Workshop module completely re-written; good for peer assessment and moves away from the sage on the stage
Community block / hub — could be very powerful

Also see:

Moodle4iphones project
Michelle Moore gave some great presentations; from remote-learner.net
Example page at remote-learn.net dealing with Instructional Design (ID): http://id.remote-learner.net/
For language learning on Moodle; see Carly Born’s work at:
http://apps.carleton.edu/its/flt/
http://apps.carleton.edu/its/flt/languagespecific/
http://apps.carleton.edu/its/flt/osmain/

Tagged with: languages • translation

Some language learning and language analysis/parsing sites — from Chris Hirt

On 07/01/2010, in computer science, languages and translation, programming, by Daniel Christian

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Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc (SIL) International is a faith-based nonprofit organization committed to serving language communities worldwide as they build capacity for sustainable language development. SIL has some linguistic software available for translators and linguistics that goes beyond simply learning a language. They are more like language analysis and language parsing. Check out http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/index.asp

Categories include:

Data Management
Font
Font Utility
Keyboard Utility
Other
Parser
Programming Language
Text Analysis
Text Utility

For German, see:
dict.leo.org

Tagged with: computer science • languages • programming

Resources for learning languages — online

On 06/22/2010, in languages and translation, online learning, by Daniel Christian

Below are some resources for learning languages — online

http://www.wimba.com/products/wimba_voice/
http://www.italki.com/
http://www.forvo.com/languages/
http://www.unilang.org/
http://universitiesandcolleges.org/language-learning-resources/
http://www.byki.com/
http://www.livemocha.com/
http://www.learn10.com/
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Showcase/100langlearning.html
http://www.rosettastone.comhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

Home

http://2bdutch.nl/
http://www.wordreference.com/
http://www.voorleesbijbel.nl/
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/languages/index.html
http://www.radiolinguaschools.com/information/intro/
http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
http://www.mguhlin.org/2009/12/book-reflection-moodle-19-for-second.html

Free Online Language Translation: Best Services To Translate Your Documents – Mini-Guide:
http://www.masternewmedia.org/free-online-language-translation-best-services-to-translate-your-documents-mini-guide/

http://www.mingoville.com/en.html
http://www.byki.com/lists/LATIN/Teach-Yourself-Beginner-s-Latin-UNIT-4-phrases.html
http://beelinetv.com/
http://www.mylanguagenotebook.com/
http://www.lexiophiles.com/language-blog-toplist/top-100-language-blogs-2009-nominated-blogs-language-learning
http://www.babelwith.me/
http://www.babbel.com/
http://clear.msu.edu/clear/store/products.php
http://dotsub.com/

Ten Excellent Language Translators And Resources:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/12/ten_excellent_l.html

From http://magistram.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/digital-storytelling-with-voicethread/
In our Latin 1 classes, we start the year by asking our students to find examples of Latin mottos or phrases that are still in use today. This year we used VoiceThread to again add the oral element to the presentation. Most of the presentations were created using either PowerPoint or SMART Notebook. Then the images were uploaded to VoiceThread and students recorded their comments there. Students selected mottos that all followed a certain theme, then chose images that best illustrated the motto. Some examples of this project are: Latin Love Mottos, and Philosophical Latin Mottos.

Also see:
http://voicethread.com/#q.b908650.i4836718

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Some flash card related sites:

http://www.flashcardexchange.com
http://www.flashcardmachine.com
http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards

Tagged with: languages • online learning

Interesting coupon from…Barnes & Noble

On 06/11/2010, in disruption, game-changing environment, languages and translation, by Daniel Christian

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iPod/iPhone Apps: Language Teacher (Part 1) — Isabelle Jones

On 06/07/2010, in Apple, languages and translation, UK, by Daniel Christian

iPod/iPhone Apps: Language Teacher (Part 1) — by Isabelle Jones

General/Productivity

Skype (free): I hear Skype is planning to charge for skype-to-skype calls using the 3G network even if called supported by wifi will still be free. I have found Skype a brilliant way to use text with anybody abroad as well as using good quality voice calls for free, of course.
TweeetDeck (free): A classic Twitter client although there are many many more available including Twitter’s own newly released iphone client and Seesmic.
Edutecher (free): Great application to find subject-related sites and ed-tech tools. A selection of ed-tech videos is also available as well as a copy of their Twitter feed and a search function.
iMindMap (free): simple MindMaps that can be exported and emailed
SimpleMindMaps (free): MindMaps can be saved to desktop, exported or saved to camera roll.
Diigo (free): Great to bookmark new sites from the safari browser although the bookmark does not allow for saving to groups
Box.net (free): useful to share documents between various locations. I have a box on my blog and I can add to it via my phone.
Dropbox (free): very handy to transfer back-up copies of documents to your phone. Just drop a copy in Dropbox folder and a copy will appear on your phone
Linkedin (free): more serious professional networking tool, it also has a wide range of groups for linguists and teachers that are worth keeping an eye on
Evernote(free): good to make notes and add audio or pictures to them. Notes can also be e-mailed too.
TED (free): really interesting speakers featuring in podcasts and videos
Teaching UK(free)-News, ideas and twitter feed
Tumblr(free): for quick logging of text, photo, quotes, link, chat, audio, and video. Great to keep it all in one place, and could be used to collect material for later thoughts and blog posts.
Save My Doc lite (free iTunes): just put in the url to download the document onto your phone
Errands (free iTunes): to do list with scheduling and mailing facility
Schoolbook (free iTunes): great to get to learn your new timetable, particularly if it is a two-weekly one.

Audio

ipadio (free): broadcast, record, play back and share high quality audio up to 60 minutes in length. Recorded calls can be shared on Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, Posterous, Blogger and more…
VR+lite (free Blackberry): simple recorder for messages to be shared by email or social media sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or Blogger. Recordings can be made private or public. A short audio watermark is attached to recording on the lite version (full version costs £1.19)To be able to edit and receive free storage you need to sign up for VR+Online (free)
iSaidWhat?! (£0.59): simple recorder allowing to do some sound editing directly from your iphone: record, import sound file, cut, arrange snippets, duplicate, share via email, Facebook or Twitter.
iRevise lite (free iTunes): revision timetable, notebooks to write summary, prompt cards for key words, audio recording with gaps for answers.

Photo/ picture resources

Flickr (free): A great way to back up the pictures on your phone, pictures from Flickr’s favourites can also be saved onto your phone quite easily.
Photoshop.com (free) simple tool to edit photos directly on your phone: crop, straighten, flip, rotate, exposure, contrast, colours, black and white, sketch, effects, borders, pictures can be saved, uploaded and posted to Facebook and TwitPic.
Art (£0.59 for full version-lite version available iTunes): Excellent source of Art and information about international artists-great stimuli to discuss colours, shapes and produce extended description or even stories in the foreign language! Pictures can be saved onto your camera roll or emailed and saved onto a laptop.
99 Happy Paintings (free iTunes): can be viewed, exported, used as wallpaper and emailed for copying and importing into teaching resources.

More: 30 iPhone applications for the Art Teacher

Tagged with: Apple • educational technology • iPod • languages • UK

Rosetta Stone

On 05/20/2010, in languages and translation, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: languages

Google unveils real-time translation tool for smart phones — from eSchoolNews.com

On 05/07/2010, in Google, languages and translation, mobile learning, mobile technologies, by Daniel Christian

Google unveils real-time translation tool for smart phones — from eSchoolNews.com

Tagged with: Google • languages • Mobile learning • mobile technology

LinguaTV — from Kirsten Winkler

On 05/07/2010, in languages and translation, learning, learning ecosystem, online media, by Daniel Christian

Resource from kirstenwinkler.com

Tagged with: languages • learning ecosystem • online media

EUROCALL 2010

On 04/29/2010, in education technology, languages and translation, by Daniel Christian

The theme of EUROCALL 2010 will therefore be Networked Structures and Virtual Communities in CALL. The emphasis will be placed on relationships – structures and communities connected by languages and cultures and functioning on a cooperative basis.

The sub-themes of the conference, underpinning the current topics of interest and concern in this area, will be the following:

– Learner communities, the web and corpora
– Distance learning, collaborative learning and mobile learning
– Managing multimedia environments
– Assessment, feedback and guidance in schools and universities
– Corpora: compilating, sorting and studying corpora that integrate online communication
– Intercultural competence and language learning
– Online multimodal communication and language learning
– Research methodologies and action research
– Virtual worlds
– Formal and informal language learning
– Networked language learning in in adult education
– Building international/regional partnerships for networked language learning
– New language learning communities
– Pedagogical changes brought about by ICT integration
– Innovative e-learning solutions for languages

We look forward to welcoming you to the University of Bordeaux!

Tagged with: educational technology • languages

Some resourses for those interested in language learning & technology

On 04/29/2010, in education technology, languages and translation, by Daniel Christian

Some resourses for those interested in language instruction & technology — my thanks to David Smith — Director, Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning as well as Associate Professor, Department of Germanic and Asian Languages at Calvin College for these resources:

Tagged with: educational technology • journals • languages

Tagged with: higher education • K-12 • languages • online learning

Global language education: Learning the lingo — from Edutopia.org

On 03/25/2010, in global / globalization, languages and translation, by Daniel Christian

Global language education: Learning the lingo –– from Edutopia.org
A sampling of schools that take foreign language teaching to task.

Tagged with: Global learning • languages

Wimba Connect 2010 — check out the applications of these tools

On 03/18/2010, in blended learning, colleges, community colleges, computer science, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, disruption, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, faculty/staff, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, hybrid learning, innovation, internet, K-12 related, languages and translation, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, liberal arts, mathematics, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, participation, pedagogy, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, staying relevant, student-related, teaching & learning, teaching online, telecommunications, telepresence, tools, universities, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Wimba Connect 2010 — check out the applications of these tools

OPENING KEYNOTE
Carol Vallone, CEO, Wimba

Teaching Math & Sciences with Wimba (Panel)Andrew Byrne & Kurt Mederer, Convent of the Sacred Heart; David Tao, Santosh Madhavan & Dan Lim, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences; Michele Barbeau & Kem Rogers, The University of Western Ontario

Using Wimba to Engage and Empower an Academic Community of Learners: The Case of the Global Citizen
Linda Ralston & Rebekah Grow, University of Utah

Faculty Development Wimba Style
Janet Welch & Stacey Mateika, Red Deer College

Using Wimba Voice, Pronto, and Create in Synchronously in Wimba Classroom and Asynchronously in an Online Environment
Brooke Eberwine, Steven Frecka & Jamie Westyn, OHDELA

Small Scale Implementation of Wimba Classroom – The Possibilities Are Endless
Regina Bobak & Julie Wolfe, Bloomsburg University of PA

Language Learning with Wimba (Panel)
Teresa MacKinnon, University of Warwick Language Centre; Ana Garcia Allen, The University of Western Ontario; Barbara Cohen, Berkeley College

Wikis, Wimbas, Whatevers! What Teachers Weave!
Jane Overmoe, Dakota Prairie HS

Taking the Troy Colloquium Online + Wimba: The Solution to Quality Online Learning
Gayle Nelson & Peter Paige, Troy University

Wimba Product Presentation
Annie Chechitelli, Wimba

Presentations Live or On-the-Go with Wimba Classroom MP4 Archives
Jason Rhode, Northern Illinois University & Larry Holland, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

NCVPS Cultural Cafe
Thomas Moncrief, North Carolina Virtual Public School

Our Journey: From Face 2 Face 2 Online Masters Degree
Gary Shouppe & Tom McCormack, Columbus State University

So Many Choices, So Little Time: Effective Voice Tools Training
Stacey Powell & Kathy McClelland, Auburn University

Features, Technical Problems and Technical Support in Higher Education Wimba Classrooms
Mary Nell McNeese, Amy Thornton & Jalynn Roberts, University of Southern Mississippi

ALAKAZAM!!! Instantly Transform your Physical Classrooms into Lecture Capture Spaces Using Wimba!
Scott Smith & Brian Reed, Wimba; Mark Burris, Michael Merritt & Linda Stauffer, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Using Wimba to Prepare for H1N1 and other Potential Disasters (Panel)
Phil O’Hara & Tim Fedak, Dalhousie University; David Tao & Dan Lim, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences

Diminishing the Distance in Distance Ed – Wimba’s Live Tools: People Reaching People
Crystal Havely Stratton & Patricia Landy, Laramie County Community College

“Keep It Live” – What the Students Say!
Mike Scheuermann, Drexel University

Wimba Pronto 4 All: Pronto Invitations and Universal Integration
Marlen Rattiner & Chris Dixon, Wimba

Online Learning is all about Collaboration!
Mark Gensimore, Jed Friedrichsen & blendedschools.net

Bringing In Local and Global Guest Speakers through Wimba Classroom
Chunyan Song , Ann Steckel & Laura Sederberg, California State University, Chico

Envelop, Develop: Building a Statewide and College-Level Professional Development System with Wimba and your LMS
Terry Pollard & Christian Pruett, Mississippi SBCJC; Rebecca Butler, Northwest Mississippi Community College; Jennifer Nowotny, Wimba

Where Did My Wimba Go and Do Users Know It’s Missing?
Michael Rogers & Jim Wolfgang, University System of Georgia; Sean Hessenthaler, Wimba

The Professor is In: Lessons Learned in Delivery of Online Student Support
Michelle Escudier & Sharon Davis, Central Texas College

Pet Kangaroos and Other Tall Tails – Live and MP4 Examples, Best Practices and Case Studies on Using Wimba Down Under
Steve Watt & Thalia Cosmidis, NetSpot Pty Ltd

Reaching Over Wall: Linking Kindred Spirits via Live Web Conferencing
Phil O’Hara & Corinne Tobin, Dalhousie Unversity; Paul Lowe, University of the Arts London

Collaborating With Students – A Glimpse of the Future With Blackboard
Brian DeKemper, Solutions Engineer, Blackboard

The Blended Language Learning Consortium (presented remotely)
Paul Snookes & Judy Barker, University of Worcester

Bringing Wimba out of the Web and into the Classroom
Bryan Vandiviere, Kansas State University

Wimba Classroom Beyond Classes
Cory Stokes, Univeristy of Utah & Edwin Perez, Wimba

The Power of Wimba 6.0 Archives: Developing and Editing the Archive Library
Jun Yang, University of Maryland

From the Lands Down Under – Wimba Firing Up Staff and Students in Australia and New Zealand
Lisa Ransom & Oriel Kelly, Manukau Institute of Technology; Kerry Trabinger, Canberra Institute of Technology

A Triple Threat to Student Attrition: Three Disciplines, Three Perspectives, and Three Uses of Wimba Classroom to Improve Student Retention
Monica Brooks, Tracy Christofero, Karen Mitchell, & Marty Laubach, Marshall University

High Impact Pedagogy: Bringing Online and Blended Courses to ‘Life’ through Learning Simulation and Wimba
Kristen Betts, Drexel University

Video, Vodcasts, and YouTube – Oh My!
Sarah Bryans Bongey & Chery Takkunen, The College of St. Scholastica

Online Education and the Power of Web 2.0 for Student Retention
Felice Nudelman, The New York Times / Epsilen

The Ways Wimba Classroom Can Revolutionize the Offering of Online Degree Programs
Daniel Powell, University of Alabama School of Law

Using Breakout Rooms to Foster Faculty Development
Ann Morgan, Kelly Kist & Heather Zink, Rasmussen College

Computer Science “eXperience:” Using Wimba Tools to Enhance Computer Science Education
Adel Abunawass, Alexandra Young & Edwin Rudolph, University of West Georgia

The Virtual Student Experience: Addressing Emotional & Multiple Intelligences & Soliciting Student Feedback
Dawn Muhammad, Calumet College of St. Joseph & H. Jean Bryan, Ed.D., DePaul University

CLOSING KEYNOTE BY JEFF NOEL, THE DISNEY INSTITUTE
Jeff Noel, The Disney Institute

Poster Presentations

Online Office Hours: How I Get Them To Attend
Lyndasu Crowe, Darton College
Enhancing Student/Instructor Interaction in the Online Environment through Podcasting
Heather Zink, Rasmussen College
Mastering the Point: Using Wimba Live Classroom with Effective PowerPoint Presentations to Enhance Online Learning
Sue Burris, National Park Community College
Unleashing Wimba: Letting Students Take Control. A case study in providing webinar technology for students to facilitate group work.
Laurie Grosik, Indiana University of Pennsylvania & Cori Dunagan, Edinboro University
Building Tech Capacity in a Non-Profit Collaborative Using Wimba Classroom
Bruce Roxburgh, Green Communities Canada

Tagged with: blended learning • face-to-face • faculty-staff • hybrid learning • languages • online learning • professional development • videoconferencing • web-based collaboration

Top 100 International Exchange & Experience Blogs 2010

On 03/17/2010, in blogs / blogging / vlogging, global / globalization, languages and translation, by Daniel Christian