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We will not re-open to the public until Monday, November 30th at 9 a.m.

Enjoy your break.

The last Techno Tuesday for the semester will happen today at 3:30 in Peters 327 (note: our presenter cannot make the 12:15-1 time slot)

This session is for teachers of languages, but other faculty are more than welcome to attend!

We will be joined by Felix Kronenberg, formerly of Pomona College, now an assistant professor of German and Director of the Language Center at Rhodes College.

While at Pomona, Felix was the catalyst behind the NITLE-funded Language Technology BootCamp… a series of training and sharing sessions as well as the frequently updated BootCamp Manual that lists recommended technologies for the language teacher.

You can read more about BootCamp here: Feel free to download the manual and bring it to the session ( although the manual is an interactive pdf with embedded media so it is more useful in its digital form!)

If you are trying to plan a final review exercise that is not just fill in the blank but more production-based, if you want to provide more opportunities for your students to create in the target language, or if you want an alternative to powerpoint for student presentations, this session should be of interest.

Please come and meet Felix (he will be coming in via ichat or Skype) and talk with him about some of the new tools that are available for language teachers and learners.

As always, refreshing beverages will be provided

Hope to see you this afternoon in Peters 327!

PLEASE play attention! oh…and PLEASE clean up after them!! Clorox wipes are available at the front desk.

Peter Naegele has been capturing lectures and labs at Oberlin since 2004. He will be speaking about the process, the changes in technology, and the challenges and victories he has experienced along the way.

Come and join him! Bring a lunch, we will provide the beverages.

Peters 327 at 12:15- 1 nd then again from 3:30-4:15.

UPDATE: Here is a link to a vodcast of his presentation!

You make take the tests anywhere there is a networked computer. Please allow one hour to take each of the tests (you may take more than one). The Oberlin Honor Code Rules are in effect during the taking of this test.

To access tests, please click HERE

Note: Faculty members, Faculty spouses, high school students, Kendal folks and other “non-traditional” students wishing to take the placement tests need to speak with Justin in order to be able to access the system.

New research is suggesting that a newborn’s cries imitate the cadence of their biological mother’s native language… interesting.

Feel free to listen, and read, and comment here.

Today from 12:15-1 and then again from 3:30-4:15 in Peters 327, we will be joined (virtually) by The Right Reverend Dr. Jim Groom of the University of Mary Washington for a conversation about blogging…what it is, what it isn’t, and how it can be used in teaching and learning.

Jim, who coined the phrase (battlecry?) and the mindset of EDUPUNK, will bring his tree-hugging charm and wit and grit (and probably his Yankees hat as well) to this session, and explain why he believes blogs (in particular WordPress Multi User blogs) can change teaching and learning forever.

Ever asked yourself “What Would Jim Groom Do ?” Well, now you can find out.

Bring your lunch…we will provide the beverages.

Here is a google doc slide show that Jim created for the occasion

To see the entire Fall 2009 Techno Tuesday Schedule click here.

To see our delicious page and links from previous sessions, please click here

With many thanks to Serena and Shannon and Bionic teaching for their flickr pics.

Thanks to the Smithsonian Institution’s efforts in new technologies, one can “visit” and “interact” with latino cultural practices virtually. Click here for more information about their programs and their resources.

To participate in the Smithsonian’s virtual Día de los Muertos, launch Second Life on one of our lab machines, create an avatar (it’s free), and then click on this link to explore the Day of the Dead celebrations .

¡Bienvenidos!

Today we will be exploring Second Life and how it can be used for teaching and Learning. Our guide will be Sue Simonson Shick from Case Western Reserve University as well as some of her faculty collaborators.

For more info on TechnoTuesdays, please click here

Check out our delicious page for info on what we have covered in the past as well (click on the tags listed on the right hand side to sort posts)