Thursday, February 18; 12:20 – 1:10 pm, Jones 30
Camtasia Relay is a tool that allows you to make videos of your computer screen that you can share with your students online. This tool is particularly useful if you want to narrate a lecture and show other applications on your to your students. It’s also a good way to simply and quickly create online tutorials to show your students how to use technology for your class. In this hands-on session, you’ll practice narrating and capturing your computer screen, upload the file to MediaMill* and share the link with others.
Presenter: Alyssa Ruesch, CLA Language Center
*This session will be most useful to you if you already have a MediaMill account. To request an account, email mmhelp@cla.umn.edu
Wednesday, February 24; 1:15 - 2:15 pm Jones 35.
In this panel presentation, instructors will share different ways that video can be used to reach second-language learning objectives. We’ll learn how students can take the reins recording and producing video as a way to practice their speaking or learn more about the target culture. We’ll also see how Tokbox, an online video messaging system, can be used to facilitate class-to-class exchanges. Finally, we’ll learn more about how instructors and students alike can use VideoAnt for feedback and reflection.
Presenters: David Atterberry, ESL; Kate Clements, ESL; Scott Spicer, SMART Learning Commons; Pablo Viedma, Spanish; and Sondes Woolridge, French
Wednesday, March 3; 12:20-1:10, Jones 35
The session showcases a project which provides the virtual experience of traversing a city street in Vienna, Austria. Using QuickTime VR technology with thousands of photographs and 40 hours of video interviews, the project is geared towards learners of German and provides insight into visual and spatial culture as well as multiple opportunities for contextual listening comprehension. The Josefstädter Strasse in Vienna is an example of integrated living/working/shopping space that illustrates a cultural concept of "Nahversorgung," which provides opportunity for daily necessities within walking distance, even in a large metropolitan context.
Wednesday, March 10; 1:25 – 2:15 pm, Jones 35
Smartphones and other mobile devices put a wealth of information in a variety of formats at our fingertips. How can these devices be used to advance the goals of language teachers and learners? Come find out how students in advanced German courses have used iPod touches to strengthen their linguistic, cultural, and digital competencies.
Presenters: Beth Kautz, GSD and CLA Language Center and Rebecca Raham, German
Monday, March 29; 1:25 – 2:15 pm Jones 15
Soon, all U of M students will have Gmail accounts and access to the collaborative tools in Google Docs. What makes Google Docs different from other Web 2.0 options such as wikis, discussion boards, or blogs? The presenters will provide an overview of how the tools work and share examples of student use of the tools in language and culture courses.
Presenters: Beth Kautz, GSD and CLA Language Center and Rebecca Raham, German
Wednesday, April 7, 1:25 – 2:15 pm, Jones 35
In this panel presentation, instructors from the Minnesota English Language Program and the Department of French and Italian will share different ways the online tool, Voicethread, can be used in the classroom as a way to practice writing and speaking skills, as well as provide an interesting way to interact with new vocabulary.
Presenters: Sondes Woolridge, French; Annie Marrin, ESL; Becky Uran-Markman, ESL; and Antonia Krueger, ESL
Thursday, April 15; 12:20 - 1:10 pm, Jones 35.
With the Internet, DVDs, and Satellite TV, there are many ways to bring authentic audio and video sources into the classroom. The question is, how can you effectively integrate these materials into your (beginning, intermediate, advanced) language classes? In this panel presentation, language instructors from the U of M share their tried and true ideas, lesson plans, and experiences from using authentic video in their courses.
Presenters: Arlys Arnold, ESL; Ginny Steinhagen, German; Vlad Dima, French; and Ling Wang, Chinese
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