Hello everyone!

I just wanted to let you know that I have created a technoLanguages ning network. technoLanguages has a few groups around the place - blog, here on diigo, flicr etc and so I thought a ning was one way to put it all in one place. It's a network for languages educators who are interested in conversations about language learning and teaching, technology and 21st century education. I'm guessing that most of you know what nings are and how they work, but if you aren't sure - it's like Facebook or MySpace. You have a profile page and you add friends within the network, you can leave comments on people's pages and start discussion and special interest groups on whatever you like, as well as sharing photos and videos. I hope you'll join me at: http://technolanguages.ning.com but if you are just thinking 'my god, not another ning network!' then I totally understand! :-)

Hope to see you there,
Jess.

Hey Penny!

Good on you for going first. Someone had to :-) So far the Year of Languages is treating me well, though I would appreciate it if it would slow down just a little.

As for how I'm treating it, well, one of my (many) aims for the year is to get some really good intercultural conversations happening in my classes and some realisation among students that languages aren't just important, they're essential. See if that happens! Gotta love the challenge of Year 8.

Thanks for starting the convo Penny.


Penny Coutas wrote:
> This is me being cheeky and making the first forum post :)
>
> So... how's the Year of Languages treating you, and how are you treating it?