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Did you get to try it out at all? What do you think? I haven't seen this used in the FL setting before.

Maybe I missed it, but did it say how much it was to print the books?

A great way to provide students with the opportunity to be creative.

Links upon Links for language teachers/ learners from Foreign Language Teaching Forum by State University of New York College at Cortland

Saving this for later too. Lots of info here- thanks for sharing. This will continue to be a great resource.

Great catch, I am bookmarking this one and adding to my resource library. Merci beaucoup!

"Abstract Currently, language educators experience difficulties in facilitating oral practice effectively in the foreign language classroom. Regularly, they face introverted and passive learners who fail to embrace speaking opportunities (Poza, 2011), or simply do not find the time to promote speaking practice in the classroom (Meddings & Thornbury, 2009). In this light, many asynchronous computer mediated communication (ACMC) technologies have emerged to confront this situation. However, central research studies do not seem to acknowledge ACMC as viable in accommodating oral development but, rather, frequently attribute this merit to synchronous CMC (Levy & Stockwell, 2006; Kervin & Derewianka, 2011). By employing a mixed-methods approach, this small-scale case study examines, firstly, the extent to which ACMC speaking practices are suitable for language learners' speaking development. Secondly, and by extension, it investigates the salient characteristics of the ACMC tool myBrainshark, that makes it appropriate for fostering linguistic growth. The data is obtained from post-beginner Spanish language learners by means of an online questionnaire and an online structured stimulated recall. The findings show, on the one hand, that ACMC oral practices can be beneficial in developing speaking aspects in lower-proficiency language learners and, on the other hand, that myBrainshark has characteristics that can potentially promote linguistic development. Finally, this paper calls for experimental research on the improvement of oral competency in post-beginner and higher-proficiency learners."

The article describes how technology (I took it as one of the terms for media) is important in the foreign language classroom.

I am opening the article and is not showing the highlights. Hopefully it will when I share the article.

This is a really good suggestion Vivian! It is always nice to have plan B especially when using technology!

The author says that CMC helps in all of these areas, but doesn't provide any information about his sources. I think this shows the value of including links to other websites in blog posts about education!

Using Seesaw in the language classroom. It is a place where students can write comments and respond to each other's writing. It allows teachers to have all of their students writing in one place, organized into classes, and allows the teacher to give feedback.

This article from The Guardian discusses the impact of the government decision to lower the requirements for learning a world language based on the belief that, once the England leaves the EU, other languages won't be necessary. Essentially their equivalent of the Education Department is changing back to more extensive requirements so that by 2025 90% of students will be studying a language again.

I like this article even though it's from 6 years ago because it talks about the benefits to teletandem communication. I hope you are able to read it because it's from the Chronicle of Higher Education and you might need to sign up.

It sounds interesting but I can't read the article because it prompts me to log in or create an account. I've always been interested in what I call "The cultural dimension of FL teaching".

I have selected a digital magazine issued by the Office of the Spanish Ministry of Education in the USA and Canada. This yearly magazine gathers lessons, units and projects around a different cultural topic carried out by Spanish teachers in immersion or foreign languages programs in America or other places outside of Spain. These issues don't have a strictly academic tone but they are actually more like real experiences carried out in real classrooms that can be borrowed or inspired by other educators. The magazine guidelines require a very specific format with objectives, level, materials, etc. to describe the experiences.

Minnesota Foreign Language Teacher of the year 2019.  Information about CI, some products for sale and free stuff.

This easy-to-read introduction to SAMR (standing for "Substitution," "Augmentation," "Modification" and "Redefinition"), a model for helping integrate "technology tools into foreign-language classrooms," is blogged by a Chinese content and technology specialist who, I trust, has a lot of experience of incorporating media into Chinese learning activities. Besides clearly explaining how the SAMR model works for a L2 class via really useful tech tools such as Google Docs and Flipgrid, this blog also reveals a fact that our students "are not all 'digital natives,'" and encourages us, 21st-century educators, to "meet our students halfway to use tech for learning." I found the first two SAMR stages, namely, "Substitution" and "Augmentation," are very helpful for evaluating the interpretive mode implemented with appropriate media.

Webinar by Kelly Torres on the use of VoiceThread

ACTFL 2012 tech presentation with ppt - some are Chinese-specific, many could be used by all langs.

ACTFL 2012 presentation "There are two files: one handout with useful web-site links, apps, and a QR Code activity, and a copy of the Keynote slides from the presentation."

ACTFL 2012 presentation that provides an overview of the tools available in LiveMocha, Busuu and iTalki and examples of their use in the FL classroom.

ACTFL 2012 Presentation

ACTFL 2012 presentation "Attendees will learn to revise traditional activities by incorporating advertising and smartphones into their teaching. Advertising is everywhere and smartphones are part of most students' life. They can be tools that shape student awareness of other languages and cultures. "

ACTFL 2012 presentation This is a short video of students at Marquette University participating in OCMC in Spanish and French.