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Eric Kattwinkel

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...29language-t.html

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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Old ideas about language affecting thinking have been discredited, but more recent research has revived the idea, with important differences.
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      It's not that features of our language prevent or allow certain kinds of thinking; it's that they "oblige" us to consider some things and not others, thereby causing us to develop certain "habits" in how we think.
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Compare different language requirements of making a simple statement ("I had dinner with a neighbor last night"): in French you have to reveal the gender of the neighbor, but in English  you don't; in English you have to reveal when the dinner happened; not so in Chinese.
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Research shows that when languages have different genders for the same objects, speakers of those language think differently about those same objects -- and this can affect their ability to remember those objects. (no reference?)
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      How would the habits of mind of a speaker of a geographic-based language be manifest in the way that person learns/remembers/teaches? How do speakers of egocentric languages learn/teach/remember differently?
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Language even affects our perception and experience of color: "Our experience of a Chagall painting actually depends to some extent on whether our language has a word for blue."
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Does an avid user of social media, who makes subtle distinctions among different ways to post something (comment, like, message, poke, etc.), have different habits of mind that affect how he/she relates to other people and/or incoming information?
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Area for potential study?: how to measure the ways habits of mind affect our intuitive/emotional/impulse behavior.
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      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Very intesting article about how our language affects the way we think. People who speak different languages adopt different "habits of mind" from an early age, and those habits can affect they way they experience the world. Especially fascinating is the discussion (2/3 of the way down) of languages that use a geographical, rather than egotistical, method for describing direction and relative position. (For example, the cup is resting on the north side of the west table in the southern room of the house.) How would a person with this type of view of the world experience a virtual environment? Also interesting implications for kids growing up with social media. Do new technologies impart habits of mind that affect the way kids learn?
Jennifer Hern

Essay - Is Technology Dumbing Down Japanese? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...EParker-t.html

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shared by Jennifer Hern on 08 Nov 09 - Cached
  • A vertically written language seems to be becoming increasingly horizontal. Novels are being written and read on little screens. People have gotten so used to typing on computers that they can no longer write characters by hand. And English words continue to infiltrate the language.
  • Mizumura contends that the dominance of English, especially with the advent of the Internet, threatens to reduce all other national languages to mere “local” languages that are not taken seriously by scholars. The education system, she argues, doesn’t spend enough time teaching Japanese.
  • Jennifer Hern on 08 Nov 09
     
    Is foreign-language software and technology impacting how Japanese learn their own language and negatively impacting their national culture?
Amanda Bowen

Google+ gets more sign-language friendly - CNN.com - 1 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

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  • Amanda Bowen on 14 Sep 11
     
    sign language in online chat rooms 
  • anonymous on 14 Sep 11
     
    This is really interesting! I never considered how primarily speaking through sign-language might thwart opportunities in video-chatting; especially with such a great technology as Google+. Good find!
  • Bridget Binstock on 14 Sep 11
     
    Amanda, thanks for sharing. I have a soft spot for sign language as I taught a camper years ago with a hearing impairment which resulted in me pursuing some ASL classes in undergrad because I loved being a part of that world! Accessibility is a hot topic in education and to see it being addressed in a more mainstream market makes me very excited for the possibilities!
Uche Amaechi

How Do Japanese Kids Learn Kanji | Learn That Language Now - 1 views

www.learnthatlanguagenow.com/...w-do-japanese-kids-learn-kanji

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  • Uche Amaechi on 04 Sep 10
     
    How technology affects language and writing differently  in logographic languages
Devon Dickau

BBC News - 'Fair trade' solution to learning a new language - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11286290

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  • in our ever-shrinking, networked world, the chance to learn new languages direct from the communities that speak it naturally is just a few clicks away.
  • There are lots of different ways of learning languages. "Different people learn in different ways. I think these kinds of virtual environments are really great, really good. Kids in school respond very well to these sorts of approaches."
  • Devon Dickau on 30 Sep 10
     
    "Anything that brings language alive, whether that's in the real world or the virtual world, is a good thing."
Megan Johnston

The Sims 2 In Foreign Language Education FAQ - 0 views

www.lingualgamers.com/...sims2_questions.html

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  • Megan Johnston on 23 Oct 09
     
    Found this in doing research for my HT500 presentation. Some foreign language teachers are installing the Sims in foreign languages and having kids play the game to develop their vocabulary. Teachers can use community-created game modding tools to edit text in the game, adding extra words and vocab lists. Because this is a game about everyday life, kids learn everyday vocabularies. Cool idea! I wonder if this would work with any other video games.
Jennifer Bartecchi

MIND Research Institute - Program Overview - 0 views

www.mindresearch.net/...landing_programs.php

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  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 16 Sep 12
     
    The MIND Research Institute has developed software & games to teach math without use of language. Language is thought to be a barrier to math for many students.
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 16 Sep 12
     
    Taking the math out of language provides access for students who have linguistic barriers to learning.
Garron Hillaire

Smarter Than You Think - Aiming to Learn as We Do, A Machine Teaches Itself - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...05compute.html

AI Language Learning technology

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  • “For all the advances in computer science, we still don’t have a computer that can learn as humans do, cumulatively, over the long term,”
  • The Never-Ending Language Learning system, or NELL, has made an impressive showing so far. NELL scans hundreds of millions of Web pages for text patterns
  • NELL is one project in a widening field of research and investment aimed at enabling computers to better understand the meaning of language.
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  • “What’s exciting and significant about it is the continuous learning, as if NELL is exercising curiosity on its own, with little human help,”
  • Garron Hillaire on 06 Oct 10
     
    CMU working on an AI that is curious about language.
Xavier Rozas

-CALICO Awards - CALICO - 0 views

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shared by Xavier Rozas on 24 Oct 09 - No Cached
  • Language-learning Website Award--The Esperanto "Access to Language Education Award" CALICO, Lernu.net, and the Esperantic Studies Foundation present this award to a website offering exceptional language-learning resources. The winning website is recognized at CALICO's annual conference banquet, and its developers are presented with an Award Certificate and a prize. Noncommercial (cost-free) websites, created and/or maintained by CALICO members, are eligible for this award.
  • Award Winners 2009 Français interactif [visit the website]
  • Xavier Rozas on 24 Oct 09
     
    Good list of free and pay online language learning resources. See the awards list.
Tomoko Matsukawa

BBC News - Learn English online: How the internet is changing language - 5 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...magazine-20332763

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  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 15 Dec 12
     
    "Language online is now a zero sum game."
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  • Hongge Ren on 16 Dec 12
     
    English is not alone. Chinese is integrating different languages and inventing new words everyday, and I think Japanese has done this for centuries, all parts of globalization.
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 16 Dec 12
     
    True. But japanese expansion was maybe not too much due o the power of internet as much as english. Curious about Chinese given there are already so many dialects.
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 17 Dec 12
     
    This is an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing. I was speaking with some friends from Germany and Spain, who explained that English has become much more motivating due to its pervasive existence online. However, mandarin is preferential to higher SES families who want their children to excel in business.
Uly Lalunio

Learn a foreign language online for free via social networking - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

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  • Uly Lalunio on 24 Oct 09
     
    How social media facilitates learning a foreign language online for free.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Japan's LINE social network could challenge global competitors | The Japan Times Online - 0 views

www.japantimes.co.jp/...nc20120718aa.html

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shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 05 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 05 Dec 12
     
    Do any of you know 'LINE'? as of last months, 80mn users globally (36mn users in Japan) and its pace of growth is exceeding that of any other types of social media in the country (Facebook, Twitter, etc). They target 1) users who have smartphones but not PC, 2) those who are interested in communication emotions effectively through ''emoticons'. If some people are concerned about how twitter/facebook/texting would have adverse impact on children language skill, let's talk about the implication of this thing if kids learn to communicate just by selecting emoticons (whose designs and variety are great by the way) and sending that to each other. I still have LINE on my PC but seeing this rapid growth in my home country concerns me a bit. 
Jaclyn Ruszala

1-to-1 Computing: Turning Around School Technology - 6 views

thejournal.com/...-around-school-technology.aspx

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  • Bridget Binstock on 07 Dec 11
     
    This article explains why the district chose laptops over tablet and how the community is helping to turn the schools around.
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  • Allison Browne on 08 Dec 11
     
    This is a very throrough article.If replaceing computers every 4 years and maintaining them is only 4% of the budget, I wonder what all the resistence is to schools maintaining computers. Is 4% still too much? Is 4% specific to this Alabama district? Also, I felt individualized instruction for foreign language would be the best way to transition a school towards networked individualized learning in a school environment. It's silly that everyone in elementary schools has to take the same language simply because there is only one foreign language teacher. Instead of a Spanish teacher you would need to hire multi-lingual specialists who are able to monitor langauge acquisition. Cool future!
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Dec 11
     
    "The teachers that were involved said that if every kid had their own computer, we could do amazing things". It would be interesting to know if the teachers presented some concrete ideas of 'amazing things'. It would also be interesting to know whether they have a bank of spare laptops to loan to the students while the defective ones are getting fixed. I have a feeling that in the not-so-distant future the choice between a tablet and a computer may become a moot point. The hardware that powers a MacBook Air and iPad is very similar. We have laptops that double as tablets and tablets that are paired with a keyboard to be used as a laptop. Eventually these two will merge.
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 19 Dec 11
     
    Great overview of the issues -- I agree with Kasthuri -- I think the issue will become moot
Maung Nyeu

Akron Ohio News - Woodridge High looking at offering Chinese, sign language courses - 1 views

www.akron.com/akron-ohio-education-news.asp

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  • Maung Nyeu on 30 Dec 11
     
    Online foreign language learning for high school students at Woodridge High. ""Either we get on the [online learning] bus or we're going to get hit by the bus", says Superintendent Walter Davis.
Maria Bueno

DuoLingo: Cool Language-Learning Mobile App - 2 views

www.latinpost.com/...cool-language-learning-app.htm

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  • Maria Bueno on 07 Dec 13
     
    ''Standing during long train commutes and bus rides has just gotten more educational'' DuoLingo is a successful mobile game-based app for language learning that uses comprehensive features, vocal and manual interactions, constant assessment, and it is accessible (cheap)
Yang Jiang

Smarter Than You Think - Aiming to Learn as We Do, A Machine Teaches Itself - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...05compute.html

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  • Yang Jiang on 08 Oct 10
     
    I think it is interesting because it is related to our online discussion about artificial intelligence. Can machines and computers be as smart as humans and read language?
Chris Dede

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Test Mobile Phone Games To Teach Children -- THE Journal - 4 views

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  • Chris Dede on 30 Oct 10
     
    mobile phones for language learning
Maung Nyeu

Flash cards, vocabulary memorization, and study games | Quizlet - 0 views

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  • Maung Nyeu on 24 Sep 11
     
    The best way to study languages, vocabulary, or almost anything P.S. It's fun, it's free, and you can share with friends!
  • Maung Nyeu on 24 Sep 11
     
    #HGSET561 A great way to study languages, vocubulary, or almost anything. Attended the founder speak at MIT Bootcamp. http://quizlet.com/
Maung Nyeu

Groundbreaking New Spanish-language Initiative from the National Center for Learning Di... - 0 views

www.digitaljournal.com/474271

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  • Maung Nyeu on 02 Nov 11
     
    "Spanish-language resources will be publicly launched in the coming months, to create what will be the largest online learning disabilities resource nationwide."
Hannah Williams

Teach At-Risk Students in Leadership and Language Arts with. . . World of Warcraft? - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...ow-lucas-gillispie-todd-finley

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  • Hannah Williams on 04 Nov 12
     
    "Gillispie: At one of our instructional team meetings, I said, "I have an idea. This is what I want to do. I want to target at-risk students at the middle school level, focus on leadership, language arts, digital citizenship and lots of other things that tend to get less emphasis in our everyday classroom. And I want to use this game, WoW." At the conclusion of my spiel, they said, "We really don't understand all this stuff that you are talking about, but we know it's a good idea. Go for it." The principal said, "Yes, please come do this at my school."
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