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Another interesting article about how technology is being used in schools. As you read this, note that the biggest growth in technology in schools is for information tracking, accountability, and planning/budgeting, and assessment...not the creative uses within the daily classroom...

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A very relevant article for anyone in K-12. The combined push towards implementing the Common Core standards and integrating more technology (in the form or on line testing) is resulting in some serious concerns. This link includes other links with more information, including technology guidelines.

Prof Stephen Heppell's views on emerging technologies - ignore them at your peril

"Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology."

Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology.

Interface is dated, but looks like there are some good ideas here for tech. tools in L2 classes.

Dexway provides the market's most complete language learning technology, featuring loads of interactivity, professor for tutelage via virtual classes, continuous monitoring of student performance and speech recognition technology for the evaluation of pronunciation

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Hopefully here we can collect some images of language learning and technology, culture and anything that is relevant to our language classrooms. Images are powerful ways of sending messages and learning more about other people and places so let's give it a go!

Check out this collection of videos about Language learning and technology that I have found. Please feel free to add your own to the technoLanguages pod. Together we could grow a really good collection! You can do that by clicking on 'Add Video to Pod' which is at the bottom left hand side of the page.