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I was thrilled to be invited to present at the Social Media Workshop organized by the Language Acquisition Resource Center at San Diego State University. Here are the slides from today's presentation: You can download the handouts from the session here. Check out the recording of the session, too.

Youtube video that discusses immersion techniques in the foreign language classroom.

This paper "summarize(s) theory and research on intercultural competence, paying particular attention to existing approaches and tools for its assessment. We also review examples of the assessment of intercultural competence in the specific contexts of general education and college foreign language and study abroad programs. [The authors] hope that these resources will provide a useful basis to foreign language (and other) educators as they seek to understand and improve the intercultural competencies of their students.

Ths You Tube shows step by step how to help students set up Google Accounts in order to use them for their classes.

If you're looking for a school or classroom for your students to partner with, there's no place like the World Wide Web. "People need to get out there and form an online presence," says high school French teacher Toni Theisen. There are online communities everywhere just waiting to be blasted with your callout for a sister classroom.

Abstract This presentation introduced Skype and how it can be used to: 1) connect teachers with other professionals - and save on long distance charges - even internationally 2) empower language teachers and tutors 3) give presentations and workshops 4) be a stepping stone to using more sophisticated technology in the classroom. It was noted that for those who are new to using technology in the language learning classroom, Skype is an effective way to experiment with technology, while minimizing the risk of things going wrong. Using Skype can help teachers improve their technology literacy and increase their confidence using technology in the language learning classroom. It provides an excellent stepping stone for those who are not entirely "fluent" with more sophisticated technologies.

Skype is user-friendly, free video chat software that in recent years has become wildly popular for long-distance communication, be it with college students studying abroad who want to keep in contact with friends and family back in their home country or for international business correspondence.

On this website you will find resources for using Google Apps in YOUR Foreign Language Classroom.

The jackpot: this guide contains lots of links for practical applications of Twitter, Wikis, GoogleDocs, 3D virtual worlds etc...in the language classroom

This is a great idea if you want to show the world to your students using the Google Maps street view. Here the example shows how to integrate the street view with a language lesson, but one could easily use it for other disciplines (Social Studies, Literature, etc...)

Academic paper with practical uses for YouTube and pedagogy supporting its use in the classroom. Also includes good links

A PowerPoint show highlighting several uses for YouTube in the FL classroom. Interesting links, some good ideas. Focused on Spanish

Lots of great ideas for using Skype in the classroom or school!

50 ideas for using Skype in the classroom!

This idea is great for the foreign-language classroom: http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2009/05/using-skype-in-the-languages-classroom.html. The teacher used video-conferencing with Skype and then recorded the conversation so her students could watch it again later.

Very interesting article about resources for the foreign language classroom.

This is an interesting article. It reminded me again of youtube.com/education.