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Title: Seeking beta testers: Language learning software
Body: Greetings, I am a software vendor that was referred to this list by one of its members. My company is releasing a new product (Edufolio Learning Lab) aimed specifically at language labs and we are looking for instructors interested in trying the software in their classrooms. There is no cost associated with the beta and you can use the software for a year (so you can roll your course from one semester to the next). Edufolio is completely web-based software so can be accessed easily from any computer connected to the internet. We would like to get as many opinions and suggestions about how to improve the product before the commercial version is released later this year. My business partner and I were language instructors at UNC-Chapel Hill for years and designed the software to meet the needs of the foreign-language classroom. Some of the exciting features of Edufolio Learning Lab: - audio/video recording directly into the website - audio recording answers for student assessments - discussion forums w/audio recordings - flashcard creation and review - real-time tools - Live classroom - built-in instant messenger - multimedia learning modules NB: this is just a partial list of the features in Edufolio Learning Lab. I have also attached a PDF file that outlines what you can do with Edufolio or you can look online at http://edufolio.com .
Please let me know if you have any questions or are interested in trying the
beta. I would also be thrilled if anyone who is interested would send me a
wish list of features you think would be great for language lab/language
learning software.
Regards,
Brandon S. Lee, CEO
Terra Dotta
919.929.8400
LLTI editor. #7692 Need beta testers and suggestions. Language Learning
and Technology International Information Forum.
LLTI@LISTSERV.DARTMOUTH.EDU (2 Nov. 2004).
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Title: Seeking beta testers: Language learning software
Body: Greetings, I am a software vendor that was referred to this list by one of its members. My company is releasing a new product (Edufolio Learning Lab) aimed specifically at language labs and we are looking for instructors interested in trying the software in their classrooms. There is no cost associated with the beta and you can use the software for a year (so you can roll your course from one semester to the next). Edufolio is completely web-based software so can be accessed easily from any computer connected to the internet. We would like to get as many opinions and suggestions about how to improve the product before the commercial version is released later this year. My business partner and I were language instructors at UNC-Chapel Hill for years and designed the software to meet the needs of the foreign-language classroom. Some of the exciting features of Edufolio Learning Lab: - audio/video recording directly into the website - audio recording answers for student assessments - discussion forums w/audio recordings - flashcard creation and review - real-time tools - Live classroom - built-in instant messenger - multimedia learning modules NB: this is just a partial list of the features in Edufolio Learning Lab. I have also attached a PDF file that outlines what you can do with Edufolio or you can look online at http://edufolio.com
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Title: New Report: Dropout Rates in the United States: 2001
Body: From: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005046 Editor's note: Page 30 of this report contains recent statistics on Hispanic dropout rates. This report is the latest in a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates in 2001, and includes time series data on high school dropout and completion rates for the period 1972 through 2001. In addition to extending time series data reported in earlier years, the report examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2001. It shows that while progress was made during the 1970s and 1980s in reducing high school dropout rates and increasing high school completion rates, these rates have since stagnated.
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Title: New Report: Dropout Rates in the United States: 2001
Body: From: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005046 Editor's note: Page 30 of this report contains recent statistics on Hispanic dropout rates. This report is the latest in a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates in 2001, and includes time series data on high school dropout and completion rates for the period 1972 through 2001. In addition to extending time series data reported in earlier years, the report examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2001. It shows that while progress was made during the 1970s and 1980s in reducing high school dropout rates and increasing high school completion rates, these rates have since stagnated.
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Title: Job Posting: MS Spanish Substitute, NY
Body: There is a temporary Spanish 7-8 position opening in the East Irondequoit Middle School. (Rochester, NY) beginning in December/January. If you are interested, please contact the East Irondequoit Central School DIstrict. Lucy. Spanish position opening. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (4 Nov. 2004).
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Title: Job Posting: MS Spanish Substitute, NY
Body: There is a temporary Spanish 7-8 position opening in the East Irondequoit Middle School. (Rochester, NY) beginning in December/January. If you are interested, please contact the East Irondequoit Central School DIstrict. Lucy. Spanish position opening. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (4 Nov. 2004).
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Title: Portland students learn languages via TV
Body: Full article available at: http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http:// www.ascd.org/publications/curr_update/2004fall/allen.html?reid=sb The article begins: Portland Public Schools is carrying out an ambitious plan using technology to teach world languages. More than 17,000 elementary students in the Oregon district are studying Spanish or Japanese via distance learning TV. The article continues to describe the rationale, goals, and creation of the project. Allen, R. Versatile technologies broaden students' language horizons. http:// www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http:// www.ascd.org/publications/curr_update/2004fall/allen.html?reid=sb (1 Nov. 2004).
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Title: Portland students learn languages via TV
Body: Full article available at: http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http:// www.ascd.org/publications/curr_update/2004fall/allen.html?reid=sb The article begins: Portland Public Schools is carrying out an ambitious plan using technology to teach world languages. More than 17,000 elementary students in the Oregon district are studying Spanish or Japanese via distance learning TV. The article continues to describe the rationale, goals, and creation of the project. Allen, R. Versatile technologies broaden students' language horizons. http:// www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http:// www.ascd.org/publications/curr_update/2004fall/allen.html?reid=sb (1 Nov. 2004).
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Title: New Mexico recruits bilingual teachers from Mexico
Body: The article begins: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has signed an agreement with government officials in Mexico to encourage teachers from that neighboring country to teach in his state for up to three years. The agreement makes New Mexico the second state, next to California, to have such an agreement with Mexico. The article continues to describe existing agreements with other countries, the processes required to make them happen, and a brief history of the practice. Zehr, M.A. New Mexico joins California in looking south for teachers. http:// www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2004/11/03/10nm.h24.html?querystring= bilingual (3 Nov. 2004).
Source: Education Week
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Title: New Mexico recruits bilingual teachers from Mexico
Body: The article begins: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has signed an agreement with government officials in Mexico to encourage teachers from that neighboring country to teach in his state for up to three years. The agreement makes New Mexico the second state, next to California, to have such an agreement with Mexico. The article continues to describe existing agreements with other countries, the processes required to make them happen, and a brief history of the practice. Zehr, M.A. New Mexico joins California in looking south for teachers. http:// www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2004/11/03/10nm.h24.html?querystring= bilingual (3 Nov. 2004).
Source: Education Week
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Title: Pagers improve communication for deaf students
Body: Full article available at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041103/ SCHOOLDEAF03/TPEducation/ Michael Warzynski likes to let his grandparents know he's on his way home from school and to have two grilled-cheese sandwiches ready. But he doesn't call them on the phone. Instead, he is one of about 50 deaf students in Toronto's public schools using sophisticated two-way pagers to send text messages to teachers, family and friends. "Before, I didn't speak a lot with my family. But now I find that communication with my family has improved," the 18-year-old said through a sign-language interpreter. "I used to stay home a lot. I was bored. Now, I can contact my friends through the pager and go out." Preliminary research shows that two-way pagers help improve both the social skills and the independence of deaf students. York University assistant professor Connie Mayer said her research, now in the second of its five-year term, will have implications for education policy in terms of making a case for different technologies to be funded by the government so that deaf students stay on par with their peers. Alphonso, C. Pagers offer deaf students independence, literacy skills. The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/ TPStory/LAC/20041103/SCHOOLDEAF03/TPEducation/ (3 Nov. 2004).
Source: The Globe and Mail
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Title: Pagers improve communication for deaf students
Body: Full article available at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041103/ SCHOOLDEAF03/TPEducation/ Michael Warzynski likes to let his grandparents know he's on his way home from school and to have two grilled-cheese sandwiches ready. But he doesn't call them on the phone. Instead, he is one of about 50 deaf students in Toronto's public schools using sophisticated two-way pagers to send text messages to teachers, family and friends. "Before, I didn't speak a lot with my family. But now I find that communication with my family has improved," the 18-year-old said through a sign-language interpreter. "I used to stay home a lot. I was bored. Now, I can contact my friends through the pager and go out." Preliminary research shows that two-way pagers help improve both the social skills and the independence of deaf students. York University assistant professor Connie Mayer said her research, now in the second of its five-year term, will have implications for education policy in terms of making a case for different technologies to be funded by the government so that deaf students stay on par with their peers. Alphonso, C. Pagers offer deaf students independence, literacy skills. The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/ TPStory/LAC/20041103/SCHOOLDEAF03/TPEducation/ (3 Nov. 2004).
Source: The Globe and Mail
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Title: New Report: New York's Bilingual Education Standards
Body: Now available from the New York State Department Office of Bilingual Education (OBE): The Teaching of Language Arts to Limited English Proficient/ English Language Learners: Learning Standards for Native Language Arts PDF files downloadable from: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/biling/resource/NLA.html
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Title: New Report: New York's Bilingual Education Standards
Body: Now available from the New York State Department Office of Bilingual Education (OBE): The Teaching of Language Arts to Limited English Proficient/ English Language Learners: Learning Standards for Native Language Arts PDF files downloadable from: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/biling/resource/NLA.html
Source: NY State Education Department OBE
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Title: New E-Journal: Language & Internet
Body: From: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3098.html Language@Internet will focus research the pivotal role of language under the new medial conditions of use and interacting with the various societal domains. Linguistic concerns, including sociolinguistic, discourse analytic, pragmatic perspectives will be at the center of interest, but it will have to include the conditions, functions and constraints of these societal domains, as they will be factors in shaping language and being themselves transformed in their practice in the process. For more information about the journal, see www.languageatinternet.de
Source: Linguist List
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Title: New E-Journal: Language & Internet
Body: From: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3098.html Language@Internet will focus research the pivotal role of language under the new medial conditions of use and interacting with the various societal domains. Linguistic concerns, including sociolinguistic, discourse analytic, pragmatic perspectives will be at the center of interest, but it will have to include the conditions, functions and constraints of these societal domains, as they will be factors in shaping language and being themselves transformed in their practice in the process. For more information about the journal, see www.languageatinternet.de
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Title: Editor's Picks from OELA Newsline - Nov. 2, 2004 Edition
Body: Here are the editor's picks for this week's edition of OELA Newsline, available at: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1102.htm Bilingual Students Wanted for Health Field Class, Teacher Gain PBS' Attention En Español: Immersion Program Teaches School Subjects in Spanish, English Language Programs in City Schools Garner Bigger Share of Federal Aid Parent Outreach Effort Covers Four Languages Meeting Organized to Help Families Understand Schools Bicultural Parenting for Southeast Asian Families: Helping Youth Succeed Dispelling Myths about Hispanics
Source: OELA Newsline
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Title: Editor's Picks from OELA Newsline - Nov. 2, 2004 Edition
Body: Here are the editor's picks for this week's edition of OELA Newsline, available at: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1102.htm Bilingual Students Wanted for Health Field Class, Teacher Gain PBS' Attention En Español: Immersion Program Teaches School Subjects in Spanish, English Language Programs in City Schools Garner Bigger Share of Federal Aid Parent Outreach Effort Covers Four Languages Meeting Organized to Help Families Understand Schools Bicultural Parenting for Southeast Asian Families: Helping Youth Succeed Dispelling Myths about Hispanics
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Title: Funding Opportunity: Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States
Body: From: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1102.htm#FundingOpportunities Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program -- Teacher Quality Enhancement (TQE) Grants for States [CFDA# 84.336A] (OPE) Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 17, 2004 Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide grants to promote improvements in the quality of new teachers, with the ultimate goal of increasing student achievement in the nation's K-12 classrooms. State grants are designed to improve the quality of a State's teaching force by supporting the implementation of comprehensive statewide reform activities in areas such as teacher licensing and certification, accountability for high-quality teacher preparation, and recruitment. Eligible Applicants: Eligible States, as defined in sections 103(16) & 202(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). A State that received a previous grant under this program is not eligible for a FY 2005 grant. The following States are eligible: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Montana, New York, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands. For more information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2004-4/ 102504a.html
Source: OELA Newsline- Nov. 2, 2004 edition
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Title: Funding Opportunity: Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States
Body: From: http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/enews/2004/1102.htm#FundingOpportunities Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program -- Teacher Quality Enhancement (TQE) Grants for States [CFDA# 84.336A] (OPE) Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 17, 2004 Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide grants to promote improvements in the quality of new teachers, with the ultimate goal of increasing student achievement in the nation's K-12 classrooms. State grants are designed to improve the quality of a State's teaching force by supporting the implementation of comprehensive statewide reform activities in areas such as teacher licensing and certification, accountability for high-quality teacher preparation, and recruitment. Eligible Applicants: Eligible States, as defined in sections 103(16) & 202(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). A State that received a previous grant under this program is not eligible for a FY 2005 grant. The following States are eligible: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Montana, New York, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands. For more information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2004-4/ 102504a.html
Source: OELA Newsline- Nov. 2, 2004 edition
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