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>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:08:58 -0800
>From: Scott Smith <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: The University of British Columbia
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5460 (ADVTSG) Teleste Newsletter
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Nice try teleste, ATI multimedia player gives you the same options as divace! We
are using ATI which costs less than half the price! By the way in order for the
Divace to send video out you need a video capture card, like the ATI card, and once
you buy the ATI card you will realize that you dont need divace because all the
software you need is included with your video card!!!!!!!
LLTI-Editor wrote:
> TELESTE EDUCATIONAL NEWSLETTER
> January, 2000
>
> I Imperata$B4s new features
>
> II Divace and the Web
>
> III Partner Tools: TextPartner
>
> I IMPERATA$B4S NEW FEATURES
>
> There are some new features added to the Imperata 2.0 version
> to be launched shortly, two of which we would like to point out.
> The broadcast feature can be used by a teacher or classroom
> facilitator to 'show his screen' in real time, on any other computer
> or group of computers. The second feature is a new monitoring
> capability that allows the teacher to inobtrusively check in on
> student workstations to see what progress is being made, to
> see if any help can be offered, or to see if the workstations are
> being used productively.
>
> II DIVACE ARTICLE
>
> DIVACE: Taking Interactive Language Learning to the Next Level on the Web
>
> Today, a vast number of web sites provide authentic material
> in audio and video format for language learning online.
> These pages offer dedicated activities for listening
> comprehension, dictations, quizzes and puzzles.
>
> The following sites are particularly worth visiting:
> Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com,
> Lingua Center http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/LCRA,
> EnglishPractice.com http://www.englishpractice.com/,
> ESL Independent Study Lab http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html,
> CELT, University of Sterling http://www.stir.ac.uk/celt/Listen/index.html,
>
> To listen to audio or watch a video clip on the Internet one
> needs to have a software program to handle those audio
> and video files. There are many such programs, usually
> referred to as players, and some of them like RealAudio
> and RealVideo Players have become standards for playing
> those streaming audio and video files off the Internet.
>
> While those players allow playback only,
> Teleste Educational's DIVACE comes with additional
> features that have been specifically designed for language
> learning. This multimedia recorder enables the learner to
> play Internet or any digital files, and at the same time
> record his oral input either in the form of responses
> to questions, or voice-overs, or translations, or repetitions.
>
> The record feature makes it possible for the student to
> practise speaking, intonation or pronunciation.
>
> The way DIVACE is used with the Internet audio and
> video sites can best be examined on the example given
> on the Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab site. On the
> site one will find online audio and video recordings,
> learning activities with self-grading tests, pre-listening,
> listening, and post-listening assignments,
> listening transcripts, dictation exercises, and explanations
> of the answers.
>
> For instance, the activity called Friday Night Mishaps
> (www.esl-lab.com/night/nightrd1.htm) comes with a
> complete lesson plan and includes Pre-Listening,
> Listening and Post-Listening Exercises. In the Pre-Listening
> session students are required to discuss mishaps
> and accidents that can happen around the house.
>
> In the Listening part, the learners click on the Audio
> and listen to the recording. Afterwards, they should
> answer a multiple-choice test. A click on the Final Score
> button will evaluate their responses and give them the
> correct answers.
>
> The Post-Listening Exercises expect the students
> to do the role-play based on the model provided,
> and record their conversation or the story in their own
> words on the Divace recorder and share them with their partners.
>
> With the text synchronisation feature Divace is also
> a perfect tool for language learning from songs and
> even karaoke.
>
> LATEST!!!
> You can now download DIVACE LITE from www.divace.com. With this 30day evaluation
> version you will be able to playback learning materials in all digital file
> formats including RealAudio and RealVideo and practise speaking by recording
> your own voice input.
>
> III PARTNER TOOLS: TEXTPARTNER
>
> In response to requests for how Partner Tools can be
> used we have created a series of 'lesson plan outlines'
> for people wanting to introduce, or to be introduced to
> various Partner Tools functions.
>
> Text Partner is the simplest of the Tools to use.
> Its main function is to present textual information within
> a framework of annotations that can be accessed from
> a 'text-frame'. A simple exercise using Text Partner
> might be practice reading for gist, with questions, hints
> and insights provided in annotations. The text itself
> can be read initially, and then followed up with questions
> and discussion. While the Partner Tools programs
> have been referred to as presentation software,
> they can be thought of as only one of many possible
> aspects of a lesson or a class-session.
>
> Text Partner can be used to develop initial exercises
> leading towards discussions or other interactive activities.
> For instance, take an informative text relating to some
> recent local news. Annotations might include target
> grammar constructs, audio recordings, images, a simplified
> version of the text, or comprehension questions. Vocabulary
> might be studied and reviewed in this space also,
> and example sentences can be created to activate
> this new vocabulary.
>
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