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>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:53:43 -0600
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Jenise Rowekamp <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7347 call for lab curriculum ideas

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Our latest newsletter features two articles on the use of our digital 
labs (DiLL), one where teachers talk about how they use them. You can 
find the articles at http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/elsiespeaks.php

Jenise

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>>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:23:07 -0500
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>>From: adaer <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: call for lab curriculum ideas
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>Dear Fellow Language Lab Directors,
>
>I don't think I'm alone in thinking that many faculty are afraid of
>technology. Now I find myself with a brand new Sony digital lab three years
>after I conducted a survey of the faculty. They overwhelming supported a
>state-of-the-art lab. Ooops! That didn't mean they wanted to teach there!! So
>now $400,000+ later, including a $100,000 federal grant (the project
>encompassed a major structural remodeling), faculty are revolting because the
>President and Provost are insisting that they use the room or the FL Dept. and
>College will lose credibility.  Yikes.
>
>Granted, I have a few allies who understand that I haven't built just an
>upgraded audio-lingual lab.  But all believe they need more training in how to
>best utilize the capabilites of the equipment and integrate them into the
>meager 3 contact hours they have with introductory and intermediate level
>students each week. (Students studying Japanese and Chinese have 4 hours/week
>and then 90 minutes of required lab.) Faculty rotate classes in the lab
>classroom 1 hour/week.  Sort of like a "Best Practices in the Lab" type of
>thing.
>
>Thus our Provost's office is sponsoring a workshop to be held Friday, January
>30, 2004.  I am seeking presenters who could demonstrate communicative lab
>activities.  Could you also please pass this call onto FL and ESL faculty at
>your institution?   You may contact me off the list for more information.
>
>Thank you in advance.  This list is a lifesaver!
>
>Best regards to all,
>Becky
>
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>Ms. Rebecca Adae, Coordinator Language Learning Center
>State University of New York at New Paltz
>75 S. Manheim Blvd., JFT 414
>New Paltz, NY 12561-2440 USA
>845.257.3609  (fax)845.257.3512
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