LLTI Archives

October 2004, Week 4

LLTI@LISTSERV.DARTMOUTH.EDU

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:15:58 EDT
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (122 lines)
--- Forwarded Message from "Edith Paillat" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Subject: RE: #7678.2 recording equipment (!)
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:19:38 +1300
>Thread-Topic: #7678.2 recording equipment (!)
>Thread-Index: AcS7fxvKT3qkCDpXRVaMuL9SljmozQAFy8gA
>From: "Edith Paillat" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"
<[log in to unmask]>

After looking into several (great) extensive listening and recording lab
solutions, we opted for Virtuoso and Soloist as well for many reasons
(http:\\www.sansinc.com) :
- Technical support and training on site (being in New Zealand do not make
things easy)
- All parties agreed (Univeresity's both IT (1st key support- security) and
academic teams - end-users)
- Ease of use for both students (task-based work - soloist) and teachers
(classroom management with Virtuoso)
- Offers a wide range of possible activities combining listening, speaking,
reading and writing
- Allows shared applications (web browsers)
- Facilitates the creation of task-based material and digitisation for both LLC
staff and academics
- Opens new ways of using technology without reinventing the wheel. (complex
instructions or manipulations)
Be ready to have a serious bill when it comes but shouldn't this be taken as an
investment not as an expenditure? :-)

I also seriously looked into getting Langlab which is far cheaper and offers a
good range of listening and recording functionalities as well, but our project
team was more enclined to choosing what offered best support in NZ. Check here
for more info (http:\\www.elanglab.com), they are endeavouring making it right
for their customers by constantly upgrading the software so I feel it is worth
looking at.

Hope this helps,
****************************
Edith Paillat
Language Technology Specialist
Language Learning Centre
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O.Box 600, Wellington
New Zealand
+64 4 463 5792
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/llc


 -----Original Message-----
 From: LLTI-Editor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
 Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2004 6:13 a.m.
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Subject: Re: #7678.2 recording equipment (!)


 --- Forwarded Message from "Karen Cavanagh" <[log in to unmask]> ---

 >From: "Karen Cavanagh" <[log in to unmask]>
 >To: "'Language Learning and Technology International
 Information Forum'"
 <[log in to unmask]>
 >Subject: RE: #7678 recording equipment
 >Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:39:52 -0400
 >Thread-Index: AcS3xQaTwvGNpuAnQRyS5iMX0tPE3QDDXSlA
 >In-Reply-To:  <[log in to unmask]>

 Hi Melanie,
 Our language lab uses Sony Solist and the teacher console Sony
 Virtuoso to
 play, record lost more onto a server as digital files. This
 perhaps does
 more than you want but might be worth looking into.
 -Karen

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
 [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LLTI-Editor
 Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:24 PM
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Subject: #7678 recording equipment

 --- Forwarded Message from "Melanie Barker"
 <[log in to unmask]> ---

 >From: "Melanie Barker" <[log in to unmask]>
 >To: <[log in to unmask]>
 >Subject: recording equipment
 >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:07:16 -0400

 Forgive me if this has been discussed.  I just joined the
 list.  The foreign
 language department at my school is interested in purchasing recording
 equipment
 for student use.  The foreign language teachers are interested
 in purchasing
 equipment that will produce high-quality recordings of
 students' readings.
 What
 we have now results in garbled tapes and lots of background noise.

 I'd love to hear about what folks are using out there and what
 works well.

 Thanks in advance!

 Melanie


 Melanie Barker
 High School Librarian
 Buckingham County High School
 HC-02 Box 376
 Buckingham, VA 23921
 (434) 969-6160


 * LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for
 Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and
 Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu).
 Join IALLT at http://iallt.org.
 Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask])

ATOM RSS1 RSS2