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>From: David Weible <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7836.1 software availability for OSX (!)
>Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:08:24 -0600
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Hi Jack,
Thanks for you extremely helpful input. Do you find, however, that the
switch to PCs has significantly upped your needs for tech services? I'm
concerned that with a PC based lab, I'll constantly have to deal with
viruses, spybots, vaporized .dll files (what is it about those files,
anyway?).
--David
David Weible
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Germanic Studies (MC 189)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Room 1530, University Hall
601 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60607-7115
Tel: 312-413-2370, Fax 312-413-2377
www.german.uic.edu
On Mar 10, 2005, at 12:46 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:17:58 -0500
>> Subject: Re: #7836 software availability for OSX
>> From: Jack Burston <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>
> Hi David,
>
> As CALICO software review editor, I can tell you that I haven't seen a
> single Mac-only CALL software program in nearly three years. There are
> quite
> a number of programs that are Windows-only. I would suggest having a
> look at
> the CALICO Review website ( http://calico.org/CALICO_Review/index.htm
> ) to
> judge for yourself Mac OSX availability.
>
> If your new center plans include a full-featured digital lab program
> such as
> SANAKO, SANS, CAN-8, Genesis, etc., you'll find that these
> applications are
> Windows-only. Software coming from textbook publishers will usually
> support
> both platforms, but the Mac side may not be OSX.
>
> Where Mac continues to be the most viable is in environments that
> exploit
> web-based resources, but here again Mac support for Java has lagged
> behind
> Windows. Mac, of course, can more than hold its own if your
> pedagogical
> methodology centers on media production, for example student-produced
> videos.
>
> Personally, I am a Mac user, but when designing our center two years
> ago I
> opted for PCs. Were I given the choice today, I'd make the same
> decision.
> Jack
>
> --
> Jack Burston, Ph.D.
> Director
> Foreign Language Technology Center
> College of Liberal Arts
> Rochester Institute of Technology
> Rochester, NY 14623-5604
>
>
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