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>From: "Susan Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]>
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Let me just say this about that...we've had CAN-8 for three years now, and
although it certainly has a lot of functions, I've never seen such a clunky
interface in my life. We're looking for a new solution because our faculty,
with maybe three exceptions, has not been able to learn how to author in the
system. We've given workshops, had CAN-8 people here to train, written
handbooks, given out the CAN-8 documents that are available...nothing seems to
work unless the instructor is highly motivated to use it--none of your "casual"
users will be able to remember from one time to the next. The program is
unintuitive and bears a strong resemblance to the old DOS system.
Sorry to be so negative, but we've had nothing but headaches with this program.
I know there are other schools who have been more successful, but it's not for
us!
Cheers,
Sue the Grouch
Susan Breeyear
Assistant Director, IT
Instructional Technology Services
St. Michael's College
Box C, One Winooski Park
Colchester, VT 05439
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:05 EDT
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Subject: Re: #7992.1 Language Lab Software (!)
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>Subject: RE: #7992 Language Lab Software
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I would heartily recommend looking into CAN-8 for real-time audio. It has a
great Babilon feature that allows group discussions.
See www.can8.com
I've had 40 simultaneous users here at the French lab and it has never once
crashed!
Chris Hall
Lab Technician
Vanier College
Montreal Qc
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Subject: #7992 Language Lab Software
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Can anyone tell me what software can emulate the old language lab system
capabilities such as realtime audio communication, grouping, pairing, etc? I
am having trouble finding a solution that works.
Daniel M. Wescovich
Coordinator
Language Learning Center
Saint Louis University
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:08 EDT
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Subject: Re: #7992.3 Language Lab Software (!)
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For a system that really emulates the old Sony or Tandberg labs, I guess
Sony and Tandberg might be the best vendors for digital language
labs.... We have a Tandberg lab (the company's name is now Sanako)
installed in 2001 and it's holding up well. It does all the things that
the cassette lab did and more and better (how about animated digital
handouts instead of xeroxed ones?). The downside is that it's expensive,
as the old labs were, and gets upgraded more often since it has to, to
keep up with computer developments. And you have to buy the computers
and replace them etc. too.
Judy Shoaf
University of Florida
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> --- Forwarded Message from "Daniel M. Wescovich" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
> Can anyone tell me what software can emulate the old language lab
> system capabilities such as realtime audio communication, grouping,
> pairing, etc? I am having trouble finding a solution that works.
>
> Daniel M. Wescovich
>
> Coordinator
> Language Learning Center
> Saint Louis University
>
>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:09 EDT
From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: #7992.4 Language Lab Software (!)
--- Forwarded Message from Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:30:20 -0400
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Oops--forgot to mention, though I trust others will not--
Digital Language Lab Solutions
Edited by Jack Burston
(c) 2005. The great diversity of available digital language lab
programs makes for a bewildering array of technical specifications,
requirements, and product features. The purpose of this volume is to
sort through these details as comprehensively as possible to allow
informed decisions to be made about their acquisition. Packaged in a
loose-leaf binder so new components may be added as completed.
Can be ordered at
http://www.iallt.org/iallt_services/iallt_publications.html
Judy
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:10 EDT
From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: #7992.5 Language Lab Software (!)
--- Forwarded Message from Karl Fisher <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>From: Karl Fisher <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7992 Language Lab Software
>Cc: [log in to unmask]
Hi, Daniel;
Check out the Sanako Lab 100 (formerly Tandberg Elice).
It does all of that and more, and it is truly a "plug and play" system. It
runs on Windows OS with a Linux server box for the audio library. Since
there is only one computer (students have slave units that are virtual
cassette decks), you don't have to get 21 computers running and properly
configured at the same time to conduct a lab session.
I wrote a review of the system for the journal last year: Now that we've
moved into the building, I can't find my copy of it, but it's in one of the
2004 issues I believe. (Can anyone help us out and tell us which issue the
review is in?)
Glad to answer any questions about the system, and I'll soon (by soon I
mean maybe by Christmas!) have photos of the new lab on the web site
(http://www.sewanee.edu/Language_Lab/)
The cost is reasonable as well: The system was far less that the cassette
based system from 1997 that it replaced.
Best,
Karl
>--- Forwarded Message from "Daniel M. Wescovich" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
>Can anyone tell me what software can emulate the old language lab
>system capabilities such as realtime audio communication, grouping,
>pairing, etc? I am having trouble finding a solution that works.
>
>Daniel M. Wescovich
>
>Coordinator
>Language Learning Center
>Saint Louis University
>
Karl W. Fisher
Director, Language Laboratory
The University of the South
735 University Avenue
Sewanee, TN 37383
Lab: (931) 598-1468
Fax: (931) 598-1145
"Time's fun when you're having flies." --Kermit the Frog
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:12 EDT
From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: #7992.6 Language Lab Software (!)
--- Forwarded Message from <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>Subject: Re: #7992 Language Lab Software
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:09:09 -0500
Hello
Try these. We are going to buy one of them at NEIU.
http://www.sansinc.com/
http://www.sanako.com/
http://www.can8.com/
Tom Griffin,
Director, Foreign Language Lab
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
773-442-4753
773-442-4752
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:21 PM
Subject: #7992 Language Lab Software
> --- Forwarded Message from "Daniel M. Wescovich"
> <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
> Can anyone tell me what software can emulate the old language lab
> system capabilities such as realtime audio communication, grouping,
> pairing, etc? I am having trouble finding a solution that works.
>
> Daniel M. Wescovich
>
> Coordinator
> Language Learning Center
> Saint Louis University
>
>
>
>
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> Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu).
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:13 EDT
From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: #7994 iTunes 5 plays videos
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>From: James Hogg <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: iTunes 5 plays videos
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:26:05 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
<[log in to unmask]>
We use iTunes in the Language Center at Ithaca College. I just
downloaded version 5 of iTunes and it includes two new features I have
been waiting for. One is folders in the Source Window. With this
function I can organize playlists by language in folders. The second,
and this seems not to be well publicized, is iTunes can now play
Quicktime video files in it. I added an Mpeg 4 movie via Add to Library
and it shows up with a little TV screen icon. Now all audio and video
materials can be organized and played in one program--iTunes 5.
The next step as I see it is for the iPod to use videos, especially
since they are moving to color screens.
Jim
James Hogg
Manager Language Center
316 Gannett Center
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York 14850
(607) 274-7093
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:15 EDT
From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: #7995 OS X Attachments
--- Forwarded Message from Karl Fisher <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:27:08 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>From: Karl Fisher <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: OS X Attachments
>Cc: [log in to unmask]
Amigos;
We're having trouble sending attachments with Mac OS 10.3
Only users with OS 10.3 seem to be able to receive such documents.
The attached files in question are .pdf and .rtf files.
The recipients (students & colleagues) are running Windows XP and OS 9.1,
but the files are not readable.
We are using the Eudora mail client and also the Squirrel web mail program
and haven't had much luck.
Would appreciate your suggestions & observations.
Thanks!
Karl
Karl W. Fisher
Director, Language Laboratory
The University of the South
735 University Avenue
Sewanee, TN 37383
Lab: (931) 598-1468
Fax: (931) 598-1145
"Time's fun when you're having flies." --Kermit the Frog
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:06 EDT
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Subject: Re: #7992.2 Language Lab Software (!)
--- Forwarded Message from Jonathan Perkins <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>Subject: Re: #7992 Language Lab Software
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:09:08 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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We are using Sony Virtuoso (http://www.sansinc.com/), which does
everything our old audio tape system did ... plus some nice digital
bells and whistles. One of the main reasons we chose this option
(rather than Divace or Tandberg or any of the others) was to make a
smooth transition for those instructors who were used to the old
system while opening up the new possibilities of digital delivery to
a wider audience. So far we are succeeding in both goals. There is a
higher price to be paid for a turnkey system, but if you want to keep
the grouping/pairing, monitoring, teacher-student interaction of the
old analog lab, this is the way to go in my opinion.
JP
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University of Kansas
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On Sep 9, 2005, at 12:21 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:
> --- Forwarded Message from "Daniel M. Wescovich"
> <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
> Can anyone tell me what software can emulate the old language lab
> system capabilities such as realtime audio communication, grouping,
> pairing, etc? I am having trouble finding a solution that works.
>
> Daniel M. Wescovich
>
> Coordinator
> Language Learning Center
> Saint Louis University
>
>
>
>
> ***********************************************
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> Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and
> Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu).
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:18 EDT
From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: #7997 NERALLD Meeting - November 10-11, Marist College
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>Subject: NERALLD Meeting - November 10-11, Marist College
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:36:58 -0400
>Thread-Topic: NERALLD Meeting - November 10-11, Marist College
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>From: "Ross, Andrew" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"
<[log in to unmask]>
Dear LLTIers:
The New England Regional Association of Language Laboratory Directors (NERALLD)
will hold its Fall meeting at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY on November
10-11, 2005, on the topic of:
"The Language Lab in the Era of Publisher-Produced Materials."
There will be a pre-meeting workshop on November 10 on the topic of Non-Western
Fonts, moderated by Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret of Wesleyan University. For general
current information regarding this meeting, please see
http://akbar.marlboro.edu/~neralld/meeting/index.html.
In addition to individual and group presentations, the program will include a
roundtable discussion regarding changing models of textbook publication, with
particular emphasis on publisher-produced and -hosted digital media, digital
rights management issues, their impact on the work of language centers, and
their implications for instruction and language technology at the secondary and
post-secondary levels. Participants will include editors and technical staff
from Thomson-Heinle, Cheng & Tsui and other publishers, as well as Jeff Samuels,
IALLT's Digital Exchange Coordinator.
The Program Committee for this meeting is soliciting abstracts for 30-45 minute
presentations on the topic of publisher-produced materials and their impact on
language labs' and resource centers' operations. Presentations might address:
-- publisher/center relations and joint initiatives,
-- changes in center mission and operations as a result of publisher-produced
and -distributed materials,
-- best practices in integrating publisher-produced materials into the language
curriculum,
-- other related topics.
To submit a presentation proposal, please fill out the form located at:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC/neralld_f05/abstracts.shtml
A member of the Program Committee will acknowledge receipt of your submission,
and inform you promptly of the Committee's decision.
All abstracts should be submitted by September 30, 2005 at the URL above.
Please feel free to contact either member of the Program Committee with
questions: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] .
Sincerely,
Andrew Ross and Mary Simone
Andrew F. Ross, Ph.D
Director, Language Resource Center
Brown University
Box 1935
Providence, RI 02912-1935
Tel: (401) 863-7010
Mobile: (401) 641-0329
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:24:16 EDT
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Subject: #7996 publication announcement - Language Learning & Technology
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We are happy to announce that Volume 9 Number 3 of Language Learning &
Technology is now available at http://llt.msu.edu. This is a Special
Issue
on Technology and Oral Language Development guest edited by David
Nunan. The
contents are listed below.
Please visit the LLT Web site and be sure to enter your free
subscription if
you have not already done so. Also, we welcome your contributions for
future
issues. See our guidelines for submission at
http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html.
Sincerely,
Dorothy Chun and Irene Thompson, Editors
Language Learning & Technology
----- Feature Articles -----
Synchronous CMC, Working Memory, and L2 Oral Proficiency Development
Scott Payne and Brenda Ross
The Pennsylvania State University
Told Like It Is! An Evaluation of an Integrated Oral Development Pilot
Project
David Barr, Jonathan Leakey, and Alexandre Ranchoux
University of Ulter, Northern Ireland
Conversations -- and Negotiated Interaction -- in Text and Voice Chat
Rooms
Kevin Jepson
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Establishing a Methodology for Benchmarking Speech Synthesis for
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Zoe Handley
The University of Manchester, UK
Marie-Josee Hamel
Dalhousie University, Canada
Oral Interaction Around Computers in the Project-Oriented CALL Classroom
Gumock Jeon-Ellis, Robert Debski, and Gillian Wigglesworth
University of Melbourne, Australia
----- Columns -----
On the Net
First, You Have to Hear It! ESL Oral Language Practice
by Jean W. LeLoup & Robert Ponterio
Emerging Technologies
Skype and Podcasting: Disruptive Technologies for Language Learning
by Bob Godwin-Jones
----- Reviews -----
Edited by Rafael Salaberry
SEER 2.0
Word Magic Software, Inc.
Reviewed by Corinne Bosse
TextStat 2.5, AntConc 3.0, and Compleat Lexical Tutor 4.0
Reviewed by Luciana Diniz
Russian Language Instructional Sites on the Web
Reviewed by Richard Robin
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