--- Forwarded Message from "Dr. Wayne Stromberg" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 09:49:05 -0700 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: "Dr. Wayne Stromberg" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Summer Institutes at LARC, in San Diego, California Throughout the summer of 2000 San Diego State University's Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC), one of nine national Foreign Language Resource Centers, will offer four summer institutes focused on promoting language instruction for K-College language educators. All of the sessions will be held at the LARC Multimedia Laboratory. In offering these workshops, LARC hopes to be able bring together some of the top language educators from around the country. Due to space availability and to allow for maximum success, each session will be limited to 20 participants. If you would like to join us in San Diego for one of these sessions, please be sure to make note of the registration deadlines. As an added incentive, early registrants will receive $20 off the $75 registration fee. All expenses incurred during each of the institutes are the sole responsibility of the participant. LARC will provide a welcome lunch on the first day of the event as well as a closing session lunch on the last day. We will also provide the software and hardware materials necessary for participants to accomplish the creation of their multimedia component. However, individuals should bring with them any resources they wish to incorporate into their project. To apply for one or more of the following workshops, please contact Carlos Delgado at 619-594-6177. Digital Media Archiving July 24 - 28, 2000 Participants will learn how to create multimedia components to enhance their online web sites or multimedia CD-ROMs and assist in the creation of digital media resources for their languages. The goal is to create a sharable bank of materials for a variety of languages, in particular, the less commonly taught languages where access to media may be difficult. These resources may be used to annotate texts for a media-rich learning environment. Participants may choose also to attend the following week, where they will learn to use a newly-created authoring system for teaching reading and/or learning to read in a foreign language. SDSU credits may be earned for participation in this institute. Early Registration Deadline: May 1, 2000 Regular Registration Deadline: June 1, 2000 Registration Fee: $75 Reading in the Digital Age July 31 - August 4, 2000 Participants will learn how to annotate texts with a new online authoring template format applicable to both commonly and uncommonly taught languages. The goal of the workshop is to establish groups of collaborators to create useful, pedagogically sound materials in a variety of languages which can be sharable via the Internet. Participants in this week-long workshop may choose to attend the previous week's seminar in order to create and digitize the media they will use in their readings. SDSU credits may be earned for participation in this workshop. Early Registration Deadline: May 15, 2000 Regular Registration Deadline: June 15, 2000 Registration Fee: $75 d-VOCI Oral Proficiency Test Creation August 7 - August 11, 2000 Workshop participants will be familiarized with the theory and practice of ACTFL's Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and with the process of video digitization. Working from prototypes established in the 1999 d-VOCI Summer Institute, tests will be created in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and other languages. Early Registration Deadline: May 15, 2000 Regular Registration Deadline: June 15, 2000 Registration Fee: $75 Developing a Web Presence for your Foreign Language Class July 31 - August 4, 2000 This summer workshop will target K-College teachers of second and foreign languages. Participants will receive technical assistance, software, and the support of a staff fully dedicated to helping you with an on line presence for your class. Those who complete the series will have all the tools and skills necessary to put a finished web page on line. Topics to be covered include: Copyright law and the web, course management software, web editors, making your web page interactive, the basics of HTML editing, Foreign Language characters on the web. SDSU credits may be earned for participation in this workshop. Questions about this workshop may be directed to [log in to unmask] (or call 619-594-5445). Early Registration Deadline: May 15, 2000 Regular Registration Deadline: June 15, 2000 Registration Fee: $75 Maria A. Ortega Program Coordinator National Language Resource Center Director of Publications, LARC Press 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego CA 92182-7703 http://larcnet.sdsu.edu