--- Forwarded Message from "Edith Paillat" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: RE: #7459 Minimum Technology Skills for Educators >Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:20:03 +1200 >Thread-Topic: #7459 Minimum Technology Skills for Educators >Thread-Index: AcQRDRS6KuSeukTBSJuIrzS7ywEnmQAES84w >From: "Edith Paillat" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> Dear Carol, Are the skills related to the skills you mention related to basic admin tasks (marking, correspondance and material preparation) or to core teaching in a CALL environment / distance learning? Useful sites (in French and since you are a lecturer of French) I would recommend are http://abc.ntic.org/thematique.php http://thot.cursus.edu/ In English you will find the following useful as well and they will direct you to a lot more other sites where you will find talilor-made (almost) to your specific working environment. http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/smith2/chapter2/deluxe.html and the most comprehensive on the Internet (I feel): http://www.ict4lt.org/ All the skills you mention are of course essential but the difficulty lies in linking both the skills to methodology (language course delivery and learner's autonomy). For example, searching the web is one thing, but transferring this skill to a CALL environment is another - do you want to teach your students to search the web in the target language, do you want them to find relevant info on a specific website or do you want to get them to create their own webpage? ; idem with using e-mails, what purpose do you want the instructors to use e-mails in their class delivery? collaboration work between students? assignments delivery, only? discussions ? There are milions of possibilities, but the selection all come down to your own local conditions. Our institutions requires the same skills you mention for their practical staff work, and very little yet for class preparation and delivery. We are currently in the process of replacing old tandberg system with a computer lab dedicated to language learning. My aim is to not only predict training needs with regards to their computer proficiency and the technology made available in the new classroom but identify with them specific language applications that will meet their needs and level. For example to replace the analogue AV equipment I am currently selecting AV applications that we integrate audio, video and word processing. When selected this is one of the core applications the teachers will need to be trained on. Wordprocessing is generally out of class hours for students to write their own assignments and for teachers to prepare homework material and course booklets. Powerpoint presentation is very useful for distance learning or lecture delivery and homework reading... etc.. and I will stop here for the list is extensively long ;-) If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. **************************** 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 ______ > Hi, > > I'm wondering if anyone has compiled or knows where to locate any set > of standards describing the minimum technology skills needed > by today's > instructors in higher ed? (My own personal list of basic skills would > be: using email, navigating the www, using a word-processor- but an > official list of standards to cite would be a big help!) Does your > institution require informally or formally the acquisition of certain > basic skills? > > Carol > > _______________________ > Carol H. Reitan > Technology Learning Center > Instructor of French > City College of San Francisco > LB2, 50 Phelan Avenue > San Francisco, CA 94112 > (415) 239-3554 > _____________________________ > [log in to unmask] > http://www.ccsf.edu/TLC > http://fog.ccsf.edu/~creitan > _____________________________ > > >>> [log in to unmask] 03/22/04 08:52AM >>> > --- Forwarded Message from "Steve & Laura Spinella" > <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >From: "Steve & Laura Spinella" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: #7454 Recording MP3 sound > >Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:25:38 +0800 > > Total Sound Recorder. > > Steve > <www.team.org.tw/spinella>, <www.team.org.tw/ccg> > <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 3:25 AM > Subject: #7454 Recording MP3 sound > > > ...> Can anyone recommend a reliable, inexpensive, even free program > for > > recording MP3 files of student speaking exercises? Sound > Recorder is > nice > > in its limited way, but it only accepts a maximum of 60 seconds. >