--- Forwarded Message from "Lee Abraham" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Lee Abraham" <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:28:00 -0500 >Subject: Re: Image Database Sought Dear Michael and colleagues, Hello!! May I suggest the following Web sites? Clip Art Collection for Educational Use (Center for Applied Second Language Studies) http://casls.uoregon.edu/categories.php New York Public Library Digital Gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm Royalty-Free Clip Art Collection for Foreign/Second Language Instruction http://www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/fll/JapanProj/FLClipart/default.html **Hope that they are useful!** Saludos, Lee __________________________________________________ Lee B. Abraham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Spanish Linguistics Coordinator, Lower Division Spanish Program Dept. of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures St. Augustine Center for the Liberal Arts, Room 329 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Villanova University 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085-1699 Phone: (610) 519-6961 Fax: (610) 519-6695 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.classicalmodernlanglit.villanova.edu/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2005 0:01 am Subject: LLTI Digest - 7 Mar 2005 to 8 Mar 2005 (#2005-34) > There are 5 messages totalling 268 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. #7830.1 Sought: Image Databases (!) > 2. 7821.14 Language Labs Living On Borrowed Time? (!) > 3. #7830.2 Sought: Image Databases (!) > 4. #7835 Thank you for Digital Exchange (and digital exchange) > 5. #7830.3 Sought: Image Databases (!) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:02:55 EST > From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: #7830.1 Sought: Image Databases (!) > > --- Forwarded Message from "Antje Neuhoff" > <[log in to unmask]> > --- > > >From: "Antje Neuhoff" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information > Forum"<[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: AW: #7830 Sought: Image Databases > >Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:02:04 +0100 > >Importance: Normal > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > > >I am seeking link suggestions for image databases that are > particularly>useful for language / culture instruction. Which > sites do you actively > >use? > > Go to: http://www.prometheus-bildarchiv.de/ > > That's an intersting German project that provides access to various > image databases. They also offer teaching and learning tools and even > lesson plans for using images for teaching. > > At the moment it is still posssible to get a free account (valid until > June 2005). > > regards > Antje Neuhoff > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > mailto:[log in to unmask] > Lehrzentrum Sprachen und Kulturen > Projektleitung "Studierplatz Sprachen" > TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden > tel:+49 (0)351 46331645 fax:+49 (0)351 46337218 > www.tu-dresden.de/lsk > http://call.tu-dresden.de > > > > > > > *********************************************** > 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]) > *********************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:03:03 EST > From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: 7821.14 Language Labs Living On Borrowed Time? (!) > > --- Forwarded Message from Mary Beth Barth <[log in to unmask]> -- > - > > >Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:40:05 -0500 > >From: Mary Beth Barth <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Language Labs Living On Borrowed Time? > >To: [log in to unmask] > > I am not concerned that language labs will disappear in 5 years or > so, or 10 years or so----or even 50 years or so. (I couldn't resist > throwing in the 50 since language centers have now been around for > half a century --starting in the 50s--so why not another half a > century?). Language centers, like other discipline-specific learning > environments are firmly interwoven into the daily fabric of a > curriculum and certainly in the case of languages, work hand in hand > with the pedagogical issues. Language labs are no more likely to > disappear from the language field than science labs from the Sciences. > > As for the concern that the publishers placing materials on-line may > take away some of our business----this is true, but to my mind a > welcome development and not a moment too soon. Unlike audiocassette > decks , computers are multi-purpose. Students and faculty use the > computers for a variety of activities and it would be practically > impossible to have sufficient computers to handle all the traditional > textbook/lab manual-related activities in addition to everything else > the students need the language center computers to accomplish. And > even with the availability of the textbook materials on-line and the > option of doing the work at any time in the comfort of one's own > room,the students still seem to often prefer the language center > environment. They feel they can focus better, like seeing their > fellow classmates etc. > > In my opinion, if any lab is at risk of extinction or down-sizing, it > is the general computing lab. With more students owning their own > computers, printers etc, there is far less need for the large > general -purpose computing labs. In addition, departments who have > reserved these labs in the past for classroom purposes are > increasingly requesting their own computing spaces having > realized that "one size doesn't fit all" and that it is the language > center model which makes more sense pedagogically as well as in terms > of productivity and effectiveness. > > I think language centers will be around for a long time and will > continue to be invaluable as technical pioneers on campuses, models > of technology support within a pedagogical context, and examples for > fostering a community of learners. > > -- > Mary Beth Barth > Director, Critical Languages Program and > Language Center > Hamilton College > 198 College Hill Rd > Clinton, New York 13323 > (315) 859-4776 > > > *********************************************** > 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]) > *********************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:03:07 EST > From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: #7830.2 Sought: Image Databases (!) > > Some images for Chinese are available at > http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/chinese(lots of signs!) and for > Modern Greek at http:/ellinikasimera.dartmouth.edu > (also lots of signs). A similar website for German is under > construction but not > yet available on the web. > > These images can be used for free if a copyright notice is included. > > Otmar Foelsche > > *********************************************** > 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]) > *********************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:03:06 EST > From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: #7835 Thank you for Digital Exchange (and digital exchange) > > --- Forwarded Message from "Chapman, Annelie (ITC)" > <[log in to unmask]>--- > > >From: "Chapman, Annelie (ITC)" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > >Cc: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Thank you for Digital Exchange (and digital exchange) > >Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:31:57 -0800 > > To all: > I want to publicly thank Jeff Samuels and all who have made > possible the > Digital Exchange. We at UCLA have already benefitted on three > occasions in > the last year from the materials shared on the Exchange. Thank you > to all > who have made it a going concern. > > While I'm at it, thank you to all on this list for being the > single most > substantive listserv I have come across. > > Very sincerely, > Annelie Chapman > UCLA Center for Digital Humanities > > > *********************************************** > 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]) > *********************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:03:05 EST > From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: #7830.3 Sought: Image Databases (!) > > --- Forwarded Message from Marlene Johnshoy <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > >References: <[log in to unmask]> > >Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:48:55 -0600 > >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > >From: Marlene Johnshoy <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: #7830 Sought: Image Databases > >Cc: "Janus, Louis" <[log in to unmask]> > > May I suggest CARLA's VPA (Virtual Picture Album) for less commonly > taught languages? Royalty-free, of course. > http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/vpa/ > > There is another free collection at http://www.langpix.com/ with > categories by topic. > > I'm sure there are more out there - > > Marlene > > > > >--- Forwarded Message from Michael Shaughnessy > <[log in to unmask]> --- > > > >>Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:39:04 -0500 > >>From: Michael Shaughnessy <[log in to unmask]> > >>User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; > rv:1.0.1)>Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 > >>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > >>Subject: Sought: Image Databases > > > >Hello, > > > >I am seeking link suggestions for image databases that are > particularly>useful for language / culture instruction. Which > sites do you actively > >use? If you also have secondary resources for articles dealing > with the > >pedagogical applications of images, please send any links or > suggested>readings along. > > > >Thanks, > >Mike Shaughnessy > >[log in to unmask] > > > >-- > > > >Michael Shaughnessy, Ph.D. > >Washington and Jefferson College > >60 South Lincoln St. > >Washington, PA 15301 USA > >Phone: 724-223-6170 > >1-888-926-3529 > >Fax: 724-223-5271 > >Email: [log in to unmask] > >www.washjeff.edu/german > > > > > > > > > > > >*********************************************** > >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]) > >*********************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > End of LLTI Digest - 7 Mar 2005 to 8 Mar 2005 (#2005-34) > ******************************************************** >