--- Forwarded Message from "Richard Laden" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Richard Laden" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: LangLab 2.1 release available (ADVTSG) >Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:14:33 -0700 Conference activities have somewhat delayed the announcement, but I'd like LLTI readers to know that last month we made the 2.1 release of LangLab available on our site http://www.elanglab.com as the downloadable demo, in both Windows and OS X versions. The installer contains all modules and updated documentation. A link to release notes is on our download page, so that one can see what has changed before actually downloading the demo. For those not yet familiar with LangLab, our software turns any computer lab or classroom with laptops into a language lab and is also usable over the Internet. The platform rather than lesson content, LangLab contains authoring tools that let teachers plan lessons and assemble instructional resources or create new resources, for any language at any level. Students learn faster because lessons allow integrated teaching of all language skills and bring interactivity to multimedia material; LangLab delivers these lessons to students engaged in either individual self-paced work or pair and group work. One key distinction between LangLab and self-contained CD/DVD material is that LangLab creates durable files of students' recordings and their typed responses; it supports student-teacher interaction, allowing both real-time monitoring by an instructor or later retrieval and assessment of a student's work., with comments inserted at any point in students' recordings as targeted feedback. LangLab is still, apparently, the only cross-platform solution with comparable functionality--a significant consideration for institutions that would like to augment instructional time by having students use it for homework, as well as for faculty who may happen to own Macs and wish to prepare lessons or evaluate students' work from home. It is also by far the most affordable solution of its type. Regards, Richard Laden ____________________ Dr. Richard A. Laden Director, E-LangLab, LLC Berkeley, California [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Web site http://www.elanglab.com *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************