Barbara Lindsey | November 28, 2008
Cengage Learning sponsors this blog In today’s episode Kevin and I spoke with Artur Janc, a co-founder, along with Paul Kastner, of Lingro, an online environment that allows language learners to master vocabulary in context using a variety of innovative and learner-centric resources. The idea for Lingro germinated one summer when Artur picked up the [...]
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Kevin Gaugler | November 23, 2008
Perhaps one of the most recognizable Biblical passages is John 1:1, which marks the beginning of creation: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” In most modern Spanish bibles, however, one often sees the word “Verbo” or “Verb” used instead of “Word,” a closer match [...]
Category: Teaching, web 2.0 |
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Kevin Gaugler | November 18, 2008
While preparing for a presentation to be given this Saturday at ACTFL about online mapping tools (shameless plug), I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the subject with our readers. Google Maps was launched in 2005 and the ability to personalize maps has only been available since April of 2007. It is not surprising, [...]
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Barbara Lindsey | November 16, 2008
Cengage Learning sponsors this blog In today’s episode, we had the chance to speak with Maggie Tsai, one of the co-founders of Diigo, a web-based research and knowledge-sharing environment. You could say Diigo combines all the best features of social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and social networking sites like Facebook, which we discussed in a [...]
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Kevin Gaugler | November 11, 2008
In a previous post I wrote about the new metrics for evaluating scholarly production in a Web 2.0 world. Then, Barbara recently posted about the spontaneity of publication on the new web. Building upon these thoughts, I wish to discuss the shifting expectations for content from single author monographs to multiple author modules. When using [...]
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