In which Apple-gate is debated and discussed

Kevin Gaugler | January 31, 2010

The other day Wesley Fryer had some wonderful comments on his blog about my thoughts on the iPad. I figured I would repost his ideas here along with my response. How do you feel about Apple’s gated model of distribution? Will it ultimately imped access to information and consequently teaching and learning?
Wesley Fryer:
I hope you’re [...]

In which the next wave in language education might be Wave; 5 reasons for and 1 against

Kevin Gaugler | June 13, 2009

I just finished watching the 1 hour and 20 minute demo of Google’s new product, WAVE, to be released to the general public later this year. What might speak volumes about the product is that the video held my attention for that long. The Google team that developed this application set out to move organizational communication beyond [...]

In which Google gives our students voice in at least 10 ways

Kevin Gaugler | April 3, 2009

In a previous post post  I wrote about how GrandCentral had much of the functionality of a  $100,000 audio-lingual laboratory for about $100,000 less, making the audio-lingual method sexy again. Well, GrandCentral is now officially the super-sexy Google Voice. and after having the chance to play with the service for a few weeks, I’d like to [...]