In which UDI principles support all language learners

| April 10, 2011


In the early nineties a blind student enrolled in my beginning level German course. In addition to her guide dog, she also had a student assistant who would help by describing to her the texts and graphics he saw displayed during class and tell her what I and the other students were doing. Since I [...]

In which we show what you can learn (& use) from google labs

| April 1, 2011


Kevin and I will be co-presenting at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages this weekend. We hope to give language educators an opportunity to explore the ways in which some of the currently experimental google lab projects could be used to support our language learners. What’s particularly intriguing is the way in [...]