Author Archives: Todd Bryant
White paper on Designing Games for Foreign Language |
Ravi Purushotma, Steven L. Thorne, and Julian Wheatly had published a white paper, “10 Key Principles for Designing Video Games for Foreign Language Learning“. Although it’s written with game design in mind, the same principles could easily apply to selecting … Continue reading
Fallout III |
I’ve just had some games come in from Germany which I hope to have installed in the lab soon. Games that I’ll try to set to playable in non-English languages include: Fallout III Mass Effect Prince of Persia Games that … Continue reading
Games in Languages |
Games can provide a great goal oriented environment for language learning. We have a fairly wide selection of PC games for students play on their own, including many of the hit titles from the previous year. However, since the content … Continue reading
Willoughby Fellowship Deadline Approaching |
Just a reminder that everyone has until Friday to submit a proposal. The link is provided below. http://lis.dickinson.edu/Teaching/Fellows/ The week of technology workshops will focus on Web 2.0. Because of our focuses on communication and collaboration in the foreign languages, … Continue reading
Language Portals |
One of the principal developments of Web 2.0 is the development RSS, or Real Simple Sindication. Basically RSS is the content, stripped of most design, from sites such as blogs and other sites that have frequently updated content. This allows … Continue reading
Digital Storytelling Article |
There’s a great essay on academic commons, Multimedia as Composition: Research, Writing and Creativity. The part that may be most valuable for professors considering assigning such a project is the short list of recommended techniques: pitching (where ideas are presented … Continue reading
Digital Storytelling |
The definition of “Digital Storytelling” has expanded over the last couple years. It used to refer almost entirely to projects from a first person point of view created in IMovie. These could be either simple skits and dialogues done with … Continue reading
Delicious |
Delicious may very well be the single most effective utility for finding and sharing resources on the web. Stated simply, Delicious is public bookmarking service. Once you’ve created an account on Delcious and installed a Firefox plugin, you save your … Continue reading
Language Exchanges |
As the semester gets under way, we’ve already had quite a few language exchanges via Skype. Some of the languages have partner classes with whom the students communicate throughout the semester. Others schedule events in the Mixxer and thereby invite … Continue reading
Dictionaries |
Dictionaries are certainly one of the most heavily used online tools. Most simply head to old-fashioned WordReference.com or something similar. There may, however, be better options. In the Arthur Vining Davis classroom (room 209 in Bosler), Babylon is probably you’re … Continue reading