Category Archives: General
Univision comes to YouTube |
YouTube is looking to compete with other rising sites such as Hulu for the internet TV market. They took a big step today by signing a deal with Univision. Wired on Univision and YouTube There’s certainly no shortage of video … Continue reading
Twinity, 3D Berlin |
Twinity is pushing their 3D version of Berlin, and they’re taking advantage of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. They’re holding lectures, classes, and have recreated the wall in it’s original location. It is interesting to … Continue reading
Kindle Goes International |
The Kindle is now being sold in other countries. Unfortunately, only English books are available. Too bad, once books are available in other languages along with the corresponding built-in dictionary, it could be a real aid to the students in … Continue reading
Twitter Trends in other Languages |
This is fun and found via Mundaysa’s Twitter account. For those not familiar with Twitter, it’s a microblogging service. Still doesn’t make the sense? Imagine text chatting the world. As it’s gained in popularity, it’s appeared in the regular news … Continue reading
Language Exchange Survey Results |
Results from language exchange surveys. JapaneseSkypeSurveysSpring2007 LanguageExchangeSurveryFall2008 (German, Spanish, and Italian)
Kafka and Spore |
It’s still quite rare to find video games based on literature, which makes another game based on a Kafka story so remarkable. I’ve previously shown Kafkamesto to our German department. It’s a very well done point and click game that … Continue reading
New Flickr Image Search |
Flickr has updated their search function as well (Thank you Mashable). They’ve also add the ability to search for Creative Commons under the Advanced Search link. For most of the searches in languages, you’re probably best off searching by Tag. … Continue reading
Google Image Search, Creative Commons |
Google has updated their image search to include license type. This means you can click the advanced tab on Google Image Search and narrow your selection of images to those that permit reuse. If you’re just showing an image on … Continue reading
New Virtual World (Berlin) – Twinity |
Received news via Bryan Alexander’s Twitter about a virtual world that’s in beta called Twinity. They’re going to create virtual worlds based on real cities. The current beta version is Berlin. At first glance, the layout seems very accurate and … Continue reading
Alice and Kev |
I just spent an hour reading the blog “Alice and Kev” which I found via a link Jason Mittell submitted to diigo gaming in education group. The author does a very good job of using a game to tell a … Continue reading