Foreign Language 2.0 Resources

Course References

Articles

Duffy, P. D. and Bruns, A. (2006). The use of blogs, wikis and RSS in education: a conversation of possibilities. Online Learning and Teaching Conference 2006, 26 September 2006, Brisbane.

Pinkman, K. (2005). Using blogs in the foreign language classroom. The JALT CALL Journal, 1 (1), 12-24.

Russell, K. The disadvantages of a traditional classroom. Retrieved from http://www.helium.com/items/1357615-traditional-classroom-failure

PCMag Online Encyclopedia. Definition of Social Networking. Retrieved from http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=social+networking&i=55316,00.asp

Horizon Project. Social Networking. Retrieved from http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/Social+Networking

Videos

Learning to Change Changing to Learn Advancing K-12 Technology Leadership. (28 May, 2008). Consortium for School Networking. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk&feature=related

A Vision of K-12 Students Today. (28 November, 2007). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

Images/Cartoons

Found via Google Images Search

Websites

Jauhari, Nurudin. French at Riverside: blog. Available from http://riversides.edublogs.org/

Clark. Spanish Class Señora Clark: Blog. Available from http://spanish1senoraclark.edublogs.org/

Ms. Olah’s Spanish 1, 2008-2009: Blog. Available from http://spanish1olah2009.edublogs.org/

Blogger.com

21 Classes Cooperative Learning

LiveJournal

Additional Exploration

http://friendshipthrougheducation.org/ This site has a good database for numerous online collaborative projects. You can use the left-side menu bar to explore different opportunities online or look at specific organizations. In addition to the language opportunities, there are wonderful service projects out there!

http://www.paltalk.com/ This site allows users to chat online using video, allowing users to speak instantaneously and even see each other!

http://www.podbean.com/ This is a site for podcasts, audio broadcasts that can be subscribed to or created.

http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/how/tech/international/guide_pg2.html A guide to some different resources and how to use them in education.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/techtorials.shtml This site has many "techtorials" showing users how to use different technology tools.

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