Thank you for a great semester!

Thank you all for a near record setting fall semester in attendance and interest in our FLTP program!

We will be releasing the spring 2014 workshop schedule soon. 

Contact Courtney ASAP if you have workshop suggestions.

Responsible Sharing | November 20th OR 21st, 2013

Join us next week for a new Foreign Language Technology Program workshop on Responsible Sharing. Please note- this is our last FLTP workshop of the fall semester!

• Fair Use?
• TEACH Act?
• Copyright?
• Are you confused where you stand with regards to copyright in the digital age?

Alison Hicks, our librarian for Romance Languages, will help guide us through this complicated process so we can better understand how to use online resources in a sound manner and also how to contribute to the world of Open Educational Resources. We will also showcase a number of websites with free and open images, video and teaching materials you can use in your classrooms.

Workshop Logistics:
Wednesday, November 20th from 10am-12pm
OR
Thursday, November 21st from 3-5pm
Hellems 145

To Sign Up: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/ 
Presentation: http://tinyurl.com/responsiblesharing-2013

Meeting Virtually | November 6th OR 7th, 2013

Please join us next week for a new Foreign Language Technology Program workshop on Meeting Virtually.

• Are you interested in conducting online office hours? 
• Are you running out of time during your classroom oral exams? 
• Do you like the idea of setting up virtual language exchanges for your students but don't know where to start? 

In this workshop, we will explore online tools you can use to meet with your students virtually including Google Hangouts and Zoom. We will also discuss considerations for virtual meeting as well as virtual exchanges.

Workshop Logistics: 
Wednesday, November 6th from 10-12pm
OR
Thursday, November 7th from 3-5pm
Hellems 145 

To Sign Up: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/
Pre-Workshop Computer Maintenance: Here
Presentation: Meeting Virtually Presentation

Also, be sure to check out ALTEC's website theme this week to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

Teaching with Online Resources | October 23rd OR 24th, 2013

Join us this week for a new Foreign Language Technology Program workshop on Teaching with Online Resources.

In this workshop, we will delve into the world online resources (online textbook components, authentic cultural websites, OER) and examine how to best use them for teaching language. We will consider the following questions:

• What are the affordances of using online resources in teaching language? 
• What are the best open educational resources (OER) that we can use in our classrooms? 
• How can we assess authentic cultural websites (hotel, shopping, travel) for language activities? 
• What are some practical and engaging activities we can make using cultural websites for both in and outside of the classroom? 

Workshop Logistics: 
Wednesday, October 23rd from 10-12pm
OR
Thursday, October 24th from 3-5pm
Hellems 145 

To Sign Up: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/ 

Teaching with Online Resources Presentation

* Our Favorite Online Resources from Wednesday and Thursday

Guest Speaker Dr. Felix Kronenberg | October 18th 2013

ALTEC is excited to announce our Fall 2013 Guest Speaker!

Please join us on Friday, October 18th for a presentation by Dr. Felix Kronenberg from Rhodes College, "Tag, You’re It: Language Learner Motivation, Identities and Agency in Computer Gaming Spaces".

The Logistics:
Friday, October 18th
12-1pm
Hellems 145
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided!

The Presenter: 
Dr. Felix Kronenberg, Rhodes College
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages & Literatures
Director, Language Learning Center 

The Presentation:
"Tag, You’re It: Language Learner Motivation, Identities and Agency in Computer Gaming Spaces" (Presentation available here)

Research on motivation in second language learning is increasingly tied to current notions of identity and identities (Ushioda and Dornyei, 2009). In this presentation, Dr. Felix Kronenberg discusses the related concepts of language learner identities, motivation, and agency in computer gaming spaces. 

Computer games allow users to influence and change the medium itself and have been linked to intrinsic motivation, including the experience of flow (cf. Csikszentmihalyi, 1990). Wolf (2002) argues that video games’ use of space is unique because of its added elements of navigation and interaction and shares only some properties with those of other media, such as films. This ability to exercise choice and effect change is referred to as agency: “the satisfying power to take meaningful action” and experience the results (Murray, 1997, p. 126). “In games, just as in real life,” Aarseth (2004) argues, “the outcomes (winning, losing) are real and personal to the experiencer, unlike in stories” (p. 366). 

Computer games can also be used to create alternate identities, for example individually through the use of avatars, or to foster a group identity among the players/learners and encourage conversations around a shared, genuine interest. The sense of belonging to an in-group may build positive classroom dynamics and lower anxiety and inhibition.

Concrete examples from the classroom and the Language Learning Center at Rhodes College will be given to illustrate the theoretical concepts of identities and agency.

* NOTE: To receive your FLTP workshop credit, please sign up ahead of time at http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/

Technology and Assessment | October 2nd OR 3rd 2013

Learn how online technologies can improve and streamline the assessment of your language students!

In this workshop, we will discuss how to use...

• Screencast videos to assess student audio/video assignments 
• Online rubrics for more consistent and transparent grading 
• Turnitin’s Grademark tool via the D2L Dropbox to provide detailed online feedback for student compositions (presented by Anne Becher Senior Instructor and Coordinator for Spanish)
• And more!

Join us Wednesday, October 2nd from 10-12pm OR Thursday, October 3rd from 3-5pm in Hellems 145!

Pre-Workshop Tech Check- please complete this BEFORE the workshop if you plan to use your own computer

To sign up: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/

Workshop Presentation

Special Topics in Desire2Learn: Attendees' Choice! September 18th and 19th

Join us Wednesday, September 18th from 10-12pm OR Thursday, September 19th from 3-5pm to improve how you use Desire2Learn, CU's learning management system.

In this workshop, we will be working on our Desire2Learn courses, but the attendees will decide the content we cover. Viktoriya Oliynyk, Academic Technology Consultant from the Office of Information Technology and Judy McDonald, hybrid-lecturer extraordinaire from CU's Italian program will be here to assist. Come learn how to tweak D2L to serve the needs of your language students! A few possible topics include:

• uploading/organizing Content
• setting up your D2L gradebook
• customizing your D2L course homepage
• adding the VoiceThread Course View to D2L
• using the Discussions tool
• embedding YouTube videos 
• adding full-length films to your course via Kaltura 

Please come with either a D2L course (in which you are an instructor) or your D2L sandbox ready to go!

To request a D2L sandbox, follow this information here: http://www.colorado.edu/oit/node/10085

D2L Special Topics Presentation

Fall 2013 FLTP Workshops | FLTP Department Open Houses

Welcome back!
We hope that everyone had a relaxing summer and is refreshed and ready for the semester.

ALTEC has just released the workshop schedule for our fall 2013 Foreign Language Technology Program.

To get the semester rolling, we will be offering FLTP Open Houses for each language department here at CU. These department-specific open houses will count for the required "Introduction to the FLTP" workshop. Please click on the flyer for your department's day and time.

The presentation for the FLTP Open House is available here.

Desire2Learn will be the topic of our second workshop this semester. On Wednesday, September 18th (10am-12pm) or Thursday, September 19th (3pm-5pm) the attendees will decide which Desire2Learn functionalities they would like to learn.

Please register for the workshops ahead of time and mark them in your calendar! Consult ALTEC's webpage for the rest of the fall offerings: http://altec.colorado.edu/

And if you have friends or colleagues in the K12 community, please pass along the word about Edwige's K12 FLTP Saturday workshops. We will be offering this program for the second time this academic year.

The FLTmag

In case if anyone is wondering what Edwige has been working on this summer...


From Edwige:
After several months of hard work with a team of truly dedicated people, we are proud to unveil the first issue of the Foreign Language Technology Magazine (FLTmag), which can be found at http://fltmag.com/.

You may wonder why we decided to add this rather ambitious project to our (long) list of things to do. That would be a fair question. The field of language technology is booming and we have talented people doing amazing things all over the world. While we have excellent publishing venues in the CALICO and IALLT journals for example, we felt that there was a need for a more practice-oriented publication that would offer information about what language technologists and language centers at the K-20 level are up to these days. Conferences offer great opportunities to network and brainstorm, but for lack of funding, not all of us get a chance to be a part of this conversation. So, we thought of a magazine, something a bit more casual in its tone and practical in its content than its scholarly counterparts, while still rigorous in the quality of the information it offers.

 Thank you for reading us. We’re looking forward to the conversations this magazine will bring about!

Thanks for a Great Semester!

Thank you to all of the FLTP participants for a great semester of workshops, projects, and fun!

We are working on our Fall 2013 offerings, so please contact myself or Edwige with suggestions.

Here are some photos from the April 19th Share Fair.

For more photos, visit: https://www.facebook.com/cualtec

FLTP Share Fair and Guest Speaker Ed Dixon Friday, April 19th 2013

Join us on Friday, April 19th in Hellems 145 for our FLTP Share Fair and a presentation by Dr. Edward Dixon from the University of Pennsylvania.

8:30-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:15 Creating an Online Course -- Judy McDonald (Italian)
9:15-9:30 VoiceThread Grammar Presentation on Subjunctive -- Alina Van Nelson (French)
9:30-9:45 Teaching Chinese Culture Using Prezi -- Xuechun Wang (Mandarin Chinese)
9:45-10:00 Online Assessment -- Sangbok Kim and Nigora Azimova (Korean)
10:00-10:15 CU Italian Program on Facebook -- Nivea Soto-Lightbourn (Italian)
10:15-10:30 Using the D2L Dropbox Grademark Feature for Essay Feedback -- Anne Becher (Spanish)
10:30-10:45 The iPad and the World Language Classroom -- Rebecca Allison (German); *Apps Used at the University of Denver in Foreign Languages
10:45-11:00 Social Media, Community, and Language Acquisition — Catheryn Phipps-Orive (Spanish) (CANCELLED)
11:00-11:15 Using Google Docs to Collaborate -- Jennifer Campbell (Linguistics MA TESOL)
11:15-12:00 Lunch
12:00-1:00 Keynote Speaker: "Live Online Language Instruction: Advancing Language Education Beyond the Classroom and its Impact on Educational Practices and Professional Development" Dr. Edward Dixon
1:15-1:30 Déjeuner du Matin -- Patricia Mosele (French)
1:30-1:45 Flipped Learning -- Amber Navarre (Chinese)
1:45-2:00 Weebly: An Easy Way to Create Websites -- Susanna P. Pamies (Catalan & Spanish)
2:15-2:30 Collaborative Writing with a Wiki in a Spanish Class -- Jorge Martínez Guillem (Spanish) 2:30-2:45 Plus ça change? Google Plus in the Classroom -- Alison Hicks (Libraries) (presenting via Skype from Argentina)
2:45-3:00 Hybrid Spanish 2110: A Work in Progress -- Courtney Fell (Spanish)

* The Share Fair flyer is available here

Dr. Edward Dixon began his career at the University of Pennsylvania as the Coordinator for Technology in Foreign Languages and has been a Lecturer of German since 2002. In March 2009, he became Penn Language Center's Technology Director and is active in a variety of areas related to classroom instruction and faculty training with technology. Dr. Dixon is a past-president of the Northeast Association for Language Learning and Technology and in the summer of 2010, he taught the first distance learning course in a foreign language for credit from the University of Pennsylvania. His article, "Building a model for online distance courses through social media and networks" appeared in October 2012 in a volume of papers he edited for the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments.

As a preamble to his presentation, Dr. Dixon has forwarded us a brief interview on an article that he published last year titled, "Building a Model for Online Distance Courses Through Social Media and Networks". Check out the interview at: http://www.igi-global.com/newsroom/archive/interview-edward-dixon-first-hand/1484/ 

Note to FLTP Participants:

• You will receive 1 FLTP credit for attending 4 sessions (up to 2 credits total) 
• You will receive 1 FLTP credit for attending the keynote presentation from noon-1pm 
• You will receive 1 FLTP credit for presenting

FLTP Portfolio Intensive, Saturday April 6th and 13th 2013

The FLTP portfolio intensive sessions begin this Saturday!

The portfolio intensive is designed to help CU language faculty, instructors and TAs/GPTIs as they complete the last steps of their FLTP teaching with technology portfolio. To view past FLTP portfolios, visit http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/portfolio_showcase.shtml 

Here is a glimpse of what we will be covering on both days.
*Please note: there may be subtle changes to accommodate our visiting presenters.

Saturday, April 6th (8:30 to 3:30) 
8:30 to 9:00am: Breakfast and introductions
9:00am to 11:00am: Teaching philosophy workshop with Anne Becher (Spanish department)
11:00am to 12:00pm: Introduction to Portfolio Design (we'll look at examples, discuss content & purpose
Lunch break (30 min)
12:30pm to 1:00pm: Paper prototype (you will outline the structure of your portfolio on paper and receive feedback on the organizing scheme)
1:00pm to 2:30pm: WordPress workshop (you will create your site, the pages and subpages and get to know the program)
2:30pm to 3:30pm: Participants continue building their portfolio & Photoshoot (optional/if the weather allows it).

Those who are interested will be offered the opportunity to have their picture taken (to include in their portfolio). (Note: wear a professional top if you plan to have your photo taken)

Saturday, April 13th (8:30 to 3:30)
* Notes from April 13th
8:30am to 9:30am: Presenting content (how to present a lesson plan or an activity in your portfolio using text, images, video and annotated screenshots)
9:30am to 11:00am: Participants continue building their portfolio
11:00am to 12:00pm: Resume workshop with Annie Piatt from Career Services
Lunch break (30 min)
12:30pm to 2:30pm: Participants continue building their portfolio & Photoshoot retakes
2:30pm to 3:30pm: Participants will exchange constructive criticism of each other's portfolio

To sign up for the Portfolio Intensive: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/

To Bring:

• Your personal computer that has all of your class material on it (lessons etc) 
• A CV or Resume (this does not need to be updated) 
• A teacher's statement/philosophy (if you have one) 
• Lunch or plan to pick something up on the hill

FLTP Credits: Workshop participants will earn one FLTP credit for each day of the portfolio intensive. Please keep in mind that we expect participants to attend the full day.

Please contact Edwige or Courtney if this is not the case.

Student-Centered Technology Projects, April 2nd and 3rd 2013

After CU's Spring Break, the FLTP will be offering our last workshop-workshop of the spring semester on Student-Centered Technology Projects.

In this workshop we will discuss the benefits of incorporating a student-centered approach to our teaching and creation of activities. Jorge Martínez Guillem from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will present on his student-centered Wiki fairytale project. Then we will explore techniques and tools for a student-centered classroom.

Workshop Logistics: 
Hellems 145
Tuesday, April 2nd 3pm-5pm
OR
Wednesday, April 3rd 10am-12pm

To sign up for this workshop: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/

Student-Centered Technology Projects Presentation

* The Spring 2013 FLTP Portfolio Intensive will be Saturday April 6th and Saturday April 13th. If you are actively working to complete your FLTP certificate, please mark those dates and consider attending!  Each day, we will cover different material including: creating and designing your portfolio page, representing yourself professionally online, creating and fine-tuning your CV/resume and teaching statement, etc.

* The Spring 2013 FLTP Share Fair will be Friday, April 19th during which you all will have the opportunity to present a language technology project to your colleagues. Please submit a brief abstract of your presentation at: http://tinyurl.com/sharefair2013

Scaffolding with Technology, March 12th and 13th 2013

Next week is the fourth workshop of the semester for ALTEC's Foreign Language Technology Program, "Scaffolding with Technology".

In this workshop, we will discuss what it means to scaffold student projects and will look at tools you can use in the language classroom or online to improve your students' performance. Then, I will present a number of scaffolded language-related projects using technologies such as VoiceThread, Prezi, Google Presentations, etc. Participants will then choose a technology and create a scaffolded project for their own classroom.

Workshop Logistics:
Hellems 145 Tuesday, March 12th 3pm-5pm
OR
Wednesday, March 13th 10am-12pm

To sign up for this workshop: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/index.shtml

Scaffolding Presentation

Our next FLTP workshop, "Student-Centered Technology Projects" is April 2nd/3rd and will be co-taught by Jorge Martínez Guillem from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

How to Flip: Building Online Tutorials for Your Language Classroom, February 26th and 27th 2013

This coming week is the third FLTP workshop of the semester, "How to Flip? Building Online Tutorials for Your Language Classroom", which will be lead by Edwige Simon. In this workshop, we will introduce the concept of the "flipped classroom" and then demo three tools that you can use to create online tutorials for your students.

Attendees will create a VoiceThread tutorial and a Google Presentation for grammar instruction as well as a Prezi tutorial for cultural instruction.

Workshop Logistics: 
Hellems 145
Tuesday, February 26th 3pm-5pm
OR
Wednesday, February 27th 10am-12pm

To sign up for this workshop: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/index.shtml 

Edwige's Presentation
Edwige's Handout

Productivity Tools for Teaching and Research, February 12th and 13th 2013

Next week is the second workshop of the semester for ALTEC's Foreign Language Technology Program.

Productivity Tools for Teaching and Research
Lead by ALTEC's Director, Mark Knowles

In this workshop, Mark will examine a number of programs that can improve the way we work and share files as well as manipulate/annotate PDFs. Although we will be looking at a few cloud/internet-based programs, an emphasis will be placed on programs for your iPad.

Workshop Logistics:
Hellems 145
Tuesday, February 12th 3pm-5pm
OR
Wednesday, February 13th 10am-12pm

To sign up for this workshop: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/index.shtml

Mark's Presentation

Technology Integration in the Classroom, January 29th and 30th 2013

Next week is the first workshop of the semester for ALTEC's Foreign Language Technology Program.

The workshop is titled, "Technology Integration in the Classroom" and in it, we will discuss the role of technology in the language classroom and how to use this technology in a pedagogically sound manner. ** If you are working on your FLTP certification, this is a required workshop that is only offered once a year.

Workshop Logistics:
Hellems 145
Tuesday, January 29th 3pm-5pm
OR
Wednesday, January 30th 10am-12pm

Sign up for this workshop: http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/index.shtml

Presentation for the Technology Integration Workshop

Welcome back!

Welcome back from winter break!

ALTEC is excited about this semester's workshops series. We will kick off the new year with our workshop, Technology Integration in the Classroom (Tues. January 29th 3pm-5pm OR Wed. January 30th). This is a REQUIRED workshop for those of you who are working to complete the FLTP requirements, so please plan to attend.

We will be offering 4 new workshops this semester as well.

• February 12th and 13th, Mark Knowles will lead a workshop on Productivity Tools for Teaching and Research in which he will present on tools to assist you in annotating pdfs, creating bibliographies, and organizing your professional life, with a slant towards users of tablets such as iPads. 
• February 26th and 27th Edwige will lead the How to Flip? Building Grammar Tutorials workshop in which she will introduce participants to the flipped classroom, a hybrid instructional model in which the majority of instruction is done online and the face-to-face classes are used for practicing concepts. 
• The Scaffolding with Technology workshop in March will assist participants in scaffolding their student projects to enable the students to perform more complicated tasks at a higher level. 
• In April we will discuss Student-Centered Technology Projects, and look at the advantages of student-centered projects as well as possible projects for you to carry out in your classroom. We hope to see you this spring!

To enroll, please visit http://altec.colorado.edu/fltp/index.shtml and email Courtney.Fell [@] colorado.edu with questions or problems!