This semester’s technology events program kicked off last Tuesday, Jan. 23rd, with 10-minute Tech Talks–short, informal presentations or conversations by language instructors about a technology-related innovation, application, or question, with time for feedback and discussion with peers. In particular, this…
On Monday this week, the CLS hosted its first 10-minute Tech Talks of the year, welcoming three speakers for short presentations and discussion about technologies in use for second language teaching and learning. The talks began with CLS Language Testing…
On Tuesday, October 27, the CLS will host its second 10-minute Tech Talks of the year, at a fantastic time for reflecting on how and why technology can be used for language teaching and learning: Tuesday is the second day…
On February 18 and 19 the CLS hosted two days of informal lunchtime talks by Yale language faculty on technologies they use in their teaching. The first day featured Sybil Alexandrov (Spanish), Shiri Goren (Hebrew), and Ninghui Liang (Chinese) giving…
Last Wednesday we had our first sesison of 10-minute Tech Talks, with 20 people present to talk about what technologies they were most excited about or challenged by in 2014, and what they’re looking forward to in 2015. This was…
By many measures of variety, the first session of our 10-minute Tech Talks for Fall ’14 was a great success: it brought together lectors and graduate students, faculty from Yale and beyond, and presenters from 6 time zones apart for…
Has it ever happened to anyone to receive some information and think: “I could use that!”? Well, that has happened to me. I was introduced by a group of colleagues to www.polleverywhere.com. I was part of an exercise where the…
Yesterday’s 10-min. Tech Talks seemed a bit more relaxed than normal, almost as if time had expanded on that wet winter day, or as if the chicken had forsaken its timekeeping duties… But no, it was in fact the quick,…
Several brave souls trudged through the snow and sleet on Wednesday, Feb. 5, for our inaugural 10-minute Tech Talks event. They were rewarded by three inspiring presentations–Anna Iacovella on using Facebook to extend learning in her Italian classes, Dinny Aletheiani…
Last Wednesday (12/4) we had the last of our three Ten-Minute Tech Talks for this semester. Russ and I were both expecting that, with the final days of the semester underway and exams just around the corner, we might not…
Today was the second of our “Ten-Minute Tech Talks” this semester. We were glad to see more than 20 folks join us for presentations and discussion that built in momentum as the hour passed. As before, we were joined by…
This past Wednesday, Russ and I hosted the first of three “Ten-Minute Tech Talk” lunchtime events at the CLS library. The idea behind the talks is to give a number of people the chance to share teaching experiences, techniques, challenges,…