eKaqchikel 2009 - Guatemala in Five Minutes or Less

Posted At : July 16, 2009 12:22 AM | Posted By : Derek Toten
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Since 2004 a team from Tulane University has been traveling each year to Guatemala to produce content for a multi-media language application. Next week begins the fifth and final Guatemala road trip collaboration between the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Tulane Technology Services. The final product of this multi-year effort is a self-paced, online and CD-ROM, Flash-based language learning application. The goal: use innovative new media technologies to teach the Maya kaqchikel language to English and Spanish speakers.

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The Four Corners of Classroom Support

Posted At : July 15, 2009 2:23 AM | Posted By : Derek Toten
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Last month I attended the New Media Consortium annual conference in Monterey, California, and brought along an entry for the poster competition. I'm a new media sort of fellow, but sometimes paper and ink (even laser printer ink) is the way to go.

I'm happy to report that my entry, "The Four Corners of Classroom Support: A Multi-Part Approach to Classroom Technology at Tulane" won a Judges' Choice award. It looked darn nice, too!

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