Integrating Technology

A course for graduate or undergraduate students of foreign languages International Communications and Culture dept. SUNY Cortland

The course syllabus for the semester is freely available online and includes all informational and instructional handouts used in the course.

This course will develop skills in using the tools of international communications for today's global village.  Students will learn to use these tools to create materials through projects directly related to the student's individual language.  An adequate competence in the target language is essential for success in this class, and students will be expected to work with and create texts in languages other than English.  Examples of the communications technologies to be explored include:  presentation software (PowerPoint), the World Wide Web, real-time communication (voice and video conferencing), software for digitizing media.  The course is intended for language teachers wishing to incorporate electronic communications technologies in their curriculum. Students should already know the basics of  word processing, email use, and WWW navigation.

Contacting the instructor

  A few things to check out

A number of articles by Jean W. LeLoup and Robert Ponterio about the Internet and use of electronic technologies in foreign language teaching are now available on-line.

The FLTEACH (Foreign Language Teaching Forum) World Wide Web page and Academic Discussion list run by Jean W. LeLoup and Robert Ponterio.

The Virtual Connections table of contents may be found here. Many contributors to this book about Internet-based activities for FL classes are FLTEACH subscribers.