TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATION FOR UNI, MARCH 6, 2000

(On Behalf of the Iowa State Education Association)

       I. ICN (Iowa Communications Network)

            A. General structure at Iowa Database 

            B. Map Overview  

            C. Present Sites and Usage

            D. Classrooms in Region 7

            E. Educational Want Ads

            F. Scheduling

            G. Advantages and Disadvantages of Distance Education via ICN rooms.

       II. ListServs

            A. General

                   1. CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV® lists

                   (General List search)

                   2. Liszt Select: Education/Languages

                   3. E-Mail Discussion Lists and Electronic Journals

            B. Specific

                   1. FLTEACH...Foreign Language Teaching Forum

                   2. ListServ Information for FLTEACH

                   3. Managing Email: DIGEST!

                   4. Moderated v. Unmoderated ListServs

       III. Technology Integration

            A. Software-based programs (Rosetta Stone)

            B. Webquests

                   1. Cinco De Mayo Webquest and Cinco De Mayo site 

                   2. The Spanish-Speaking World

                   3. A Bilingual WebQuest for Students of English and Spanish

                   4. Yerbas y Remedios Webquest

                   5. Our Vacation In France Webquest

                   6. Le Cirque

                   7. Mexico City Earthquake

                   8. Ecuador

            C. Instructor-Created Sites 

                   1. Study Spanish

                   2. Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links 

                   3. German Studies Trails on the Internet

             D. Charles City Spanish Quick Index Page and Technology Integration

                   1. Level One Beginning Materials

                   2. Level One: Sound Integration

                   3. Level One: Passive Learning Pages

                  4. Level One: Interactive Writing Pages

                   5. Hyperstudio Integration: House

                   6. Global Study/Recognition Resources

                   7. Calendar and Grades

                   8. Student Work (WebPages)

                   9. Student Work (World Map Project)

                   10. Collaborative aspects (EPals ,Software: compressed video-based,                       CU-SEEME/Net Phone, Web page Interactions

                   11. Caveats

                      a. Filtering sites

                       b. Monitoring Email

                       c. Copyright considerations (later in presentation)

       IV. Other Resource Sites

            A. Quick Foreign Language Links Page

             B. Bev Larson's site of FLTEACHER's web pages

             C. WWW Foreign Language Resources

             D. AEA2 : Foreign Language Links

             E. Iowa Foreign Language Association

             F. FLTEACH WWW Resources

             G. Eva L. Easton Languages Online

             H. Integrated audio

       V. Lesson Plans and other resources

             A. Methodologies

             B. Lesson Plans     

       VI. Barriers to consider in Technology Integration

        A. Limited access, limited access to computers/ connections

        B. Network filtering

        C. Email access (and Hoaxes and Viruses)

        D. Copyright

                1. Fair Use

                2. Copyright Law

                3. Intellectual Property

        E. Ability to integrate successfully with current content

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