Georges Detiveaux - Language Lab Coordinator/Lead French Faculty Lone Star College-CyFair - North Harris Montgomery Community College District Cypress, TX Key Benefits of the Sony Digital Language Lab..."The immediate application to the real world using the paired activity features. It teaches students to negotiate meaning and is perhaps the most communicative of all activities. It provides the "now" aspect. It provides real time synchronous communication with instant feedback; live real-time communication between student/student and teacher/student." Click here to read more about this application. Dawn DeVere Hill ANA Language Project Coordinator Hannahville Indian Community, MI "Actual grades have improved since the lab was installed. Students seem to be retaining more because of the continuity - one concept flows to the next and there is order to the way students are taught." Click here to read the Language Learning Profile Case Study. Michel Salazar-Linden Supervisor of World Languages Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School - Rumson, NJ "The kids and the staff love it. This staff is so creative, and our teachers are creating fascinating activities such as podcasts and webquests which are energizing this language program beyond anything that we could have hoped for." Jen Lin Mandarin Chinese Teacher Glastonbury High School - Glastonbury, CT "My students are making great progress in their first year of study. The Sony digital language lab is used extensively to reinforce their speaking and listening skills." Dr. Diane Ceo-DiFrancesco Assistant Spanish Professor Xavier University - Cincinnati, OH "The system allows the students to work at a level they understand. It also provides them with the opportunity to easily interact with other students in Spanish." Ken Rust Sign Language Studies Department Madonna University - Livonia, MI "With the authoring tools that are built into the Soloist® Digital Comparative Recorder Software, the SLS teaching staff has enthusiastically begun to create a number of authentic multimedia ASL course materials that are stored on local servers so they can be easily accessed and shared." Mary Morris Head St. Helen's Girls School Northwood - UK "Numbers of pupils wishing to take up language learning has significantly increased to the point where we have now equipped a second multi-media suite and are working to create a multi-media teaching environment across the whole school. We have also found that the use of multi media teaching is having a profound effect on the engagement of pupils in other core curriculum subjects: History, English and Classics are just three areas our Sony Virtuoso™ and Soloist® software is finding new and vibrant applications." Sharon Carlson, Media Technology Specialist Overland High School Aurora, CO "The language lab strengthens the process. Students feel less self conscious, try harder, and are more open to try new things in a lab than in a classroom. Audio, video, multimedia, computer drawings, and the internet provide culturally appropriate visuals and prompts with which students can interact. The lab is an efficient, organized, comfortable place to learn." Christopher Stormer, Director Language Learning Center St. Louis University St. Louis, MO "The software has been working great for us---Spring semester went very well as the "newness" of it wore off and people really got down to using it. I also discovered the neat "Image Scan" and picture sending capability of the Virtuoso Software this summer when I plugged in our document camera to the computer---very nice! I'm still looking for the "espresso making" function!" |
The true success of our technology is only realized in the ways that schools utilize it to enrich their language programs and to
provide more opportunities for students to communicate in a second language.
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