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[Technology 889] Re: Technology Digest, Vol 18, Issue 3Virginia Duran Virginia at k12ele.comMon Mar 5 12:16:41 EST 2007
Have you ever seen Dyned software(www.dyned.com)? That is also very good software. It focuses on Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The author Lance Knowles was the first to come out with CALL. I am currently using it in my ESL classes and have found it very useful. He uses an ICONIC approach, showing simple pictures and little text in the beginning. He did a paper on how we retain short-term and long-term memory. It allows the students to speak into the microphone and hear themselves and also hear the computer. It also repeats the sentence after each answer. Virginia Duran -----Original Message----- From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of technology-request at nifl.gov Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 11:00 AM To: technology at nifl.gov Subject: Technology Digest, Vol 18, Issue 3 Send Technology mailing list submissions to technology at nifl.gov To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to technology-request at nifl.gov You can reach the person managing the list at technology-owner at nifl.gov When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Technology digest..." Today's Topics: 1. [Technology 887] Re: Software Question (LaFerlazzo at aol.com) 2. [Technology 888] Re: Software Question (Joyce Paisley) 3. [Technology 889] Re: Software Question (Barbara Sabaj) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:03:53 EST From: LaFerlazzo at aol.com Subject: [Technology 887] Re: Software Question To: technology at nifl.gov Message-ID: <ca7.acf9b53.331b58d9 at aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I've posted earlier about my school's family literacy program of providing computers and DSL service to immigrant families. If you didn't catch my earlier posts, and want to learn more about the project, you can read about it at _http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html_ (http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html) My question for the list relates to a new family that is getting one of our computers being in an area where DSL is not available, and we can't provide dial-up service because of School District issues that are not worth going into here. Instead, we're going to spend the money (about $600) that we would have paid for Internet Service on software the family can use to learn English. I'd like to get recommendations about what you would recommend we purchase. In addition to specific ESL software, we also want to buy CD Roms or programs that just have a lot of lower-English level audio and animated stories with the text. Thanks! Larry Ferlazzo <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/attachments/20070303/6db4c09c/a ttachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:44:42 -0500 From: "Joyce Paisley" <paisley.joyce at gmail.com> Subject: [Technology 888] Re: Software Question To: "The Technology and Literacy Discussion List" <technology at nifl.gov> Message-ID: <f1d4a71e0703041944w2cb8da26n24d9df2e3220c762 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed The best software for language is Rosetta stone. Cornerstone is a very good program for basic language rules. Our ESL students use both of these programs. Please share with me any recommendations you receive for for the additional programs. I'm very interested in your project. Please keep me posted as it progresses. Joyce Paisley TRC Broadview Middle School Burlington NC 27217 336-570-6195 paisley.joyce.gmail.com http://brm.abss.k12.nc.us On 3/3/07, LaFerlazzo at aol.com <LaFerlazzo at aol.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I've posted earlier about my school's family literacy program of providing > computers and DSL service to immigrant families. If you didn't catch my > earlier posts, and want to learn more about the project, you can read about > it at http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html > > My question for the list relates to a new family that is getting one of our > computers being in an area where DSL is not available, and we can't provide > dial-up service because of School District issues that are not worth going > into here. > > Instead, we're going to spend the money (about $600) that we would have paid > for Internet Service on software the family can use to learn English. > > I'd like to get recommendations about what you would recommend we purchase. > In addition to specific ESL software, we also want to buy CD Roms or > programs that just have a lot of lower-English level audio and animated > stories with the text. > > Thanks! > > Larry Ferlazzo > > > > > ________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from > AOL at AOL.com. > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Technology and Literacy mailing list > Technology at nifl.gov > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 21:45:04 -0600 From: "Barbara Sabaj" <bjteach at ameritech.net> Subject: [Technology 889] Re: Software Question To: "'The Technology and Literacy Discussion List'" <technology at nifl.gov> Message-ID: <20070305034500.666BE11B81 at mail.nifl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" There is the ELLIS software for learning English, and Rosetta Stone is another good one. There is grammar software called Focus on Grammar which corresponds to the books by the same name. Good luck. Barbara Sabaj bjteach at ameritech.net barb.sabaj at d214.org bsabaj at thecenterweb.org 847-392-9894 _____ From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of LaFerlazzo at aol.com Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 5:04 PM To: technology at nifl.gov Subject: [Technology 887] Re: Software Question Hi, I've posted earlier about my school's family literacy program of providing computers and DSL service to immigrant families. If you didn't catch my earlier posts, and want to learn more about the project, you can read about it at http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html My question for the list relates to a new family that is getting one of our computers being in an area where DSL is not available, and we can't provide dial-up service because of School District issues that are not worth going into here. Instead, we're going to spend the money (about $600) that we would have paid for Internet Service on software the family can use to learn English. I'd like to get recommendations about what you would recommend we purchase. In addition to specific ESL software, we also want to buy CD Roms or programs that just have a lot of lower-English level audio and animated stories with the text. Thanks! Larry Ferlazzo _____ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redi r=ht tp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom> AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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