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From: David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net>
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Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10876] Telephone Language Learning Software
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NIFL-Technology and NIFL-ESL Colleagues,
I found this article, in the May 20th eMedia Wire, about a toll-free
telephone learning system capable of processing student essays by
telephone, and returning instant holistic scores, intriguing. The
article gives the web site (a moodle application) which has the
assignments and the toll free number. If you want to try it, you will
be asked for a pin number. I punched in 1234 on my phone and it
worked, so you may be able to use this to try out the system. (You
will not get the results -- you have to be registered for that.) The
phone number of developer, Miami Dade College Professor Stephen
Donahue, is given in the article in case you have questions.
Here's a paragraph from the article:
"The telephone learning system consists of 11 activities covering a
spectrum of learning: Spelling, Multiplication Tables, Dictation,
Tongue Twisters, Background Knowledge ("What is the capital of
California?, etc.") and free responses for writing and speech topics.
Activities involve both listening and actual voice output. The Web is
an integral part of the phone system, and allows students to pre-view
assignments, and get post-results, which are then emailed to them. Once
the student's audio writing samples are converted to text, they are
processed using an automatic essay evaluation program called California
Electronic Writer, currently in use in California school districts. "
Free or low-cost internet telephony (by computer) and free evening and
weekend minutes on some mobile phone plans means that a technology like
this (even if the phone number weren't toll free) might be available
for free to students who have cell phones or access to computers at
home or work -- or in (some) program computer labs,
I am intrigued by this. I see it as just the beginning of language
learning applications by telephone.
Would your students use this? And what do you think of this?
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/5/emw242815.htm
David J. Rosen
djrosen@comcast.net
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