Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j3QG8TG18610; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:08:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:08:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200504261603.j3QG3o70000249642@alpha.dickinson.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Todd Bryant" <bryantt@dickinson.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10841] Re: Language Exchanges with Skype X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2990 Lines: 120 Hello, When the profile is created on the website it asks for the timezone, so when you search for someone, it displays their local time. This is in beta and I did my best with timezones etc, but I can't guarantee someone in Mongolia might be an hour off from what the website says, for example. Hopefully that will be enough for them to arrange a time to meet, or if they happen to be on line at the time, they can just call each other immediately with Skype. Students would want to get a headset with a microphone. They cost around $8 in our bookstore. It's best to either not have speakers or to turn them off, since it can cause an echo on the other end. Todd Todd Bryant Language Program Administrator Library and Academic Technology Library and Information Services Dickinson College P.O. Box 1773 Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 254-8941 (voice) (717) 245-1456 (fax) bryantt@dickinson.edu -----Original Message----- From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Flannery Quinn Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10840] Re: Language Exchanges with Skype Dear Todd, Sounds like a good idea, but what about time differences. That may be hard to establish a time to speak. Students would also need the microphone and speakers attached to their computers, wouldn't they? Flannery --- Todd Bryant <bryantt@dickinson.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like our students to practice their foreign > languages with native or > near native speakers over the internet using a > program called Skype, > www.skype.com, which allows the user to "call" > anyone in the world running > Skype on their computer for free. For example, a > native Russian speaker > studying English would find a student in Kansas > studying Russian. They > would then contact each other via Skype and practice > each language for a > certain period of time. > > I've create a website where students or teachers can > sign up and find > partners for such an exchange, > http://langtech.dickinson.edu/globalclass/login.aspx > > If you have questions or ideas, please respond to > me. I'm open to anything > at this point with the only goal being to get our > students to practice > speaking outside of class. > > Thanks, > > Todd > > > > > > Todd Bryant > > Language Program Administrator > > Library and Academic Technology > > Library and Information Services > > Dickinson College > > P.O. Box 1773 > > Carlisle, PA 17013 > > (717) 254-8941 (voice) > > (717) 245-1456 (fax) > > bryantt@dickinson.edu > > > > Todd Bryant > Language Program Administrator > Library and Academic Technology > Library and Information Services > Dickinson College > P.O. Box 1773 > Carlisle, PA 17013 > (717) 254-8941 (voice) > (717) 245-1456 (fax) > bryantt@dickinson.edu > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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