Archive for April, 2007

Outstanding EDTEC Student, 2007

Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Karl Richter
Filed under EDTEC, SDSU | 3 Comments

Next month, I’ll be celebrating my M.A. in Educational Technology. I graduated in Dec. 2006, and have my diploma framed and (nearly) hanging on the wall of my office. Since graduation is only once each year, I’ll get to walk with other students on May 19th.
I recently found out that I’m the recipient [...]

Elgg-perimenting with another tool

Posted on April 20th, 2007 by Karl Richter
Filed under EDTEC, Moodle, blogging, opensource | 1 Comment

I’m working on creating an online language learning community. I’d love to build the environment from scratch, but my time is as limited as my skills. I’m looking through the open source community for a platform that will suit my needs.
My latest tool is Elgg, a tool that’s similar to moodle, in that [...]

Me llamo “Bar”

Posted on April 19th, 2007 by Karl Richter
Filed under freebies, technovangelism | No Comments

I was looking through the complete list of google applications and decided to check out their Language Tools. They’re really cool! Just for fun, I decided to translate my blog into another language. This blog’s name is Bar in Spanish (and French).
I miss my days as a language teacher, and with the new capabilities I [...]

SpeakeasyESL.com

Posted on April 16th, 2007 by Karl Richter
Filed under blogging, literacy | 1 Comment

In my last post, I wrote that I’m checking MySpace as part of the research I’m doing for my upcoming class. That’s true, but that’s not the whole story.
I’m looking into it because I have a side project that I’m starting for language learners. I think of it as a MySpace for language [...]