Archivi delle etichette: montclair
E-Twinning: NJ & Trento
Why we learn foreign languages…to understand better the world in which we are living thus, in turn, understand ourselves and our homeland better. Except, with globalization people think barriers are being removed and everyone should just be able to speak … Leggi l’articolo completo
Archiviato in research
to learn italian or english? both…
One of the greatest rewards of teaching is when your students teach you something. I have taught one of the most challenging courses in my 4 years here this spring semester: Advanced Italian Grammar a.k.a intro to Italian linguistics. I … Leggi l’articolo completo
courses taking on a new design in SP09
The end of another academic year is coming to a close and this brings me much relief. I would like to focus my efforts on my tenure package and continue to ride on the wave of teaching with technology in … Leggi l’articolo completo
Archiviato in teaching
teaching with twitter…the epilogue
Update: as a prelude to this presentation, I was interviewed by lead instructional designer Peter Campbell of Montclair on Twitter. Here is the link to three podcasts recently made available on the University website. I hope you may find some … Leggi l’articolo completo
twitter & teaching/learning Italian
In early 2007, I joined Twitter, one of the many social networking and micro-blogging services. According to Wikipedia, Twitter allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message … Leggi l’articolo completo
Archiviato in research
new website
Much deliberation, hesitation and reconsideration has now ended. Late last night (or was it in the wee hours of the morning?) I posted what is my new professional website. My previous website was attractive enough but outdated. I started rethinking … Leggi l’articolo completo
Archiviato in presentations
italian festival @ montclair
Italy’s malaise (see my previous post) may not be cured by the Italian Festival of the Arts and Humanities, but it will bring a series of stimulating, alluring, satisfying and entertaining events to the University in the Spring 2008 semester. … Leggi l’articolo completo
Archiviato in italy
