Fall, 2006 Notes

Courses Fall semester: GRMN 101-005
Reduced teaching load this semester due to having taught an overload last fall, and for being Associate Director of World Studies
Fall office hours: Mon & Thu 10:00-11:00, Tues & Wed 9:00-10:00
Latest LLT column: "Tag Clouds in the Blogosphere: Electronic Literacy and Social Networking "

Courses Spring semester: German 330 and German 491 - each has a Blackboard site
Spring office hours: Tues 11:00-12:00, Wed 8:00-11:00
Pictures from 2005 Austria Summer Study Abroad Program
Latest LLT column: "Skype and Podcasting: Disruptive Technologies for Language Learning"

Courses Fall semester: German 101. German 201, German 202, German 300 - each has a Blackboard site
Fall office hours: Mon, Wed 9:00-11:00, Tue 1:00 - 2:00
Pictures from 2005 Austria Summer Study Abroad Program
Latest LLT column: "Skype and Podcasting: Disruptive Technologies for Language Learning"

Courses Spring semester: German 202, German 321 - each have Blackboard sites
Spring office hours: Tue 12:30 - 2:30, Thu, 11:00 - 12:00
Summer, 2005 courses: Austria Study Abroad Program (2004 pics and info) and German 202 as on-line course
Recent presentations: Sharing Content for Distributed Language Instruction (NFLRC); Portable Learning Objects (SALT)
Latest LLT column: "Messaging, Gaming, Peer-to-Peer Sharing: Language Learning Strategies & Tools for the Millennial Generation"

Summer courses: Austria Study Abroad Program and German 202 as on-line course
Recent presentations: Sharing Content for Distributed Language Instruction (NFLRC); Portable Learning Objects (SALT)
Latest LLT column: "Language in Action: From Webquests to Virtual Realities"
Courses Fall semester: German 101, German 201, German 311 - all have Blackboard sites
Fall office hours: Mon 9:00 - 10:00, Tue 12:30 - 2:30, Wed, 9:00 - 10:00

Courses this semester: German 102, German 202, German 305 (Advanced Conversation)
All courses have Web sites on Blackboard

Office hours: Mon 9:00 - 10:00, Tue 12:30 - 2:00, Wed, 9:00 - 11:00

Courses this semester: German 101, German 300 (Advanced Grammar & Writing)
All courses have Web sites on Blackboard

Office hours: Mon 9:00 - 11:00, Tue 12:30 - 2:00, Wed, 9:00 - 11:00

Courses this semester: German 101, German 201, German 311 (German Through the Media)
All courses have Web sites on Blackboard

Office hours: Mon 9:00 - 10:00, Tue 12:30 - 2:00, Wed, 9:00 - 11:00

Mosel hike log from July

What I did this summer

Courses this semester: German 101, German 201, German 491 (German Children's Literature), German 500 (Graduate Reading), H&S 591 (Intro to Blackboard)

Office hours: Mon, Wed, 9:00 - 2:00

Henrico in-service workshop for language teachers

I will not be in on a regular basis in the summer - email me for appointments.

In July I will be in Germany, taking part in a seminar on teaching Business German in Düsseldorf. For the first week of the month, however, I will be hiking from Frankfurt to the Rhein through the Taunus Mountains.

Consulting and training now coordinated through the Academic Web Group: rgjones@AcademicWebGroup.com (also on-going consulting for Blackboard / rgjones@blackboard.com).

Current courses: German 201, German 491 (Literature into Film)

Office hours: Tues, Thu 8:00 - 9:30

I have a teaching load reduction for this semester from a grant (Title VI) to work on integrating technology into the Business German course.

Presentation from the IDC Winter Institute 2001: Using Web Course Management Tools: From Constraint to Empowerment

Current courses: German 101, German 201, German 311

Report from Faculty Issues Subcommittee, Student Computer Initiative

Calico 2000 presentation: Web Design for User Customization

Current course: FRLG 591, section C91

Current teaching schedule:
      Tues, Thu 11:00 - 12:15 (German 491: Romanticism)
      Wed 4:30 - 6:45 (FRLG 591: Language Learning and Technology)
Continuing on this semester as Research Sssociate for the VCU Instructional Development Center

Still adding to the 19th-Century German Stories site with additional stories, illustrations and more interactivity; see the What's new page.

Current course: German 201, section 2

Current teaching schedule: Tues, Thu 11:00 - 12:15 (German 201); continuing on this semester as research associate for the VCU Instructional Development Center

Chesterfield County teachers: Workshop site (Language Learning and Web Interactivity)

Still adding to the 19th-Century German Stories.

Calico '99 presentation: Advanced Web Technologies for Language Learning

Current course: German 101 (Summer, 1999)

I've recently begun enhancing the 19th-Century German Stories site with additional stories and more interactivity; see the What's new page.

For VCU folks, report on trends and needs in instructional technology at VCU (part of OIT strategic planning process) and my recommendations about the Instructional Development Center (IDC) as outgoing Director.

WestEd Workshop folks: I've added additional source code pages as well as quick reference guides for JavaScript, Perl and Java to the workshop site.

For Spring, 1999, I will be teaching Tuesdays and Thursdays (GRMN 491 & INFO 691) and will be on the Academic Campus those days (828-2200); otherwise I can be reached at my MCV office (828-9592).

I will be doing the Foreign Languages and Technology workshop at the upcoming TLT Catlyst Institute at Wake Forest University (Steve Gilbert's group) in January.

Landeskunde colleagues from this summer: Günther-Bob's talk is posted, as is my Black Forest hike.

Fall conference presentations: EDUCOM, Oct 13 (Orlando), Cause, Dec. 9 (Seattle).