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June 2007 Blog Posts (34)

Digital Demosthenes: New Pedagogy for Old Languages (ACL workshop)

Today I had the distinct pleasure of giving my first ACL workshop: "Digital Demosthenes: New Pedagogy for Old Languages". My presider was Justin Schwamm who spent about thirty minutes talking about SMART Boards and SMART Airliners. My discussion on tech in the Classics classroom took a catholic approach (pun intended) on evaluating new and… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 30, 2007 at 4:35pm — No Comments

ACL, Day 2: Still Wired after all these Years

I spoke with about a dozen people today on "digital pedagogy" and learned that it is alive and well, but mostly in the form of data projectors and SMART Boards. One delegate says she uses "everything" when it comes to technology in the classroom, while others complain that it's a money thing when trying to acquire hardware. Money is indeed a huge issue when it comes to schools and districts applying for technology in the classroom, but perhaps the biggest issue is the standardization and… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 30, 2007 at 6:40am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Rustico et Mure

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Rustico et Mure: The Country-man and The Mouse, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Rusticus quidam erat admodum pauper, sed adeo facetus, ut ne calamitatis quidem tempore nativi leporis oblivisceretur. Is, cum villam suam… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 30, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Turdo et Hirundine

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Turdo amicitiam cum hirundine ineunte: The Thrush Making Friends with the Swallow, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Gloriabatur turdus se amicitiam contraxisse cum hirundine. Cui mater, "Stultus es, fili, (inquit), si… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 29, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

ACL Nashville: More wired that a pedal steel guitar

Things were so busy at ACL yesterday that it's only been now that I have found the time to blog on eClassics about what's been happening here. As a colleague said to me once, "sleep is a conspiracy". I wanted to take the temperature of high school and college Latin/Greek teachers and how they are currently using technology and spoke to dozens of people (including several eClassics members) about it. And the news is good!

Many, many people are using overhead data projectors in their… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 29, 2007 at 6:40am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Aquila et Pica

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Aquila et Pica: Eagle and Magpie, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Pica aquilam rogabat ut se inter suos familiares et domesticos acciperet, quando id mereretur cum corporis pulchritudine, tum ad mandata peragenda… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 28, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Sene et Puella

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Sene puellam in uxorem accipiente: The Old Man Who Took a Young Girl as His Wife, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Vir quidam imprudens, exacto septuagesimo vitae suae anno, puellam duxerat in uxorem, cum ad id tempus in… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 27, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Iuvene et Sene

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Iuvene Senis curvitatem irridente: The Youth Who Mocked The Old Man's Bent Back, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Iuvenis quidam conspicatus senem in arcus tensi similitudinem curvum, interrogavit an sibi arcum vellet… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 26, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Viro et Cardinale

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De viro qui ad Cardinalem accessit: The Man Who Approached the Cardinal, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Vir quidam facetus admodum et urbanus, audiens amicum suum ad cardinalatus dignitatem assumptum, ad eum gratulandi… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 25, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Report of the First Annual Second Life Language Teaching Colloquium

On June 23, 2007, I had the opportunity to be one of nine American delegates (and sole Classicist) to the first annual Second Life Language Teaching Colloquium (SLanguages 2007). Sponsored by the

Consultants-E, a UK-based eLearning company, the conference was held on the

Second Life island of

EduNation. …

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Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 25, 2007 at 1:10pm — No Comments

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This is where my official blog lives.

Added by Shawn Graham on June 25, 2007 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Legato et Tubicinibus

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Legato avaro tubicines decipiente: The Ambassador Who Tricked His Trumpeters, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Quidam avarus pro patria legatus in aliam urbem profectus erat. Cui tubicines praesto affuerunt, ut illius… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 23, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Quadrupedibus et Piscibus

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Quadrupedibus societatem adversus aves cum piscibus ineuntibus: The Four-Footed Animals who made an alliance with the fish against the birds, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Quadrupedes, cum bellum sibi ab avibus esset… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 21, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Piscibus in Sartagine

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Piscibus e sartagine in prunas desilientibus: The Fish, Leaping from the Frying Pan into the Fire , by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Pisces adhuc vivi in sartagine ferventi oleo coquebantur, quorum unus "Fugiamus hinc,… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 19, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Nautis et Sanctis

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Nautis sanctorum auxilium implorantibus: The Sailors, Imploring the Help of the Saints, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Nauta quidam in mari subita et atra tempestate deprehensus, ceteris eius sociis diversorum divorum… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 17, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Digital Paleography as Pedagogical Tool for Latin/Greek

One of Dr. Jayni Reinhard's (University of Wisconsin - Parkside) favorite language-learning activities as a grad student at the University of Minnesota was reading Greek off of high-quality images of papyrus fragments. A group project introduced students to paleography and served as a much-needed and welcome reminder that the texts from ancient authors were not as neat and tidy as students might sometimes think. Poems were… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 16, 2007 at 10:33am — 4 Comments

Fable of the Day: De Asino, Simia et Talpa

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Asino, Simia et Talpa: Donkey, Monkey and Mole, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Conquerenti Asino quod cornibus careret, Simiae vero quod cauda sibi deesset, "Tacete," inquit Talpa, cum me oculis captam esse videatis."… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 16, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Anguilla

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Anguilla conquerente quod magis quam serpens infestaretur: The Eel, complaining that she is more harassed than the Snake, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Anguilla interrogabat serpentem, quare, cum similes essent… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 15, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Musca

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Musca, quae quadrigis insidens pulverem se excitasse dicebat: The Fly, who sitting on the chariot said that she was stirring up the dust, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Quadrigae in stadio currebant, quibus musca… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 14, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Muliere et eius Amatore

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Muliere amatoris discessum flente: The Woman weeping over her lover's departure, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Mulier impudica amatorem suum abeuntem, quem omnibus fere rebus spoliaverat, multis lacrimis… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 13, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments