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Fable of the Day: De Gliribus

Title: De Gliribus quercum eruere volentibus: The Dormice Who Wanted to Fell an Oak Tree, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Glires quercum arborem glandiferam dentibus eruere destinaverunt, quo paratiorem haberent cibum, ne victus gratia toties ascendere et descendere cogerentur. Sed quidam ex his qui aetate et usu rerum ac prudentia ceteros longe anteibat, eos absterruit,… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 9, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

The eClassics Demographic

When eClassics welcomed its hundredth member, I thought it would be fun/interesting to see if there were trends/biases of who was using technology to learn/teach Classics. What I found was that eClassics is a diverse community, mixed in age, gender, level of education, and technical acumen (techumen?). Along with the stats listed below, there are some fun ones. Best name: Romanlegs. Oddest coincidence: Two members are named Kevin Hartley (one in the US and the other in Ireland). Best profile… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on July 7, 2007 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Testudine et Ranis

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

Title: De Testudine et Ranis: The Tortoise and The Frogs, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Testudo conspicata ranas, quae in eodem stagno pascebantur, adeo leves agilesque, ut facile quolibet prosilirent et longissime saltarent,… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 6, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Anu daemonem accusante

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

Title: De Anu daemonem accusante: The Old Woman Accusing A Demon, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Volunt homines ut plurimum, quando sua culpa aliquid sibi acciderit adversi, in fortunam vel in daemonem culpam conferre, ut se… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 5, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Aural Oral and Textual competition in learning

Hello,

This is my first post here.......and I thought I'd post some ideas I've had about educational approaches to using technology.

I recently read a study about Microsoft Powerpoint, and how apparently it fails as a communication strategy - the listeners pay attention to the visuals, and ignore the accompanying speech, and the one set of information probably interferes with the other. The psychologists who carried out the study suggested that in most cases, the visuals… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on July 5, 2007 at 4:22am — 2 Comments

Fable of the Day: De Canibus Urbanis

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

Title: De Canibus urbanis villaticum insequentibus: City Dogs Chasing a Country Dog, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Canes complures urbani quendam villaticum praecipiti insequebantur cursu, quamdiu ille fugit nec repugnare ausus… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 4, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

I thought the ACL conference in my hometown of Nashville, Tennessee was a wonderful experience, and I was happy to make the acquaintance of so many passionate teachers of the classics. I am extremely…

I thought the ACL conference in my hometown of Nashville, Tennessee was a wonderful experience, and I was happy to make the acquaintance of so many passionate teachers of the classics. I am extremely interested in integrating the classics with technology and was very impressed by the quality and number of the papers discussing technology integration. It is very interesting to learn about all the different hardware, software and internet options available to all of us and see how people have…

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Added by Jerard S. White on July 3, 2007 at 10:29pm — 1 Comment

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Added by Jerard S. White on July 3, 2007 at 12:29pm — No Comments

<strong>Microsoft <em>Surface</em></strong>

Has anybody checked out the new Microsoft Surface--it will revolutionize our coffee tables, our walls, counters, everything--and probably further overindulge our overly-stimulated, technology hungry, little minds! It will revolutionize the ways were interact with technology.…

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Added by Jerard S. White on July 3, 2007 at 11:14am — No Comments

Digital Classicist Panel on ID Approaches to Research and Pedagogy

Here's a quick one: Digital Classicist is based in University College London and conducted two panels on using digital materials in Classics teaching and research. Abstracts from the second panel on digital pedagogy can be read here. Papers include: "New tools for learning and collaborative research: the Digital Classicist Wiki", "A Schema for Teaching Digital… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on July 3, 2007 at 10:03am — No Comments

ACL Last Day: Arxia Petasos, Neo Petasos

ACL officially ended after the piano singalong reached its logical conclusion of "Auld Lang Syne" (in Latin!). Based on all of the new people who attended (sporting their purple "primum" ribbons) and the comments of the "older" Latin teachers who attended the farewell banquet, it seems that Latin teaching is alive and well and will be well cared for in the hands of a younger generation. I had a delightful breakfast with Tom Sienkewicz this morning, and mentioned that the new generation of… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on July 2, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Divite Quodam et Servo

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

Title: De Divite Quodam et Servo: A Rich Man and His Servant , by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Vir erat dives servum habens tardi ingenii, quem regem stultorum solebat nuncupare. Ille his verbis saepius irritatus statuit hero par… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 2, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Heremita

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

Title: De Heremita virgine aegrotante: The Virgin-Hermit Who Fell Ill, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Insitum est a natura omni animantium generi, ut rei Venereae libidine incitentur, a qua si qui homines, qui corvo albo… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 1, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

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