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In May 1991
SU began a 2-year initiative between Syracuse University and Apple Computer, Inc.
to enhance teaching and learning through the use of computing technology. By integrating
computing into the largest components of the undergraduate curriculum (Mathematics;
Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics; and the Writing Program) the University
began an effort to facilitate active learning and to understand better how teachers
could use computing technology in instruction, research, and scholarship.
The project's objectives meshed exceedingly well with the University's vision
of a "student-oriented research university," and the numerous deliverables
achieved in the project's first year demonstrated significantly how to improve instruction,
to encourage student personal growth, and to integrate research into undergraduate
instruction. The first multimedia-capable lab was installed on SU's campus.
The Lab
consists of 22 Macintosh G3 computers, with headphones for listening to audio, and
with Microphones to record your own audio. There are also Laserdisc players, VCRs,
and CDRoms to view media in those formats. Each computer is networked, with access
to the Internet. There are also video connections in the room for access to campus
cable, local TV stations, and special satellite-delivered instruction & newscasts
like CSPAN & SCOLA. There is also an Apple Scanner, LCD color projection and
audio speaker capability, and access to a Zip drive, slide scanner, digital camera,
document camera, and color printer and laserprinter capability.
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM
Monday - Friday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
For More Information Contact dkwagner@mailbox.syr.edu
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HyperDrill |  |
Now in the lab . . . HyperDrill . . . a hypercard-based application which allows students to practice their spoken command of a language. Students can compare their pronounciation with that of native speakers speakers. HyperDrill is a template program that can used by language instructors. It was recently featured on Apple's Imagine Satellite TV Series.
HyperBorges
The first Doctor of Arts project using Hypercard is currently on the TATU server in preparation for the candidate's defense. The program is a guide which helps intermediate-level Spanish students read the Jose Luis Borges short story, "El Aleph." The reading guide provides cultural as well as literary notes, a dictionary, a bibliography, and biographical information about the author. With the Hypercard interface, the Borges tool allows a student to navigate from stack to stack to browse related background and support information, satisfying individual learning styles. Reading guides similar to Borges are currently being developed nationally, and they potentially could revolutionize the teaching of intermediate-level literature instruction.
Alles Einsteigen Bitte
Alles Einsteigne Bitte is a German language program for language and grammar recognition. You complete 17 lessons, starting with basic grammar. You continue with pronunicaitation, meaning and word uasge. Each lesson gives you a passage or word, then you are asked to write its German or English equivavlent. Alles Einsteigen Bitte is also a great tutorial for students taking introductory German courses.
Allons-y
Allons-y is a French-learning program with audio conversations between two or three individuals. You learn context from listening to audio conversations. It offers 5 lessons. Each with a different conversation and in different contexts. You learn grammar by choosing the correct verb or noun for different reading passages. Allons-y is a great tutorial or supplement to learners of French.
Capitulo
Capitulo is a 12 lesson program. For each lesson the you listen to an audio Spanish conversation, and then you must respond to what you heard heard by answering several questions. The programs tests your ability to follow a Spanish conversation between two or more people.
Chinese Stacks
A hyperdrill program for learrning the Chinese language through multimedia.
Dasher-Italian
Dasher-Italian provides additional practice students often need for mastering a second language. The system has been designed so that educators with minimal computing experience can use it easily. You provide the questions, answers, and certain specifics about each lesson (such as instructions and an example) to create exercises. As you gain experience using Dasher, you can incorporate Dasher's more advanced features–sequence of presentation, requeueing of missed items, pictures, sound, and video, to name just a few.
Eudora
Eudora 1.5 is your virtual P.O.(post office), equipped with stamps, enevelopes,
and special delivery options. Eduora allows you to send, receive, and organize your
e-mail. For many of you whom receive 200+ emails daily, Eduora gives you the option
of multiple mailboxes, so you can organize business,personal and junk e-mail easily.
Eduora gives you the option of traslanting e-mail written in French to
English and vice versa. Click
Here. Abriged Manual of Eudora 1.5
French Geography
French Geography allows users to match France's geographic regions with their names. It also uses audio to play songs and teach about France. You can listen to "Chanson pour l'Auvergnat" and read the English translation of the lyrics a as well.
French Press Reviews
Monthly review of current events in France. You can learn about more about France by going to http://le-petit-bouquet.com/. You can also learn about current events in France by going to le-petit-boquet.
Hebrew Lessons
HyperHebrew teaches the basics of the Hebrew language, i.e. grammar, alphebetization
and vocabulary. You can listen to recorded pronunciations of Hebrew words and their
English equivalent. HyperHebrew is a great tutorial for anyone taking elementary
Hebrew courses.
HyperFrance
It is an electronic encyclopedia of France. HyperFrance lists France's governmental agencies, its famous rivers, and its historical sites. From Haute Normandie to Languedoc Roussillon, HyperFrance shows the northern and souther regions of France. Along with these regions, HyperFrance shows you the rivers of Frane----- La Rhone, La Seine, La Garonne, and La Loir. You learn about France's constitution, its president, the rebuplic, and it judicial sysem. If you are going to France anytime soon, take a look at HyperFrance for great historical, geographic, and governmental information.
HyperHindi Stacks
HyperHindi uses multimedia to teach Hindi alphabet, vocabulary, and grammar. It can be used as a drill and practice turorial session, because it teaches you how to draw alphabetical characters and how each character forms words. Along with written character, you also learn how to pronounce words and letters from the different letter groups, i.e. Ra group, pa group, ta group.
Jukebox
Listen to such French classics as Bon anniversaire, Let plat pays, Respondez-moi, La langue de chez nous, Chanson pour l'Auvergnat, Rue Fontaine, Quand les hommes vivront d'amour, Mon pays, Il faudra leur dire, Non, je ne regrette rien.. You can hear how French musicians and lyricists use the language to convey meaning.
La Cocina
La Cocine is a Spanish recipe program. You learn how to make different Spanish recipes, while learning the diffent names of foods in Spanish. You can alos translate your own recipes into Spanish.
le Monde Francophone
Le Monde Francophone is an interactive program with the historical bacgrounds of Africa, Asia, Europe, and U.S. written in French. and their relationship with the French language. It lists countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa with descriptions of population trends, cultural aspects, and dialects of French used each particular country. Le Monde Francophone is a great supplement to French Geography. If you want to know what dialect French is used in Haiti, check out le Monde Francophone in the Multimedia Lab.
MacSUNRISE
MacSunrise is a japanese alphabet learning program. On a split template, you see the Japanese character on the left, its pronounciation in the middle, and its translated English meaning on the right. You learn how to draw each Kanji characters.
Mhelt2
A template program for learning German through word translations. Mhelt2 works with Alles Einsteigen Bitte. You learn word etymology and usage.
MSWord
Microsoft Word, a word processing application, equipped with text editing, stylistic, and graphics features. Word allows you to perform calculations and sort your results with special text annotations and other text editing functions. For writers, Word comes with a electronic thesaurus, dictionary and spell check features.
Nihon e Yookoso (Japanese)
Nihon e Yookoso is a hyperdrill program with 25 LESSONS divided into 5 UNITS. Each unit has 5 lessons. Each lesson is a description or story revolving around a color photo of Japan, featuring famous Japanese locations and other cultural aspects of Japan. Each lesson consists of three parts. The first part consists of basic sentences, the second, vocabulary lists. The last part lists questions and answers.
For all you BBS lovers, Pacerforum is here. As a networked application, Pacerforum provides a colorful graphic medium for exchanging and distributing information; a tool for collaborating on projects simple and complex; and a flexible system for sharing and saving sounds, graphics, and text files. You can have a conference, and you can check for bulleting board messages. Or you can also broadcast messages across the network. If you want to collaborate on an assignment, you should look to Pacerforum for best results. Ask about Pacerforum in the Lab. Click on it too find out more.
Recuerdos de Madrid
Recuerdos de Madrid is a 10 lesson program. Each lesson presents different conversations between two or more people in Spanish. Adding to its interacivity, Recuredos de Madrid plays pre-recorded audio sentences in Spanish. You must reply to these sentences, by tying correct responses to questions. You also learn grammar translations and correct work usage. If you want to brush up on your command of the Spanish language, take a look at Recuerdos de Madrid in the Multimedia Lab.
Revolution
Revolution is a hypercard program which lists important dates, events, and songs of the French Revolution. The programs starts at 1788, where you learn about Louis XVI. You also see photographs of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Revolution shows the relationship of each year's events to the French Revolution, by giving you a timeline of the events. It also plays audio track which correspond to the historical events.
Russian Stacks
Interactive program designed in HyperCard with numerous lessons on Russian vocabulary, pronounciations and translations from Russian to English. This programs also uses sound files and graphic files to accompany the lessons. You can play games and listen to music in Russian with the Transparent Language application.
StorySpace
Storyspace is a hypertext writing environment--a tool for creating and reading interlinked electronic documents, or hypertexts. Storyspace lets you organize stories, pictures and text according to the needs and interests of your readers. Using storyspace, information designers can integrate sound, text, and graphics to tell a story or oraganize a presentation. A great tool for designing computerized children's stories or instructional information.
Systéme-D
Systéme-D is an application for writng, editing and referencing in French. The programs provides a dictionary of common French terms, nouns, verbs, verb tenses,prepositions and other grammatical tools for writers. If you want a powerful application to aid you in wrinting in French, Systém-D is available in the Multimedia Lab for you.
TriplePlayPlus
TriplePlayPLUS is a collaboration effort between Random House and Syracuse Language Systems. This interactive speech recognition software allows you to learn different languages, i.e. Hebrew, French, and Spanish, while playing word games. The software uses daily events, such as going to the grocery store and talking to a friend, to teach a foreign language. It accomodates users from age 8 to adulthood. Not only do you learn grammar and word pronunciation, but also you learn over many words and phrases specific to the particular language. TriplePlayPlus has been raved by PC Magazine and other software and hardware ranking companies.