presentations
selected presentations
Matthias, G. (2011, April). Our Definition of Culture – An Intercultural Project between German and American Students using Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication to Produce Digital Videos. Language
Symposium 2011, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Matthias, G. (2010, May). Intercultural Projects with American and German Students Using CMC. Language Resource Center Spring Workshop, Cornell University.
Gillespie, T. & Matthias, G. (2010, April), Panel: Encouraging Student-Centered Learning with Blogs. Teaching with Technology Series, in collaboration with Faculty Support Services (CIT), Cornell University.
Matthias, G. (2009, November). Web 2.0 Culture and Media in the Foreign Language Classroom. ACTFL‘s 2009 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, San Diego. Sponsored by Computer Assisted Learning Instruction Consortium (CALICO).
Matthias, G. (2009, October). Our Generation – An Intercultural Project with American and German Students Using Computer Mediated Communication. NEALLT/NERALLT Joint Conference, Yale University.
Matthias, G. (2009, August). German Lifestyle 2.0: Web 2.0-Kultur und Medienkompetenz im DaF-Unterricht. XIV. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer (IDT), Jena, Germany.
Matthias, G. (2009, May). Generation – an Intercultural Student Project. Language Resource Center Spring Workshop, Cornell University.
Lischke, G. & Matthias, G. (2009, March). Blogs as e-Portfolios. Northeast Association for Language Learning Technology (NEALLT) Conference, Lafayette College.
Matthias, G. (2008, September). Political Subcultures: Short Films from East Germany and West Berlin, 1978 – 1981. Got Art? Intersections of Art and Politics in German Culture, DAAD Weekend, Cornell University.
Matthias, G. & Waitelonis, J. (2008, September). Verbesserung der Qualität von Seminaren durch Enhanced Podcasts und yovisto.com. [Quality-Improvement of University Seminars through Enhanced Podcasts on yovisto.com.] Podcast University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Matthias, G. (2008, March). Podcasts im Fremdsprachenunterricht. [Podcasts in Second Language Education.] Bundeskongress Gesamtverband Moderner Fremdsprachen (GMF), Leipzig, Germany.
Matthias, G. (2007, September). Einsatzszenario Podcasts im Fremdsprachenunterricht. [Using Podcasts in Second Language Education.] Podcast University, Osnabrück, Germany.
publication
Matthias, G., Sack, H. & Waitelonis, J. (2008, June). Quality-Improvement of University Seminars through Enhanced Podcasts on yovisto.com. Proceedings of E-Learning Baltics – eLBa 2008), Rostock, Germany.
ongoing projects
German Language Study ePortfolio
workshops
Matthias, G. (2009, January). Basics of Web 2.0 for Language Teaching. Workshop for Lecturers, Cornell University.
Matthias, G. (2008, December). Basics of Web 2.0 for Language Teaching. Workshop for Teaching Assistants, Cornell University.
Matthias, G. (2008, May). Podcast-Workshop for Language Teachers, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
workshop links & material
What is Web 2.0 by Tim O’Reilly
Blogs:
Blogs in Plain English by commoncraft:
Blog Provider:
http://edublogs.org
http://wordpress.com
https://www.blogger.com
Video Tutorial by edublogs.org
Podcasts:
Podcast Catcher: iTunes
Tutorial: How to subscribe to podcasts.
Audacity and LAME encoder (the Lame is necessary to save the produced audio files as mp3s)
Instructions for installing the LAME encoder
Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters
Podcast Hosts:
http://podspot.de (German provider)
http://www.podbean.com (100MB free)
http://www.gcast.com (free, but no Blog)
http://www.mypodcast.com (free, but with advertisement)
http://www.podango.com (free, but with advertisement)