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Daria_ show and tell

Hi All, as a final project I would like to create a dialogue in Italian for students to enjoy. The dialogue should be narrated, subtitled and represented through a story created with icons that Gabe is helping me to create using Illustrator. I am creating a dialogue supported by icons …

4 Icon and Project Sketch

As discussed with Jason and Gabe I am submitting a 4 panel sketch that will be created in Illustrator to make a comic on intercultural communication.  This is one scenario.   I am trying to be careful in choosing colors and gestures that are not identifiable to one nationality to …

Finding in Wikimedia Commons

I am always looking for new images or videos for my courses. This kind of resources can be used to stimulate a conversation (in Italian) among students, to practise writing or to review grammatical rules.

I found this image on Wikimedia commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Luoghi_Comuni,_Lampedusa#/media/File:Luoghi_Comuni,_Lampedusa_(1-2).jpg

I can use this image (and more on the set) to create a set of questions in Italian and have students replying using the correct Tense, words and info.

Finding in Wikimedia Commons

I’m going to be creating two online program information sessions to replace the traditional face-to-face format that we have been offering. This gives our session leaders and prospective students far more flexibility and will, hopefully, increase participation rates. The two program areas are Craft Beer and Brewing Essentials and First Responders Trauma Prevention …

SFU Cert in Visual Analytics

Check out our landing page for basic information about this new program: https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/programs-and-courses/area-of-study/business-management/visual-analytics.html The program is expected to be approved by Senate on May 5, 2016. Far more detail about the program will be available then. Larry White lawhite@sfu.ca