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[First posted in AWOL 4 February 2015, updated 27 April 2019]
Romans Go Home! Latin apps for iPad, iPhone, Android and Mac OS X
Romans Go Home! is the home of the App Store's largest collection of
apps for Latin students of all levels, making Latin apps for iPad,
iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and Mac OS X. Our flagship app is called
SPQR, and brings together a wealth of material such as books in Latin
and English, dictionaries, grammar tools, learning guides, photos of
archaeological sites, and more. We also make games for Latin students,
which can really bring your classroom alive!
We love Latin as much as you do, and we consider it our mission to help kids and adults alike learn Latin using their phones and tablet devices - if you have any suggestions for how we can make our apps better, please get in touch!
iLatin and eGreek - Ancient Languages and New Technology, February 1, 2014
A Council of University Classics Departments Teaching and Learning
Symposium hosted by the Open University, UK and supported by the Institute for Classical Studies
The Open University, Hawley Crescent, Camden
The iLatin and eGreek one-day
conference explored the use and effectiveness of new technology in
teaching classical languages. Presentations focussed on resources and
pedagogy: the materials out there for learners and teachers of Greek
and Latin, and the problems new technology might help to address. They
also explored ways of evaluating the effectiveness of technology for
enhancing pedagogy and suggested guiding principles for the development
of interactive websites, apps and other technology-based resources.
The
focus of the day was on language teaching at UK universities, but there
was valuable input and inspiration from secondary education, from
modern languages and from other countries, including America and
Germany. The conference participants reflected on how the teaching of
classical languages is changing in the twenty-first century and
considered how innovations in pedagogy and technology might help to
improve the student learning experience.
Through
the generosity of the Institute of Classical Studies (School of
Advanced Study, University of London), the Higher Education Academy,
the Council of University Classics Departments and the Open University,
there was no conference fee and no charge for lunch and
refreshments. Travel bursaries were also awarded to a number of
students.
Videos of all presentations are now available via the links below:
Programme
Introduction
Dr James Robson / Mair Lloyd,
The Open University
Welcome and themes of the day
Session 1
Dr James Robson,
The Open University
Open access Latin and Greek resources at the OU: current projects and future directions
Session 2
Prof. Alison Sharrock,
University of Manchester
Online Training for Reading Latin
Session 3
Dr Nick Lowe,
Royal Holloway, University of London
Adventures in 24/7 Latin: VLEs, spaced repetition, and roll-your-own apps
Show-and-Tell session
Session 4
Mair Lloyd,
The Open University
Finding the Gap: some contrasts between ancient and modern language eLearning
Session 5
Steve Hunt,
University of Cambridge
The Digital Classics Classroom: plaything or catalyst for pedagogical improvement?
Session 6
Bartolo Natoli,
University of Texas (online from Texas)
eLearning in the Flipped Classroom
Round Table Discussion:
ways forward with ancient language teaching and learning
Twitter Coverage
Participants at the conference were encouraged to tweet with the hashtag #iLeG and the event has been ‘storified’ here.
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