We don't have the philosopher's stone, but a thousand of their thoughts. Works to be compared in Latin and English, and French if it pleases.

"Before video games we had books." Princess Bride

A lot of stories never made it from books to computers, we'll look at them.

Libri usi sunt in tempore ante ordinatra electronica. Multae fabulae in libris scriptae sunt et debemus legere hos libros quod non omnis in intereto vivunt.

Lingua latina dicenda est, legenda est, audienda est, et scribenda est discipulis omnibus ut lingua viva et classica sit. Quare, requiras? Facultas linguarum inter homines utitur memoriis duabus primis, memoriis sonantibus et memoriis imaginis, et inter his memoriis est memoria interludi. Haec memoria est vivida et potens quod est facilis narranda. Hic nomen rei fit obviam cognitioni rei in una lingua -- nomine latina.

Discipuli qui cognoverint res et voces fabularum talis cognovunt linguam latinam. Argitatorum nil refert verba technica.

ACL

ACTFL

Paperless Test, Good Thing?

Perseus under Philologic

Skype!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PTuKfMWJ1w

http://www.youtube.com/user/latinguy2009#p/c/2900403DA4B5EEE7/1/pFANTXSqPQ8

http://www.youtube.com/user/latinguy2009#p/c/2900403DA4B5EEE7/2/ohRq4_cO5kw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMCjM6K41ns&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/user/latinguy2009#p/c/2900403DA4B5EEE7/4/KkXvTlMvUes

Engage - cui facultas movendi non est - Licet materia capi ab discipulo in sede.

Amplification - cui facultas audiendi non est - Licet voces procul audiri.


Ludus Cellae Draconesque: dialogo constituto hoc ludus docet vocabularium cum picturis dum discipuli explorant fabulas latine.

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AfFE_83B0gsTZG1oZzJzNF8xZDN4d3J0Zzk

Non habemus lapidem philosophorum sed sententia millia. Comparanda doctrina in lingua latina et anglice, fortasse etiam gallica si libet.

Latin must be spoken, read, heard, and written to be a living, classical language. "Why you ask?" Catullus 85. The human language device works on two types of simple memory and a third complex one, first the auditory and visual memory, and then the episodic memory. This last one is vivid and powerful for its ability to store stories. In this memory, the names of things and the ideas of things come together in a single language, in this case Latin.

Students who can understand the subject matter and words of such stories can be said to understand Latin. Fancy talk of grammarians can wait.

ACL

ACTFL

Paperless Test, Good Thing?

Perseus under Philologic

Skype!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PTuKfMWJ1w

http://www.youtube.com/user/latinguy2009#p/c/2900403DA4B5EEE7/1/pFANTXSqPQ8

http://www.youtube.com/user/latinguy2009#p/c/2900403DA4B5EEE7/2/ohRq4_cO5kw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMCjM6K41ns&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/user/latinguy2009#p/c/2900403DA4B5EEE7/4/KkXvTlMvUes


Engage - Orthopedic Impairment - Allows access to shared materials from the student's desk.

Amplification - Hearing Impairment - Allows student to increase hearing range in classroom.

Review Game: Cellae Draconesque. This text based adventure game teaches vocabulary through pictures while students explore a story set in Roman times.

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AfFE_83B0gsTZG1oZzJzNF8xZDN4d3J0Zzk

Valparaiso University
Alex Roberts