A chat activity in a college German class: Der Bürgermeister ist Tot! (The Mayor is Dead!).

A blog activity in a high school Spanish class: Class Biographers.

A wiki activity in a college French class: Alma Matters.

Welcome to CALPER's Computer-Mediated Activity Library. In this website you will find an activity database of CMC activities for browsing and searching, a user's guide to implementing the activities, with a glossary of CMC terminology and case studies of the activities, and a bibliography, including links to external online resources.

Computer-Mediated Activity Library Developed 2004-2009:

Project Co-directors: Steven Thorne, Penn State & Jonathon Reinhardt, University of Arizona
Contributors: Duff Johnston, Emily Rine, Lisa Hundley, Luke Eilderts, Dana Webber
Database Design: Arlo Bensinger

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CMC actiivities are categorized according to topics that correspond to general themes used in foreign language courses
Activities represent a variety of activity types, using a variety of tools
Information on each activity includes links to relevant ACTFL standards
Three case studies are available -- located on the right margin of this page
For more information on using the latest technologies, such as synchronous computer-mediated communication tools, Blogs, and Wikis, visit our Manual for Professional Teacher Development, which describes technology-mediated class activities and projects