http://www.scribd.com/people/view/64346-steven-donahue This a feed for documents on Scribd written by donahue.steven@gmail.com 30 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:19:37 GMT Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:19:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101074/DER-May-1-2001-Pentagon-Parmentier DISTANCE EDUCATION Volume 5, Number 9 Defense Technology Fuels Distance Learning: Talking to the Pentagon’s E-trainer By Steven Donahue hat do a computerized firing range for tanks, a mock aircraft maneuvering over a simulated battlefield, and learning a language at a distance have in common? “An amazing amount, in a world that is more complex, with tools that are more complex,” says Michael Parmentier, the Pentagon’s top trainer, who is the Director of Readiness and Training in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He was the featured speaker at the spring 2001 Simulation Interoper Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:19:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101074/DER-May-1-2001-Pentagon-Parmentier http://www.scribd.com/doc/101069/DER-Jan-15-2002-Afghany-at-a-Distance Volume 6, Number 2 January 15, 2002 Balancing Act: Online Learning Becomes the “Third Shift” for Women By Mary Lou Santovec M uch of the literature on working mothers emphasizes their “second shift.” The term refers to the housework, child-care duties, and other responsibilities women tackle after finishing their first-shift job. In addition to their obligations as both an employee and parent, many working mothers have now taken on a “third shift” — online education. Adding online courses to their already full plate has implications for both higher education and society, said Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:19:34 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101069/DER-Jan-15-2002-Afghany-at-a-Distance http://www.scribd.com/doc/101059/Donahue-eblocks-LM ESL Classroom Building the Blocks of English Steven Donahue puts E-Blocks® to the test in the ESL classroom Sometimes, we language teachers, forget the obvious: if we teach in step-by-step blocks that students can follow; the magical quantum leaps in acquisition will happen from that very comprehensible input. And so, E-Blocks is a product which literally uses blocks that students place on an interactive panel in order to learn at their own pace. The attractive blocks, connected by a cable, are placed on a panel and displayed on a computer. For instance, the word H-A-T may be scrambled as Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:19:28 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101059/Donahue-eblocks-LM http://www.scribd.com/doc/101055/Crystal-Ball Technology Technology Crystal Ball The Good, Bad, and Ugly International Education Technology International Education World Views Last Writes “ 20 Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It’s a good thing we have museums to document that. — Bill Gates ” http://www.languagemagazine.com August 2006 *Technology International Education Steven Donahue ponders the future of the convergence of technology upon the educational system and personal privacy Battle of the Giants World Views The news is full of conflict from Korea to Lebanon, and the gloves are also off in t Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:09:36 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101055/Crystal-Ball http://www.scribd.com/doc/101053/Arabic DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Presidio of Monterey, California MODERN STANDARD ARABIC BASIC Language Survival Guide November 2002 A: Commands, Warnings & Instructions B: Helpful Words, Phrases, & Questions 1: Greetings / Introductions 8: Emergency Terms 15: Occupations 2: Interrogation 9: Food & Sanitation 16: Port of Entry 3: Numbers 10: Fuel & Maintenance 17: Relatives 4: Days of the Week / Time 11: Medical / General 18: Weather 5: Directions 12: Medical / Body Parts 19: General Military 6: Locations 13: Military Ranks 20: Mine Warfare 7: Descriptions 14: Lodging 1 *LA Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:09:35 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101053/Arabic http://www.scribd.com/doc/101054/CORRECTIONABBREVIATIONS CORRECTION ABBREVIATIONS * Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:09:35 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101054/CORRECTIONABBREVIATIONS http://www.scribd.com/doc/101052/writing-presciptionsApr06LangMag Literacy Writing Prescriptions Duane Roberts highlights the writing crisis and looks for technological solutions The hallmark of an education has always been the ability to communicate, verbally or in writing, and those are the very skills that the marketplace demands, but is unable to fulfill. Most critically, only in writing, is the ability to communicate and think inextricably linked. Writing is the neglected partner of reading in the battle against illiteracy. It is reading levels that receive the media attention and reading programs that receive funding, yet writing which is just as ne Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:09:34 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101052/writing-presciptionsApr06LangMag http://www.scribd.com/doc/101041/DARI ******A A A A **A A A A **B B B B **1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 **3 3 3 3 **3 3 3 3 **4 4 4 4 **5 5 5 5 **6 6 6 6 **7 7 7 7 **7 7 7 7 **8 8 8 8 **9 9 9 9 **10 10 10 10 **11 11 11 11 **12 12 12 12 **13 13 13 13 **14-15 14-15 14-15 14-15 **16 16 16 16 **16 16 16 16 **17 17 17 17 **18 18 18 18 **19 19 19 19 **20 20 20 20 **** Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:54:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101041/DARI http://www.scribd.com/doc/101040/Crystal-Ball Technology Technology Crystal Ball The Good, Bad, and Ugly International Education Technology International Education World Views Last Writes “ 20 Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It’s a good thing we have museums to document that. — Bill Gates ” http://www.languagemagazine.com August 2006 *Technology International Education Steven Donahue ponders the future of the convergence of technology upon the educational system and personal privacy Battle of the Giants World Views The news is full of conflict from Korea to Lebanon, and the gloves are also off in t Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:52:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101040/Crystal-Ball http://www.scribd.com/doc/101035/NewMediaWineskins New Media Wineskins Steven DonahueT1 explains the possible P PT future of the new media. The dilemma for the new media (2.0-5.0) is whether to deliver consumers “News-tainment,” or”Edu-tainment”. The former involves mostly poll-driven entertainment-based news, while the latter focuses upon an educational component, a prerequisite for advancing the United States’ global position. The author proposes a middle ground involving “application bundles” and explains the battle underway between the two modes. Words;10995/Final Draft Steven Donahue is a full-time assistant professor at Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:46:59 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/101035/NewMediaWineskins http://www.scribd.com/doc/100971/WE-COUNT-FINAL WE COUNT! “Si se puede!” Steven Donahue immerses himself in the immigrant Communities of South Florida on May Day, 2007 and the Immigrant Experience in Homestead, Florida and draws some pointed conclusions about the debate over immigration to America. Final May 5, 2007 Language Magazine Words: 1736 Figure 1 We Count! May Day Rally Krome Avenue There is no Statue of Liberty with open arms at One Krome Avenue for the tempest-driven newcomers to America, but a sole yellow diamond sign that reads, rather symbolically— Rough Road Ahead. Krome Avenue lay in the fruited plains between Miami a Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:03:35 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/100971/WE-COUNT-FINAL http://www.scribd.com/doc/100964/Le-GLOBISH-ROAD-RUNNER Le GLOBISH ROAD RUNNER Steven Donahue investigates the devolution of English to a simpler, international form known as “Globish.” "Everything has been figured out, except when to stop mangling English."--Sartre Steven Donahue Language Magazine Words: 933 Me Tarzan; You Jane Everyone knows that the English language has an enormous amount of words. The best way, some feel, to solve this vocabulary-laden equation is to simplify its terms by embracing a lower common denominator tongue—Globish. In fact, Globish (a portmanteau formed from the words Global English) is light English without th Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:57:04 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/100964/Le-GLOBISH-ROAD-RUNNER http://www.scribd.com/doc/100960/A-Dozen-Web-20-Educational-Application © 2007 Steven Donahue Donahue.steven@gmail.com (786) 315-8526 A Dozen “Edutainment” Application Bundles I-Focos White Paper By Steven Donahue Donahue.steven@gmail.comU 305-318-8176 Language Magazine HTU TH ABSTRACT:U Search, like Rock and Roll, will never die. But it will not thrive until it diversifies and partners with Media, Not-forProfit, and aims to build new generations of users via educational application bundles. U S Definition EARCH WAS THE GREAT NEW FRONTIER. Sodden with copycats, it has become anhydrous. As Science Fiction writer, Harlan Ellison, has noted: “We are enter Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:43:59 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/100960/A-Dozen-Web-20-Educational-Application http://www.scribd.com/doc/99634/Pronunciation © 2002 Steven Donahue Pronunciation Manual & CD Professor Steven Donahue Miami-Dade Community College Spring 2006 This book and CD cover about 100 features of the English Sound System. “Good Fences make good neighbors.” “What did he say!? Good wrenches make good laborers?” “Hey, dude. I know a good Accent Reduction Course.” on © 2006 Steven Donahue All Rights Reserved REDUCE YOUR ACCENT! 8 ten steps 9 1 *© 2002 Steven Donahue Test Your Pronunciation 9 Identify Accent Interference 10 Master English Consonants 10 Conquer English Vowels 10 Hit the Right Rhythm 10 Step Six: Pe Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:52:36 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99634/Pronunciation http://www.scribd.com/doc/99632/dozen © 2007 Steven Donahue Donahue.steven@gmail.com (786) 315-8526 A Dozen “Edutainment” Application Bundles I-Focos White Paper By Steven Donahue Donahue.steven@gmail.comU 305-318-8176 Language Magazine HTU TH ABSTRACT:U Search, like Rock and Roll, will never die. But it will not thrive until it diversifies and partners with Media, Not-forProfit, and aims to build new generations of users via educational application bundles. U S Definition EARCH WAS THE GREAT NEW FRONTIER. Sodden with copycats, it has become anhydrous. As Science Fiction writer, Harlan Ellison, has noted: “We are enter Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:48:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99632/dozen http://www.scribd.com/doc/99631/cptpocket CPT BOOTCAMP COMPUTERIZED PLACEMENT TEST TUTORIAL WRITING SKILLS Heather Delsalle Steven Donahue Miami Dade College North Campus Summer 2005 1 *Authors Heather Delsalle is co-director of the ESL Writing Resource lab at Miami Dade College, North Campus Steven Donahue is ESL faculty at Miami Dade College, North Campus. CONTENTS 1. PREFACE ………………………………………………. 2. INSTRUCTOR INTRODUCTION …………………… 3. TEST-TAKING SKILLS……………………………… 4. PRE TEST……………………………………………… 5. STRUCTURES………… Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:46:59 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99631/cptpocket http://www.scribd.com/doc/99629/Write-Like-a-RoadRunner Road-Runner English © 2007 Steven Donahue The speedy Road-runner is the student’s mascot or model guiding the way to fast writing and English skills-building. The Road-runner (Geococcyx californianus) is a slim, long-tailed bird and one of the most striking characters of the cactus belt of the Southwest. The Road-runner, along with Wile E Coyote, were the models for Warner Bros cartoons where the witless Coyote never managed to catch the swift bird. Many times, the characters would communicate by holding up signs. In the 1979 film, The Road Runner, actor and second language learner Arnold Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:46:08 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99629/Write-Like-a-RoadRunner http://www.scribd.com/doc/99628/releasetelephone Telephone Learning Software Helps Solve SAT and Literacy Crisis in American Classrooms with a Phone and the Web New Technology Assists with Essay Portion of the SAT Hollywood, FL (PRWEB) May 20, 2005 -- Steven Donahue, professor and developer of innovative writing enhancement technology, today announced the release of revolutionary Telephone Learning Software to help solve the literacy crisis in American classrooms and promises to truly "Leave No Child Behind." The phone learning system is capable of processing student essays by telephone and returning instant holistic scores. Professor Donahu Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:45:08 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99628/releasetelephone http://www.scribd.com/doc/99626/Reading-Comp-LM-Nov06 Innovation World Views Reading Comprehensively Illustration by Russell Tate Last Writes Through using the latest materials and assessments, Steven Donahue and Marta Menendez discover the areas where students need extra assistance ESL is Different Fifty-five million students, approximately, returned to the classroom this fall, but there was one noted demographic difference. Twenty-two percent will have at least one parent who is foreign born, while five percent will have been born overseas. The news is in the bulge of the numbers: 10 million (one in five) of these students speak a language Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:44:55 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99626/Reading-Comp-LM-Nov06 http://www.scribd.com/doc/99624/LangMag-VMe Multiculturalism Multiculturalism Silencio, no more! Finally, Spanishdominant U.S. TV time has come as the language pendulum has steadily swung in that linguistic direction. V-me1 is a spanking brand new national network marriage with public TV, wedding quality programming in Spanish with the proven PBS format. Just unleashed nationwide, V-me is aimed towards educating and entertaining America’s 38 million Spanish speaking viewers. If you have not figured it out yet, “veme” is a play on words commanding the viewer to “watch me.” V-me is an epoch making language broadcast now bursti Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:44:24 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99624/LangMag-VMe http://www.scribd.com/doc/99623/ESL-Bonanza-LM-Oct06 Technology Technology World Views Last Writes Bonanza for ESL Learners Language Learning Cornucopia If students are to build a sturdy “language house,” they need the right tools and supplies. And at Miami Dade College, my students have found a literal bonanza in the cornucopia of offerings available from ESL Pro Systems. This Washington state-based firm, provides learners everything from free EBooks covering TOEFL® iBT, CBT, TOEIC,® and general English Assessment tests to robust content — online and on CD-ROMs. The free books alone have added sizzle and sparkle to the classroom. Th Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:43:33 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99623/ESL-Bonanza-LM-Oct06 http://www.scribd.com/doc/99593/LangMag-July06-1823 International Education Creating Global Citizens Moving Beyond Borders World Views International Education Last Writes Michael Lenaghan, Myra Medina, and Ginny Peterson Tennant present an alternative program vision building linguistic and cultural bridges over increasingly troubled international waters 18 http://www.languagemagazine.com July 2006 *International Education Putting an Views World Unknown City on the Map If Creating Global Citizens (CGC) were likened to an old-fashioned stool, the three legs would be comprised of 1 Language Skills, 2 Cultural Awareness, and 3 Service. In Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:33:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99593/LangMag-July06-1823 http://www.scribd.com/doc/99591/Linking Linking and /y/ glides If a word ends in a tense vowel or a diphthong and the next word or syllable begins with a vowel, a /y/ may be inserted. WORD or PHRASE PHONETIC be able create say it layette my own naïve toy airplane boyish see evil   * Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:31:38 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99591/Linking http://www.scribd.com/doc/99527/Linking-and-Y-Glides Linking and /y/ glides If a word ends in a tense vowel or a diphthong and the next word or syllable begins with a vowel, a /y/ may be inserted. WORD or PHRASE be able create say it layette my own naïve toy airplane boyish see evil PHONETIC biyÙeyb@l kriyÙeyt seyÙyIt leyÙyEt mayÙyown nayÙYiyv tOyÙyErpleyn bOyÙyish siyÙyiyv@l * Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:58:25 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/99527/Linking-and-Y-Glides