Faculty Resource Space

Stevenson 1032
Phone: 664-2379
e-mail: lang.culture@sonoma.edu

Located in 1032 Stevenson, next to the Audio Facility, the Modern Languages & Literatures Faculty Resource Space (FRS) is intended to be a convenient workspace for SSU faculty to create instructional materials for modern language courses. The FRS contains the following equipment:

• 1 work table and chairs;
• 1 media converter (analog �‡ DV digital hard codec box);
• 1 multistandard (PAL/SECAM/NTSC/PAL-M/PAL-N/NTSC4.43) video tape player-recorder;
• 1 computer work station (NOT Mac, a Dell Optiplex GX100 with Pentium III) with Internet access and web browser and email capabilities. The computer is equipped with a 100/250 Zip drive and a DVD/CD-Rom drive. The computer is connected to a black & white laser printer in Stevenson 1040.

The computer in Stevenson 1032 is loaded with the following software:
System Software:

• Windows 2000

Applications:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 (for reading portable document files, .pdf)
• Claris Home Page 3.0 (authoring program for internet web pages and sites)
• Internet Explorer (web browser)
• MicroSoft Office 2000 Pro:
  • Word (word processing application)
  • Excel (spread sheet application)
  • PowerPoint (presentation application)
  • Access (database application)
  • Microsoft Outlook (e-mail)
• Netscape Communicator (web browser)
• Quicktime 5 (for creating, playing, and streaming digital media)
• Realplayer (application to build, manage, and play digital music files)
• Sound Blaster Live! (audio mixing program)
• Vega Video LE (digital video editing program)
• WS FTP (file transfer client)
• Windows Media Player 7.1 (digital media player, can be used to play video and radio from around the world)
• Win DVD (InterVideo) (DVD player)
• WinZip 8.0

The FRS is available to all full-time and part-time faculty in the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at SSU. To schedule use of the FRS, please contact the Center Director, Robert Train, by phone (664-2014) or e-mail ( lang.culture@sonoma.edu or robert.train@sonoma.edu).

A collection of recent research in language pedagogy, applied linguistics, second-language acquisition (SLA), and educational technology is housed in the Faculty Resource Space. Copies of selected articles and reports in these areas are available upon request. Materials can be checked out for 1 week or can be duplicated (please allow 3 days). Please contact Robert Train regarding the use of these materials.