ACORNS

[Mia Kalish]

 The software uses English as a bridge. Even though it has picture and
sound, it is STILL connecting the Indigenous language to English, rather
than to the sound/picture. 

 

The graphics are poor quality; instructions are layered with learning
materials. And for some reason, there is a funny little acorn on everything.
All of this adds layers and layers of cognitive load, and distracts from the
opportunities to learn the language. 

 

Mia

 

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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Andre Cramblit
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:10 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] ACORNS

 

ACORNS Overview

http://www.sou.edu/cs/harvey/acorn/acorns.htm

 

The ACORNS project has the purpose of supporting language revitalization
efforts of Native American tribes. The name, [AC]quisition [O]f [R]estored
[N]ative [S]peech is in honor of the tribes of Northern California and
Southern Oregon where the Acorn is a central part of the traditional life.

The current version allows language instructors and students to easily
prepare and execute files containing language lessons. Presently, the
software only supports
<http://www.sou.edu/cs/harvey/acorn/IntroductionPictSoun.htm> Picture and
Sound Lessons. We anticipate many other kinds of lessons as the software
matures. These additional lesson types will support state-of-the-art
facilities such as speech recognition.

The ACORNS project is a long term effort involving both faculty and
students, in cooperation with local tribes.

The author of the original program is Dan Harvey from Southern Oregon
University,  <mailto:harveyd at sou.edu> harveyd at sou.edu. We appreciate your
comments and feedback.

 

The software is intuitive and requires minimal technical training. Each file
contains a series of lessons that link together through use of mouse clicks.
The software is open source and can be freely used for non-commercial
purposes. It conforms to best practice criteria for working with linguistic
data, in that it supports industry standard export and import facilities.

 

.:. 

 

André Cramblit: andre.p.cramblit.86 at alum.dartmouth.org is the Operations
Director Northern California Indian Development Council NCIDC
(http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that meets the development needs of
American Indians

 

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