The Center for Technology Across Languages and Cultures was established during the academic year 2000-2001, as the result of a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The grant funding was disbursed during three years to cover the period from September 1, 2000 until August 31, 2003.

Original Grant Proposal

• Mission: The mission of the Center of Technology Across Languages and Cultures is to strengthen the links between pedagogy, faculty skills with new technologies, and student learning.
• The Center will accomplishe this mission by creating a .5 position of faculty Director of Technology Across Languages and Cultures. The Director will coordinate the activities of the Center, including:
• Data collection related to equipment available to language faculty, faculty expertise and interest in applying technology to language/culture teaching on-and-off campus resources for integration of technology to language/culture teaching and learning.
• Facilitation of equipment purchasing through the IIT for equipment to be available to all language faculty (including classroom technologies and technology for faculty work, but excluding the language lab).
• Regular opportunities for conversations about goals and methods of instruction of languages and cultures and about program planning across levels and across languages.
• Establishment of a network of peer support for technology integration into language/culture study.
• Faculty visits to technology-rich programs at other institutions.
• Visits of outside speakers and consultants to aid in the work of the Center.
• Faculty technology workshops during the academic year.
• Intensive summer workshops for faculty and faculty-student teams.
• Year-long work-study assignments for students to facilitate collaborative projects between faculty and students.
• Release-time grants for language faculty to pursue projects related to integration of technology into language/culture pedagogy.
• To support many of the above initiatives, the creation of a web site.