[olug] Very OT: SCOLA Open House (Y'all Invited)

[Joe Gulizia]

Did I mention food?

SCOLA actually operates five channels from their site.

They are now pretty much arranged by geographical
areas with SCOLA Channel One (Cox Cable Channel 4)
being PRIMARILY European countries (a few exceptions
since it carried by some cable companies).

SCOLA Channel Two being primarily Spanish and
Portuguese speaking.

SCOLA Channel Three being all Mandarin Chinese.

SCOLA Channel Four being primarily Asia/SE Asia.

and
SCOLA Channel Five being primarily the Middle East and
Africa (some Asia Minor/SE Asia too).

Plans are to add SCOLA Channel Six within the next
year or so.

SCOLA is available via satellite, cable and the
internet as well as having a SCOLA Center at UNO's
library (plug for Bob Dunn --)

We actually have a couple of job openings at this time
--

Executive Assistant and 
Special Projects Associate(somewhat computer
literate).


not sure of closing date OR pay so don't ask me.


Joe G.


--- DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:

> wow! thanks for the info. i like the idea of SCOLA a
> lot. i'd like to see
> what kind of progress they are making. if i can get
> the time (very busy now)
> i would very much like to check out the open house.
> 
> On 12/6/06, Thomas D. Williamson
> <twilliam at inebraska.com> wrote:
> >
> > I only know of the French broadcast. Once in a
> while there is another
> > broadcast, I don't know which country, but they
> have English
> > overdubbed on parts of the broadcast. It looks
> strange, the text is in
> > an non-Latin script, but the spoken word over it
> is in English. A key
> > purpose of SCOLA is to provide information in the
> native languages of
> > immigrants and for language learners to hear and
> see how the language
> > works in real situations. I think the French and
> German programming is
> > designed by agencies for the purpose of learning
> language. Much of the
> > German programming is labeled as a Deutsche-Welle,
> which works with
> > the Goethe Institute, and the Institute is for
> learning German.
> >
> > Tom Williamson
> >
> > Quoting DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > sounds like some good programming, but i speak
> only english. i can kinda
> > > follow depending on the language. how much of
> the programming has
> > subtitles?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/6/06, Thomas D. Williamson
> <twilliam at inebraska.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I'll catch the German and French broadcasts in
> the evenings. I can
> > >> follow enough German to generally make sense of
> the broadcast. The
> > >> French news segments have English subtitles
> which makes them easy to
> > >> follow. The different perspectives are
> refreshing from the wholly
> > >> American view and lets me see how our actions
> are seen abroad.
> > >>
> > >> Although during the prime time, the broadcast
> is more directed to
> > >> medical information mostly originating from
> UNMC.
> > >>
> > >> Tom Williamson
> > >>
> > >> Quoting Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com>:
> > >>
> > >> > I'll watch SCOLA from time to time on ... cox
> ... channel.... 6 ? 4 ?
> > >> > Something like that.  It's not entirely all
> just local news casts...
> > >> > sometimes you'll get technology shows or
> similar (ie: once, a
> > 'german'
> > >> time
> > >> > slot was a 30ish minute german car tech show
> about the auto-parking
> > or
> > >> > auto-driving car stuff about a month before
> commercials aired here
> > about
> > >> > it).
> > >> >
> > >> > It's kinda cool to see the politics,
> mannerisms and such of other
> > >> countries
> > >> > (having lived abroad its kinda refreshing). 
> I do recall watching
> > some
> > >> south
> > >> > american news thing that gave 5-10min to a
> returning doctor from
> > >> Katrina.
> > >> > That was narly. Also kinda cool to see Putin
> and stuff in the Russian
> > >> stuff.
> > >> >
> > >> > Basically, if you're tired of the dribble on
> G4, the reruns on
> > >> adultswim,
> > >> > etc, give it a watch, its different.  You'll
> have to get beyond the
> > >> language
> > >> > barrier... which some people can't do.
> > >> >
> > >> > -Will
> > >> >
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