<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">So many thanks, Briju--and to your wife as well. <div><br></div><div>Having The New York Times here was exciting but rather carzy. Thanks for your constant smile and help, as always :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Great picture!</div><div><div><div>
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</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br><div><div>On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Thankachan, Briju wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Thank you all for your wishes.<br><br><br>First I would like to thank you - Dr. Franklin, for giving me an<br>opportunity to teach EDCT 203. To teach EDCT 203 I had to pass<br>the English speak test administered by the English Department of OU. To<br>pass speak the test, I enrolled myself in the English Language Improvement<br>Program (ELIP), where I used a software called NativeAccent, this software<br>helped me a lot to improve my English pronunciation.<br><br><br> On Wed, Aug 23, the director of ELIP Dr. Dawn Bikowski, sent<br>an email asking if you would like to be interviewed by a The New York<br>Times reporter. First I got a little scared, but then I said yes. On<br>Thursday morning, he interviewed me and in the evening he came to our home<br>and interviewed my wife regarding our teaching experiences in US classroom<br>settings as internationals. The photographer took pictures and yes, they<br>even placed a picture of ours in the article! Everything is still sinking<br>in, but here we are on The New York Times dated Aug 29,2012ŠŠ..:-)<br><br><br><br>Online article link-<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/education/college-helps-foreign-students-">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/education/college-helps-foreign-students-</a><br>get-through-to-american-ears.html?pagewanted=all<br><br>Briju<br><br><br><br>On 8/30/12 8:39 AM, "itech-request@listserv.ohio.edu"<br><itech-request@listserv.ohio.edu> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Send Itech mailing list submissions to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>itech@listserv.ohio.edu<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/itech<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>itech-request@listserv.ohio.edu<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>itech-owner@listserv.ohio.edu<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">than "Re: Contents of Itech digest..."<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Today's Topics:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> 1. Ask Briju why he was featured in the New York Times on Wed!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> (Teresa Franklin)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> 2. Fwd: FW: Teaching Interim Opportunity (Teresa Franklin)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Message: 1<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:32:06 -0400<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Teresa Franklin <franklit@ohio.edu><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: [Itech] Ask Briju why he was featured in the New York Times<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>on Wed!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: itech@listserv.ohio.edu, comped <comped@listserv.ohio.edu><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cc: Renee Middleton <middletonr@ohio.edu>, Craig Howley<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><howleyc@ohio.edu><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Message-ID:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CAPkPE_jzY8ypyEEXVjn6fRc6h6smA8pqvQ=Qg21OWH4sEnfw0w@mail.gmail.com><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hello Graduates,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When you see Briju Thankachan, our IT doctoral student, ask him why he was<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">featured in the New York Times on Wed, August 29th! A really interesting<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">article!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dr. Franklin<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-- <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*~~~~~~The best student-centered learning *experience in America~~~~<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dr. Teresa Franklin<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Professor, Instructional Technology<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Instructional Technology Program Coordinator<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">313D McCracken Hall<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dept. Educational Studies<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Ohio University<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Athens, OH 45701<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">740-593-4561 (office)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">740-541-8847 (cell)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">740-593-0477 (fax)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">also: franklinteresa@gmail.com<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"A teacher affects eternity; [she]he can never tell where the influence<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">stops." - Henry Adams<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">**<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-------------- next part --------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">URL: <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/itech/attachments/20120830/5c0ec723/att<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">achment-0001.html <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Message: 2<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:39:30 -0400<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Teresa Franklin <franklit@ohio.edu><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: [Itech] Fwd: FW: Teaching Interim Opportunity<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: itech@listserv.ohio.edu, comped <comped@listserv.ohio.edu><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Message-ID:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CAPkPE_hVuY-hTSi0gFzx60_HYrrvwGRxwKmTN5SBp1wDBkQgqw@mail.gmail.com><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Please circulate! 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