Author's+Biography

====I have been the Instructional Technologist for the Department of Modern Languages at the College of Staten Island/City University of New York since March 2005. ==== ====I was born and raised in Rome, Italy, where I obtained the degree of Perito Turistico specializing in Foreign Languages and Tourism Studies. My enduring passion for foreign languages and cultures brought me to live and study in England, Germany, and France before I permanently moved to the U.S. in the year 2000, where I have obtained a Summa Cum Laude B.S. in Information Systems from the College of Staten Island/CUNY. ==== ====I am currently pursuing the M.A. in Educational Technology at New Jersey City University. Upon graduation, I plan to continue with a Doctoral program that specializes in Computer-Assisted Language Learning. ==== ====I have conducted various seminars and technical workshops for pre-service teachers of foreign languages in Staten Island, NY, and I have also briefly taught ESL classes in Shanghai, China. ====