Universed is an internet resource designed to promote modern language learning and celebrate international culture for secondary school pupils and for any other inquisitive person.
It has been developed by the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University, for the Routes into Languages project.
Universed is hosted by ictGateshead at Gateshead CLC
The Newcastle strand of Routes into Languages North East is launching their web-based learning platform www.universed.co.uk. Universed was developed alongside http://linguacast.ncl.ac.uk for pupils and teachers in schools to supplement their learning with rich resources.
Much of the content is produced in the North East and all content is overseen, before it goes live on the site. It spans teen-focused content and links to existing mainstream web-educational sites. This language learning podcasting site is of a style that will attract young users and be big enough to encourage habitual use.
Universed is a cross-platform initiative with on-line social networking and user-generated content. This celebration of culture and diversity combines photographs, videos, audio files, bookmarks and blogs and other resources, from all across the globe; perfect for helping with GCSE homework, or just exploring the diversity of languages and cultures.
From June 2009 Universed will be hosted by ictGateshead.
