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>From: Ed Garay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: #9225 WIKIS AND BLOGS
>Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:18:41 -0500
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I would recommend starting with a small (low great) wiki assignment,  
in Spanish, to see where the students are, in terms of authoring with  
the technology in Spanish.

Also, check your school's and WikiSpaces policies to make sure FERPA  
and other student privacy and intellectual property are not violates.

--- Ed Garay
Assistant Director for Academic Computing
University of Illinois at Chicago
Academic Computing and Communications Center
Director, UIC Instructional Technology Lab
www.accc.uic.edu/itl

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On Sep 4, 2009, at 7:06 AM, LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:

> Hi all, I'm transitioning my class from a web 1.0 organizational
> structure (hand-tooled html and java: these pages were like my babies,
> it's sad to say goodbye to them!) to a more 2.0 place:  I'm using
> wikispaces for overall course structure, blogs to replace diaries,  
> prezi
> instead of PowerPoint (thanks for that tip, Jorg), animoto...  I'm
> really excited, and the students are on-board completely.
>
> My general question is: for those that have already made that
> transition, what are some pitfalls that can be avoided, and what are
> some general words of guidance you can offer?
>
> My more specific question is: with regard to the wiki, how much  
> Spanish
> production can I or should I expect from the students there?  Or,  
> should
> that be a langauge neutral area: the importance of content superceding
> that of language production?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> V/R
>
> Alexander Waid, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Spanish
> Department of Humanities
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