Where did I leave off? Oh, yes, with a scintillating rant on OTD, Obsessive Tinkering Disorder. I still have that, and it's just as well, because I have to set up an online web course for the fall.
Who the heck would sign up for beginning Spanish online? Apparently everyone in the two filled-to-overflowing sections I will soon have to deal with. The online textbook with all the bells and whistles is in place.
But how to handle, uh .... speaking proficiency? I am thinking musical Skype, with sixty people all tuned in at the same time and let 'em duke it out for conversation practice, which will be limited to:
— Student 1: ¿Cómo tú estás? Yo soy Nacho.
— Student 2: Ha, ha! Tú ... no.... es... eres... you're not Nacho, dude!
— Ortizzle: I would just like to point out that, in fact, "Nacho" is a nickname for Ignacio.
— Student 2: No way! So some dude called Nacho is really bein' called a chip with some cheese on it?
And so on. (paying silent tribute to K.V., may he rest in peace and be frolicking with the gods.)
2 comments:
And...you're back! Hooray! You know, I kept checking here, off and on, to see if you'd ever resume blogging. It's been a LONG time. You've got a lot of catching up to do now.
As far as online Spanish, does there have to be a speaking proficiency component? Is that part of the curriculum? If so, Skype would be the answer for sure.
Nance: Skype would be cool if I were proficient in using it, and, uh... if I didn't have to deal with 60 students online simultaneously. Still not sure how it will pan out. Gotta check with other online teaching gurus.
Sorry I have been out of the loop for so long. Will email you soon. On hopping over to long-ignored blogs, I noticed that you are one of the few who still writes on a regular basis. We of the blogosphere appreciate the fact that the D.O.N. gives us a reason not to have to subscribe to mags anymore. ;-)
Me? I doubt that I will be writing a whole lot, but maybe enough to keep this going off and on. I am in a real tech slump, actually. Apart from being Skype-ignorant, I am not into things like Twitter at all. In my new job I spend a considerable amount of time on email, and if I don't have much time for a blog, I can't even imagine thinking up inane comments to tweet about. ;-)
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