25.4.08
20.4.08
15.4.08
Cocinando con Cristina (technical difficulties)
It is finished! Wow did we have a hard time making this video! I feel relieved that this project is over and I mean that in the best way. What started out as a simple video ending up becoming one of the best learning experiences of my life. All of the filming went smoothly (shout out to Christine!) my good friend who decided to take part in the making of this video.... however when it came to actually uploading, splicing, editing, and posting the video it came along with many bumps on the way. First we did not have the correct cable, then our edited video was not saved on our USB. So we had to start over, at the lab the computer froze and finally we were able to load it and go global! Making this video made me realize that we have all this great technology but in the end it can backfire on you and decide not to work. I officially have no luck with technology I guess we are not meant to be....
On another note, this video is meant to provide culture and grammar for students of a lower level spanish class. Our goal is to show students in a creative way a recipe going over commands and at the same time give them the opportunity to create their own... hopefully they will not have as many technical difficulties as we did.
Hope you enjoy and leave comment por favor! :)
7.4.08
4.4.08
ON SL 2
I have to say that experimenting with SL in last week's class was a total shocker. Initially, I was hesitant to even sign up for it because I did not know what I was getting into. Getting involved in a virtual reality has its limitations and definitely has no place in the classroom. After reading the articles for class last week, I was still not convinced about using SL in the classroom. I found SL to be hard to use, and very complicated. Yes, it is true that students can practice typing in the target language, listen to voice chat, and 'teleport' to different cities, but the truth of the matter is they are experiencing language learning in a virtual world. Language learning should be done in the real world, because in the end we want to communicate with real people. Students should strive to actually visit other countries, taste the food, speak the language. etc. In an age where it is more popular to become someone else, to escape from reality with technology, we as educators will be stooping to the lowest level if we encourage programs like Second Life in the classroom. If you want to do it for fun then so be it. But it has no place in the classroom and I will not try to justify its use. Technology is a good thing but we cannot pretend to implement every new program into education.
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