For next week!

Hi everybody,

I had a great time this morning. I was worried I hadn't prepared enough questions...clearly, it was not an issue! In case you downloaded the syllabus, please be aware that I am changing it on a regular basis. Your best source of info on what to do for next week is the blog itself:

For next Wednesday:

1. Remember that we meet at 10:30am. We'll look at CMC tools for 30 minutes.
2. Please, e-mail me your logs.
3. Post an answer to the questions I uploaded to the culearn forum and answer a couple posts as soon as you can so that we can compare with the google groups forum.
4. Readings:
Learning domains and learning objectives
Standards for FL Learning
5. Prepare a first draft of your learning objectives and e-mail them to me before class (this way you don't have to print anything).
Here are a few questions to consider when determining course content, I am sure there is more, we'll talk about other factors in class!
- How much can you cover in two/three weeks?
- What are important skills/forms your students need to review?
- How can you validate your choices?

It is helpful to consider the ACTFL standards and also the taxonomy for the cognitive and affective domains when thinking about what you would like your students to learn/review/practice in your course (see readings above). We'll talk about this in class next week as well!

For those of you who would like to read it, here is the first chapter of the Blake book. It is a really good introduction and explains a lot of the terms he uses in chapter 4!

Please let me know if you have any question!
Have a great week!
Edwige.