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University of Puget Sound Spanish
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Harry
Vélez Quiñones Associate Professor, Foreign Languages and Literature (Spanish) velez@ups.edu Orfeo/Orpheus: A Collective of Expression Date Awarded: URL: www.ups.edu/faculty/velez/orfeo/ Description of Project: Project Goals and Objectives: Orfeo/Orpheus was conceived as an online bilingual journal dedicated to the promotion of language, culture, literature, music, and the visual arts. Open to students, faculty, staff, of the NWLC, and also the general public, Orfeo/Orpheus aimed to be, as its title proclaims, a collective of expression. Process: A great part of the work showcased there took place during the spring semester of 1998. Students in Spanish 202D at the University of Puget Sound received training in Claris Home Page and WS FTP to prepare them for a final web-based project. They were asked to become "information providers" in Spanish and they lived up to this challenge. The idea behind this exercise was to demonstrate in practice the extent to which their language skills at the intermediate level can already lead them to practical applications in this realm. Foreign language skills, personal interests, and web-based technologies came together in this publishing effort. The rest of the work in this pilot version is composed of a previously unpublished collection of poems entitled Pestiféré, written in 1986 by the senior editor of Orfeo/Orpheus, Harry Vélez Quiñones. Submissions to Orfeo/Orpheus were eagerly awaited but did not materialize as expected. Collaborations from other institutions were not forthcoming. Outcomes: Although ORFEO did not have
an extended life it was nonetheless a resounding success as a pilot
project in multimedia development in the instructional setting. This
was the first of many projects carried out as partnership between a
student assistant (Steve Leith) and a faculty member. As a result of
his work in Orfeo Steve became an integral part of the Mellon Project
at Puget Sound. My work with him led to the formulation of what has
been the distinguishing trait of the Mellon Project here: Student/Faculty
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