Fall 1998 Proposal

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Name: Cecilia Benenati Institution: Lewis & Clark College Language Area: Spanish Project Type: Course Release Project Titles:

• Visiting Latin American Countries (Web pages)
• Personal Web Page
• First/Second-year Multimedia Lessons

Duration: One semester (spring '99) with probableextension for similar projects to summer '99 Brief Description of Projects

• Visiting Latin American Countries: I will design lessons and Web pages on different countries, especially the ones that our faculty visit with our overseas programs. Having professors and instructors from six different Latin American countries in the Department will make it easier to get original and interesting material to create different units describing distinctive aspects of geography, history, culture and politics, reflected in pictures, video, music, interviews with locals, newspaper and magazine articles, etc. This material can be used not only by Spanish instructors, but also by students who are interested in traveling abroad, the Overseas Programs Office, Sociology, Anthropology and History courses, etc. I'm currently designing the Dominican Republic Orientation Web page and I need more time to finish with this project.
• Personal Web Page: I am going to create my own Web Page in which I intend to include course curricula, grammar handouts, exercises, assignments, links to other pages, such as, newspapers, magazines, Universities in Latin American countries, etc. I will also use it as a forum for discussions assigned in the lessons.
• First/Second-year Multimedia Lessons: I will develop lessons related to material used in Beginning Spanish following the chapters from the book Puentes. Content and design will be decided according to the perceived need for grammar and curricular material.
• These lessons will be developed in such a way that they can be used following the textbook organization, or individually. This format will allow professors from other level courses to use them too, even if they are not teaching with the same text book. One central lesson will be created with xMediaEngine and linked to others and to Web site links where students can find information related to the content.

Brief Time Line: Spring 98

• Finish the Dominican Republic Orientation Web page.
• Research and information gathering for the Ecuador Orientation Web page.
• Develop the Web page.
• Research and information gathering for the xMedia lessons for "Puentes" textbook.
• Develop some xMedia lessons for the book readings.
• Start with my personal web page.