Name: Wendy Woodrich
Institution: Lewis and Clark College
Language area: Spanish
Project type: * Travel fellowship
* Summer Fellowship
* Course release
Project titles: 1) Participation in CALICO conference
2) Third-year course revision and
"Fiestas de Sevilla" project
3) Course materials development
a) Third-year curriculum project
b) "Fiestas" project field test
and fine-tuning
c) Web page as teaching tool
Duration: Summer 1998, Fall 1998 with probable
extension for similar projects, Spring 1999.
Brief description of projects:
1) Participation in CALICO '98 conference (Travel Fellowship): The CALICO '98:
New Directions/New Perspectives provides an important opportunity for me to
attend sessions and talk with colleagues on implementation of technology in
teaching (especially on the issue of assessment) and review new software. I
would plan to share information with other consortium members by posting a summary
on our Web site, and/or by giving a talk at a future meeting. San Diego, July
6 - 10, 1998.
2) Third-year course revision and "Fiestas" project (Summer Fellowship): While
I have completed all the major work on my Web page and have spent much time
in the overall coordination of the Mellon project on our campus, I realize that
I severely underestimated the time it would take to accomplish my projected
goals on the third-year course revision project and the "Fiestas de Sevilla"
project for which I also received course release this year. On the third-year
project, while I have completed my planned consultations with colleagues (departmental
and consortial) and students, and have a preliminary curriculum objectives statement,
I have yet to review texts and design my hypermedia units. With the "Fiestas"
project, I have selected and scanned my photographs and have reformatted them
for the Guided Reading program. I still need to write and gloss the text and
incorporate other video and audio material into the design and then put it all
together. I would like to use time this summer to complete these projects. I
have applied to participate in the Mellon Project 2001 Advanced Faculty Training
Workshop at Middlebury which, along with the Walla Walla workshop, should facilitate
this work and give me training in the new version of xMediaEngine and other
software for capturing and manipulating video and still images. Both Beth Ohmer
and our student assistant Noah Kersey will be assisting me and are already familiar
with the technical aspects of this endeavor.
2) Course materials development (Course Release): By Fall 1998 I will have redesigned
our third year program and will be field testing the first three hypermedia
programs developed over the summer. Course release will allow me to review and
revise these programs, making any necessary changes with the help of our student
assistant Noah Kersey. I will be supervising the 301 and 321 courses as they
are taught by two other instructors and myself. I will also continue to develop
new "units" for the third year courses. The "Fiestas" project will be ready
for use with the Spain Ô99 overseas study group. I will oversee its use and
make changes as required. My Web page, which has been used fairly effectively
this term especially with my Hispanic Literature in Translation class, will
be expanded to incorporate new classes. Finally, I will continue to
coordinate our facultyÕs participation in all aspects of the Mellon grant, especially
its use of the Mellon Faculty Work Station which has been established this year.
Time Line:
1) CALICO '98, San Diego: July 6 - 10, 1998
2) Summer Fellowship May 18 - July 31,1988
Third-year course revision Fiestas project
3) Course Release: August 24 - December 18, 1998
Third-year courses: supervision, revision, creation of new materials Fiestas
project field test with orientation program Web page development Departmental
coordination of grant participation
Amount Requested: $6800.00
Breakdown of Expenses:
1) CALICO conference Air fare/expenses $800.00
2) Summer Fellowship $3000.00
3) Course release $3000.00