I like week 8: different pace and interesting as usual. Some good interactions.

• I read the chapter 6 last week from S. Ko and S. Rossen already.
• I also read the article from Jonathan Mott suggested by week 8 syllabus but I will have to read it more in depth. I am still not too proficient with some terminology. I need to do more homework on that..

✍Blackboard collaborate / Elluminate session !:

I used this tool several times for my class and not all students participated (6 at a time is the maximum who can participate, I believe) and this is a very good tool especially for review sessions before a test. I usually offer these sessions the day before a test day in the evening as an option. The most dedicated ones would participate so overall I never had more than 5 at a time.

✍ Pilar Hernandez’s Voice Thread:

I did go back a few times after recording my initial comment the very first time: it always seemed that I forgot to make an extra comment!

I talked about Blackboard Collaborate / Elluminate! + NING. The latter I use almost every day for cultural posts and comments. NING has been very good for all of us (the students and myself) to create a rewarding community feeling to my class in order to bring forward some useful participation between foreing students and my students at Miracosta College.

My NING network for my class: nothing to complain about!

The purpose of this blog is the comparison between French culture and other cultures, such as Mexican, American and Asian cultures. I could use the blog within Blackboard but via NING, I find it more “special” in the sense that I can insert pictures and the layout is not as “boring” as in Blackboard…NING ( for free) is good and it does not have to be a cultural blog like mine but it could be about any subject in the world as far as I know.

Besides these obvious facts (to me), you can participate being an outsider so you don’t have to be a student: all you need is to be interested in building on online community and it ‘s been working very well.

Replied to comments for weeks past too.

Week 9 on the way…