From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Dec 04 09:52:16 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:52:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GrHyw-0005nl-ET for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:51:58 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GrHyp-0005nK-8h for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:51:57 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so2826597uge for ; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:51:49 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=re5yYlsCcd+qRkhLx8yWPeDWIs+HFRsf2lm4j5IGvz8FH5anJxchzKMj6fHn4dxrzLTgmx+D14zMq5BhfrCFrLoCrmolS9K68B+YxsyAF/FOEBvYbYZRWkU5/cJVPMglBrxDFsGZ+HD10m92SPf4GzRNCDLIxn8N0F05s+i1Zrs= Received: by 10.78.149.13 with SMTP id w13mr7929416hud.1165254708849; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:51:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.144.3 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:51:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 12:51:48 -0500 From: "Matt Arnold" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: ICSL software help needed In-Reply-To: <002f01c717ca$70528f80$6601a8c0@hq.squarei.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <002f01c717ca$70528f80$6601a8c0@hq.squarei.net> X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) X-archive-position: 13313 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Failing a lot of language courses is an extremely good qualification to be a subject of our educational experimentation. The more you are confused by our materials and give feedback, the better we can improve them. It's also essential to have somebody with web admin software skills. Thanks! I'll start a thread about software on the ICSL messageboard. -Eppcott On 12/4/06, M@ wrote: > coi > > Count me in as a student, a developer (though I'm not confident enough for > content dev just yet, I'm just good at LAMP), a voice actor, and a critic > (if you want me to be, that is). I'd offer my server too, but it's down at > the moment. Perhaps I'll have it back up by the time the content is in > place. > > As for the critic part it may help to know what I consider to be my > credentials in this area: I have failed the introductory course for 5 > different languages. Lojban is my strongest second (non-computer > related)language, followed closely by ASL (the most recent of the 5). Few > can match my getting frustrated/confused prowess ;-). I already have a > small list of opinions if you're interested. > > --teryret > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org] > On Behalf Of Matt Arnold > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:01 AM > To: lojban-list@lojban.org; lojban-beginners@lojban.org > Subject: [lojban] ICSL software help needed > > coi rodo > > Many of you have probably read my entry from Saturday on the Lojban > blog, describing in specific detail a course methodology for an > Intensive Course in Spoken Lojban. If you haven't read it, please go > to http://community.livejournal.com/lojban/19506.html and comment on > whether you would take such a course as described. If you don't have > an LJ account, please sign your name to your comment. > > ICSL needs volunteers-- even those who don't know any Lojban! The help > we need the most right now is creating or setting up web software that > will serve the course to the students and track their progress. > Basically it needs to be a sequence of web pages in which the student > may only advance to the next comic strip panel with embedded sound > file, by correctly answering a multiple-choice question. Actually it > doesn't have to be a sequence of webpages, it could be an applet or > something. The thing is, they shouldn't be able to just hack the URL > forward by one digit increment to advance past the question. > > We'll also need a way for administrators to upload new comic strip > panels and sound files to edit and expand the course content. There is > supposed to be a vast number of small pieces of media, so the more > convenient that process is, the better. > > Speaking of a vast quantity of content, we only have about a > half-dozen dedicated curriculum writers. The course will accumulate > slowly that way. If you know Lojban, this will be a great way to use > it, and to expand your own skills! You can sign up to help at > http://www.perpetuum-immobile.de/icsl/ > > -Eppcott > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org > with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if > you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org > with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if > you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.