My Twisted Brain

Okay, another project is in my future. Not the “biggie” mind you, but important none-the-less. I need to produce a learning project with Web 2.0 written all over it, and I think that I know what I’m going to do.

My 894 project is slated to be a collaborative learning environment for language learning (for readers who don’t understand the SFSUspeak that is ITEC894, it’s the capstone creative work project that, assuming it passes muster, will usher me into the world of the Masters). My focus will be the Thai language, but it should be adaptable to other languages as well.

Sooooooooo…

I’m thinking about making a supplemental website, based on a Wiki, that will allow learners to collaborate on learning the Thai written language.  I’m still fleshing out the design, but I’m leaning toward a Wiki design because it lends itself quite well to collatorative text learning, and seems like a natural for allowing a large, diverse group to learn a written language together.  It would also allow native speakers (I know a few in Thailand and in the U.S.) to chime in with their input as well.

This would again be a supplemental site to the core learning materials, since a Wiki is not really a full, rich learning tool.  However, given the nature of language, in many cases dynamic, and in all cases unbelievably rich and complex, I think that a dynamic environment like a Wiki would work well for this.  As complicated as the Thai written language is, there will be plenty for contributors to write, and re-write, about!

Comments?  Anyone have any ideas to punch this up a bit?