Cyber Textbook: Development and Implementation

Biographical Notes

Keiko Schnieder is a former instructor of Japanese at the University of New Mexico and the owner of Saboten Web Design. She is well-known through her portal site for Japanese teachers and learners called, "Keiko Schnieder's Bookmarks."

She is the WebMaster for the University of Oregon Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies (CAJLS) and other educational sites and manages senseiOnline listserv.

She is working on Online Teaching certificate from UCLA Extension and actively educating herself in computer languages and CALL issues, and hopes to return to teaching through on-line instruction. She is recently appointed as a board member of World Association for Online Education (WAOE).

Abstract
Recent popularity of internet and multilingual capability on the latest operating systems is increasing the possibility of implementing on-line materials to foreign language classroom. "Cyber Map Exercise" is a site designed for use in classroom instruction with supervision and instruction of an instructor in mind. It fits into a theme of existence and builds up language skills from presentation to practice stage. This site was used in Beginning Japanese and Intermediate Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Students' reactions are effectiveness of using a Web site as an instructional material studied.

Proposed Target Language : All

Method of Presentation/Planned Activity:
If there is a live internet connection with Overhead projector, that will be super. So far I don't have a laptop I can bring, so I have to ask the conference to provide the computer and all equipment. The first part, development part will introduce how the site was developed with references for easy development for similar materials. The implementation part will be delivered as paper presentation. Question and answer time will be allocated.

Anticipated Benefit to Participants:
For teachers and materials developers, this presentation will present resources to create on-line materials and provide insights to the advantage and disadvantage of such a material.