Welcome!

[edwige...@gmail.com]

Please, take a few minutes to introduce yourselves! Let us know who
you are, what you study, what your non-academic interests are. I know
all of you individually but i don't think you all know each other.
It's important that you get a good idea of who is in this class. If
you have links to pictures of yourselves and family, feel free to send
a link. So, here is my intro: I'm edwige, I work for ALTEC and i am a
first year Phd student in atlas. My research interests are...online
learning and professional development of course. This project/course
is an attempt to investigate ways to prepare future faculty to teach
online. So thank you for being a part of this! I am hoping to learn a
lot though this project. And I will do my best to keep this
interesting, manageable and enjoyable.
Outside of work, I like to spend as much time as possible with my son,
Tibault, who is 5 (and half...the half part is a big deal!). I like to
garden and bake...and play with my computer. I could lie and pretend
that i exercise a lot...but I really don't. Your turn!

[Maggie McCullar]

Hi everyone! I'm Maggie and I'm a GTPI for the Spanish Dept. I'm
really excited to be a part of this course because I love using
technology in the classroom, and I've been curious to explore on-line
learning and developing a course. I've also taught a third-year
Spanish class, and I do notice that my students seen to have a
difficult time "jumping in" at the beginning of the semester. So, I
think this project will be very interesting to see if a refresher
course does have a positive impact on students' ability to fill in the
gap between the second and third year curriculum.
Teaching is a great passion of mine---along with cooking, EATING :-),
and traveling.
I'm looking forward to meeting everyone in the course and working
with those I already know.

[Skyler]

I am Skyler from the French department. I am studying 19th century
historiography with a particular focus on Jules Michelet and Victor
Hugo. I also have a boy. He is two. In my spare time I also
garden. I am going to begin seeding my tomato plants in a month. I
do a lot of sports, but seasonally and only if it is nice outside. I
also do a good deal of baking.

On Jan 14, 9:20 am, edwige.si...@gmail.com wrote:

[Yoshie]

I am Yoshie and I'm a graduate student in the Japanese department. My
interests are pedagogy and instructional technology (Edwige got me
interested in this). I have taught first year Japanese before coming
to CU and TAed first and third year Japanese here. This semester, I am
TAing Japanese 1020 creating assessments on CULearn. I hope to
graduate in May and teach Japanese somewhere.
I love snowboarding, traveling, eating...oh, I also love coffee,
anything cute (it's a Japanese thing), and chocolate. It sounds like
people in this class like cooking/baking. I am more than happy to have
any left overs! :D

[edwige...@gmail.com]

I will definitely bring some goodies to class once we start meeting
face to face! Now, try them at your own risks! I like to experiment
with new recipes...Not always a good thing!

[edwige...@gmail.com]

Maybe we'll get you to bring some home made goodies to class too. My
favorite for recipes is http://www.marmiton.org. Great recipes!

[Helen Chen]

Hi! I'm Helen. I'm a PhD student from Linguistics Dept. My research
interests are mainly on human interaction and conversation. Right now
I'm working on my dissertation, which is about how Mandarin speakers
in face-to-face conversation make use of prosodic patterns (consist of
frequency, loudness, length, pause, and other sound cues) to achieve
conversational interaction (such as to make a request, to ask a
question, to search for words to express your thoughts and
ideas....). Currently I'm not teaching any class. But in the past
I've taught Mandarin Chinese (mostly for beginners), and TA-ed some
introductory courses from linguistics. I'm hoping to find a teaching
position in Chinese language and/or Chinese linguistics after
graduating (though not sure when the graduating part will happen...).
So when Edwige mentioned this course and project to me, my immediate
reaction was: that sounds cool, and I would like to learn more about
that!

Cooking and baking? Count me in....those are what I do mostly when I'm
not working. My cooking is mostly Chinese food, and I do a little
baking, whenever I feel like to. I have to agree with a friend of
mine, who is very good at baking, saying that "it (baking) is a very
'relaxing' activity!" And if anyone feel like to try some authentic
Chinese food, I'd be happy to bring some!

On Jan 18, 9:00 am, edwige.si...@gmail.com wrote:
>  Maybe we'll get you to bring some home made goodies to class too. My

> favorite for recipes ishttp://www.marmiton.org. Great recipes!

[Edwige Simon]

I'd love some authentic Chinese food! and as far as baking being a relaxing activity, I thought so until I included my son in the process. He was 2 when he started baking with me. ..it's a real a adventure every time now!

[Petra]

Hi, I am Petra,
I study comparative literature with a major emphasis in German and am
a 4th-year PhD student. My research interests are migration, theories
of recognition, and how we can make the learning experience more
motivating to students. Outside of work, I like to spend a lot of
time with my husband and my dog. I love to hike, ski, play tennis and
golf, paint water colors (this is new and very exciting), bake and
travel. Since a lot of you like baking, we should really bring
something in at some point. Right now, I am not allowed to eat wheat
or soy, which makes baking very challenging.

On Jan 14, 9:20 am, edwige.si...@gmail.com wrote:

[Edwige Simon]

Since we'll meet at 11am, we can take turns bringing snacks...Fev 4th is our first face to face meeting. I'll bring sth!