E-Learning Project

I have recently begun to develop a class intranet page. This has been a steep learning curve for me!! I have been using a programme called Kompozer (and the support of our very patient ICT technician) to create the pages for the project which was fairly straightforward. However, embedding sound files….. more of a challenge.
It is still in the early stages but as the project progresses and the students become involved with its ongoing development they will need a valuable range of skills.
As the initial intention is to make postings to our page in the form of sound files about their inquiry the students will need: collaborative writing skills to prepare a simple script together for their sound segment, oral language skills to know how to present the work effectively. They then have to record it (using a programme called Audacity) and evaluate the recording to ensure that they are happy with it. This is all quite apart from the work that they will be doing to research the elements of their inquiry!
Dialogue with other students about their learning is the key intention behind this and a ‘buddy class’ will be listening to their sound files and sending comments. This will introduce another reading and writing element. Whilst some of these outcomes might appear to be ‘incidental’ in terms of the key learning intentions, they are, nonetheless, significant.
It should be an interesting e-learning project.