Hi Leo, in many ways - the sooner more of us speak and read Chinese Mandarin the better! The little I know (can only speak some) I know enough to appreciate how beautiful the language is, and how much language is everything about us, and how much people must lose of themselves having to speak and read another language. Apart from that, Mandarin is such a practical language to know. I visited Uruguay once.. couldn't speak Spanish.. but didn't have to go far to find a Chinese family who could tell me all about the place.
I hope WE will support Chinese soon Leo, and we can take advantage of your energy to make it truly global and inclusive. Having Chinese versions of some of our educational resources would greatly assist us and our Chinese students here. I'm sorry that you have felt a bit outside the core group, it is deeply regrettable, but I can see why that would be. The sooner we can speak Chinese the better. On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Wong Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to give you even more intersting example , one of my students called Kevin > , he is tall and handsome ,he is like me a Chinese ,I taught him mass media > research last year , he gave out his amazing final persoanl assignement on > "problems and solutions on self learning " you can view his slides here > http://www.haokanbu.com/story/5258/ , well I don't ask them to use > slideshare , coz They can get more feedback from their peer student and me > there at Haokanbu > > however , I feel very strange to ask them to write in English ,but I ask > them in my class to present this in Chinese , coz they feel most clear and > confident , it is beneficial for many many parts , and reading all the stuff > in web on web2.0 , is really make me sick , > > coz they are brainwash my students now and even worse , my students are > getting lazy to copy the idea from English material if they don't much of > their own peer created content > > WE is changing history , but please understand my persnal struggle and my > sincere wish for > > 1 more Chinese content on the web to learn and reuse for teaching and > learning > 2 free soul spirt > > by the way we translate the very interesting and powerful slides called > Free soul ( I started the project and other people helped me ) we are almost > finishing you can view it here http://www.haokanbu.com/story/70693/ （ > what is the free soul ) > > Best rgds > > Leo > > 2008/6/26 Wong Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thank you Leigh and others , >> >> It is even much harder for me to participate in the discussion here , coz >> I sooooooooooo much want to speak out for China students , but there are not >> much platform like WE ( I like WE best personally ) however , WE is not >> supporting Chinese so far now . >> >> I am promoting WE in my network , you can find all the >> stories<http://www.google.cn/search?h1=en&q=wikieducator+site:www.haokanbu.com>I >> creat duringh last year I write stories on haokanbu , I use A chinese >> web21.0 website , and many teachers in China don't have the techie captacity >> on building their own wiki like I do I have my own wiki site , >> >> and Chinese as the most spoken and beautiful langauge itself should be >> supported HERE in WE no matter what you think . >> >> personal note on myself : I don't feel comfortble and blend in here in WE >> , but at least I am trying to read ,listen , thank you guys , >> >> >> >> 2008/6/22 Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> I think we should INSIST that Wikieducator be set to support Chinese, and >>> any other language that is requested - almost as soon as it is requested. >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Steve Foerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> To expand on Randy's point, WikiEducator doesn't actually do anything >>>> independently of those who contribute to it; it is simply the sum of >>>> its contributions. The strength of an open system like WE is that >>>> those who are concerned about maintaining cultural diversity in >>>> educational materials are free to make contributions that further >>>> those ideals. In other words, if those materials appear on WE (or >>>> another repository), then the issue really was important to people. >>>> And if not, well, then it really wasn't important. After all, actions >>>> speak louder than words. >>>> >>>> That's not to say there aren't good examples. Educators in India >>>> could have used materials from MIT or the Open University or other >>>> Western materials, but they're creating their own eGyankosh repository >>>> instead <http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/>. Thus, when they talk about >>>> wanting their own materials, they clearly mean it. >>>> >>>> Another example would be the various curricula that the VUSSC project >>>> is building here on WE. It takes into account the unique economic >>>> situations that those in small island states face, things that would >>>> not be covered in currricula developed for those in large countries. >>>> http://wikieducator.org/VUSSC/Content >>>> >>>> -=Steve=- >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stephen H. Foerster >>>> http://hiresteve.com >>>> http://wikieducator.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Leigh Blackall >>> +64(0)21736539 >>> skype - leigh_blackall >>> SL - Leroy Goalpost >>> http://learnonline.wordpress.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> HELP 项目论坛 >> >> https://groups.google.com/group/helpelephantsliveproject >> > > > > -- > HELP 项目论坛 > https://groups.google.com/group/helpelephantsliveproject > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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