The tunnel maze

Well, it's been a while since I've reflected on progress at the ELC Internet Cafe - things have been getting busy! The last few sessions have all involved trips back to SchMOOze where I have led students into the tunnel maze underneath the Administration Building. If you ever get lost in here, you have to answer a string of grammar questions to get out alive (in which case your name is recorded on a plaque at the entrance) and the interaction with the site is kind of fun.

I've been trying to encourage students to get characters and log in to the site on their own time but when I checked with Mehitabel (the site owner) I found that not many had gotten that far yet. I suppose it's early days yet. Still, if any of you students are reading this, you know I'm checking up on you!

Students have enjoyed the activities in SchMOOze, but we definitely need more time for this. 50 minutes just isn't enough to understand how to use the site, do something worthwhile and have a moment's reflection. Some sort of structured follow-up would be good so maybe I should start collecting email addresses and spamming my students with ideas for learning? But even then, it would be difficult to know if anyone was responding to that. Sigh...