A technology-enhanced collaborative project between BYU and UCR using the Web 2.0 tools

1. Dr. Allen Quesada Pacheco University of Costa Rica Fulbright Scholar - BYU

3. Project Outline Throughout technology-enhanced collaborative activities, students are engaged in design, problem-solving, decision-making and investigative skills which are long-termed, interdisciplinary and student-centered . In this project, students from Brigham Young University and from the University of Costa Rica will use teleconferencing and other social networking tools (Web 2.0) and techniques to investigate, collaborate and construct knowledge in the field of TESOL by developing and producing resources on the teaching and learning of Reading as a Second or Foreign language through the integration of skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and as well as the integration of technology for language learning.

6. Stage Plan Actual Status Project Awareness for faculty and students from UCR and BYU Concluded Preparation of the Wiki Platform In progress Preparation of Materials In progress Preparation of initial surveys Concluded Formation of collaborative groups Concluded Distribution of topics Concluded Initial communication via videoconferencing between faculty and students from UCR and BYU Concluded Choosing of readings Concluded Validation of readings In progress Preparation of lesson plans In progress

9. Collaborative Groups – BYU - UCR Lesson Type Lesson Detail Logged By Unit1. Jobs and Professions The reading selection is about engineering graduate students working in non-graduate jobs. Collaborative group 1: Ana Cecilia Marín (UCR), Deborah Pratt (BYU), Daniela Barrantes, (UCR), Gerson Bonilla (UCR), Javiera Alfaro (UCR)

10. Collaborative Groups – BYU - UCR Lesson Type Lesson Detail Logged By Unit 2. Tastes and preferences The reading selection is about Mac Donald´s happy meals and how the company is reducing health hazards. Ana Lucía Delgado (UCR), Jeffrey Zwick (BYU), Rosibel Acuña (UCR), Teresita Calderón (UCR)

11. Collaborative Groups – BYU - UCR Lesson Type Lesson Detail Logged By Unit 3. Lifestyles around the world It is about experiences of an American family living in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. Jade Dunhour (UCR), Jayme Argall (UCR), Jonathan McCollum (BYU), Monica Jimenez (UCR)

12. Collaborative Groups – BYU - UCR Lesson Type Lesson Detail Logged By Unit 4. Medicine, Myths and Magis It is about the use of thinking caps, a device for the brain, to activate memory attentiveness through electrical current. Cristopher Hernández (UCR), Jackeline Castro (UCR), Joy Palmer (BYU), Paula Mejías (UCR), Yariela Gómez (UCR)