This new approach has met with some resistance from other language instructors. But in Dana's view, if technology is not part of the curriculum, the language program is outdated and lacks continuity. I develop these materials for my Spanish 1 course, but then the students move on to someone else's class where they are not using the Web. We need to collaborate with one another if we're going to take this anywhere. She thinks that part of the trouble is that language instructors are overwhelmed by today's array of options.
Textbooks now come with Web sites, CD-ROMs, videos, workbooks, and audio.
We need to decide whether students would benefit more from these new paradigms.