Organisation and Collecting Information for the Website

8th Week - Organisation and Collecting Information for the Website

Hi all! This week we focused on the organization and outline of the timeline. As we have limited time and a lot of work to do, it is crucial to design the path beforehand to have a realistic plan and outcome. I hope, we as a team are good at this, we'll see.

We discussed how to share the topics to be searched, written, and edited to be uploaded on the website. To share the topics properly and discuss what each of them is related to, we did some general research on our topic. This also helped each of us find which sub-topic of technology use in language learning we are most interested in. At the end of the week, we did a video call together and decided on how and when to take the next steps. Unexpectedly, we couldn't share some topics (possible drawbacks and issues; suggestions and solutions for them) easily, as they require more time and dedication. They are also the most important and the most intertwined topic with all other topics. That's why we decided to work on them collectively and after the finals.

In the next two weeks, we will search our own topics and send any information to another teammate if the information is helpful and related to theirs. After the first week, we will give feedback to each others' literature reviews. We are also planning to have a catch-up meeting with our instructor.

Day by day, I feel closer to our goal and it feels more realistic. I can picture our website on my mind :) I feel a bit worried but excited.

See you, los amo chicos!

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