Announcing Lenguajero Classroom Edition
A couple of months ago Lenguajero had the great fortune to be included in the curriculum of a conversational Spanish course being taught at Sacred Heart University. The course professor, Pilar Munday (@mundaysa), is an an advocate for introducing web2.0 technologies into the classroom.
We recently had the opportunity to ask the students of Professor Munday’s class what their experiences had been like on Lenguajero, and whether they felt that it integrated well with their classroom learning environment. Here are a few of the comments we received.
- Lenguajero ties in great to the classroom since I am in conversational Spanish, and talking with natives is a sure way to improve my Spanish. ~ Jennifer
- In general my overall experience was good. I made a really good friend and we talk as much as we can. I have found many people who are willing to talk and the site is easy to use. ~ Laura
- So far my experience on Lenguajero has been good. It was not hard at all to find someone to converse with, everyone is very eager to chat and learn. The quality of my calls are overall good. ~ Natasha
Encouraged by these positive responses, and by our own belief that we can offer a fantastic set of tools to Spanish and English classrooms around the world we have begun work on a new site feature, Lenguajero Classroom Edition.
This tool set will make it easy for college and university professors to integrate Lenguajero into their class curriculum. The free beta version, which will be ready for testing before month’s end, will allow teachers to:
- Create an account which can be linked to any number of students’ accounts
- Monitor how often and for how long students are having conversations
- Review and monitor students’ Writing Club submissions
We are really excited to be working on this, and want to hear from you. If you are interested in trying out the beta version of this program you can sign up here. If you have any questions or comments, or if you would like to see other features included in this feature please contact us at august@lenguajero.com
It states that teachers can sign up their class free for 6 months and what happens after that?
I am definitely interested but I want to be fully informed of the program before signing anything.
My comment is that I would like to know how much the program will cost after 6 months since it states the account is free for 6 months.
Hi Gloria,
Thanks for the comments, and I’m glad to hear that you are interested in the site. The Classroom tool is in a trial phase, and because of that it is being offered for free. You are not required to enter billing information, or anything that would allow us to charge you for the site after six months.
While we are in our trial phase we will be working out a pricing model for schools, and will announce that before the end of this time period. At that time, if you feel that the program has been worthwhile, and that the pricing model is fair, you can register your classes for the following term.