Today is V3 day. We’re working right now on the new servers, migrating data and so on. My hope is that we’re done within a few hours, but please don’t take this as gospel.
Logging in will be exactly as before. We have given you all new user names, but you will be able to change […]
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There has been some concern over the new style of PDF transcript. Let me explain:
1) The traditional characters will be back soon. We are switching things over to V3 where the 2 versions of the PDF transcripts will be in separate files.
2) Copying and pasting from the PDFs: It was never the plan to stop […]
Prompted by a discussion in the last post, I want to emphasize that newcomers are as welcome as anyone to comment here or anywhere else on ChinesePod. I still feel as if newbies don’t get as involved as they might.
With any online community, you have the issue of mixing it up. The newbies […]
To all our fellow CPodders,
We just recently discovered that one of our major servers are down and we are now working trying to get it back up and running again. We sincerely apologize for all the inconveniences that this has caused and hopefully, we can restore this specific server by the end of the day.
Kind […]
By now, regular readers of the ChinesePod blog will have realised that V3 has left no stone unturned. The 8 Week Program is no exception.
For the uninitiated, the 8 Week Program provides a personal study plan designed by one of our counsellors, followed by a daily 10 minute practice session scheduled at whatever time you […]
ChinesePod is a community of practice
Published by March 23rd, 2007 in China, About ChinesePod and Version 3. 30 Comments
Our recent posts have talked about ChinesePod as a tool. Today I want to emphasize the people (learners, experts, and practitioners). We’re all here to share knowledge, work towards common goals, and learn Mandarin collaboratively. We are, in that sense, a Community of Practice.
The concept of CoP was originally framed (20 years […]
John Pasden in the People’s Daily
Published by March 20th, 2007 in ChinesePod Media Coverage. 5 Comments
You can read about your friend and mine, John Pasden, in the People’s Daily today. And no finer place to read about anyone! Just file him under ‘Expat corner’.
Ken Carroll
I want to introduce you to the new look ChinesePod (’Version 3′) to be released in the coming weeks. The new design here on the blog today gives you a flavor of that. Meanwhile, here’s a what the new home page will look like.
We approached the design from the belief that form should follow function. […]
The 8 Week Program
Published by March 2nd, 2007 in Learning Chinese and About ChinesePod. 3 CommentsI will chat with Aggie Xiang on the Saturday Show tomorrow about the 8 Week Program. Here’s, some more information about it:
Welcome 8-Week Program Subscribers! In this area you will receive your lesson plan, see your progress tracking from your counselor and receive other updates.
Not a subscriber yet but want more information?
With the 8-Week program, […]
“Will classrooms exist in 20 years?”
Published by February 28th, 2007 in About ChinesePod. 52 CommentsRian posted the recent Washington Post article on Digg. Being no stranger to melodrama he titled it “Will classrooms exist in 20 years?”. It provoked quite a response from the Digg Brain. Example:
“Have you ever met a kid that was home schooled that didn’t turn out to be socially awkward?”
Hell, I went to a […]
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