http://blogs.chinesepod.com Learn Chinese on Your Terms Thu, 10 May 2007 01:46:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What is the ideal lesson graphic? With the launch of V3, we got one message loud and clear: the ideal lesson graphic is not a random stock photo. Fair enough. It's not that we're stock photo aficionados; in this case using stock photos was the best way to get the graphics ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/05/10/the-ideal-lesson-graphic/ Later today we will move this blog over the Praxis Language. We're doing this to simplify things. I will blog at the new url and both SpanishSense and ChinesePod will link to it. My posts there will concern the broader issues - learning, web 2.0, linguistics, etc. For Chinese-specific items, ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/05/10/changes-to-the-blog-today/ We've been busy over at Praxis Language, talking about, amongst other things, the meaning behind the slogan Learning on your terms. Link. Ken Carroll http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/05/08/what-does-learning-on-your-terms-really-mean/ Here's something we haven't talked about for a while: Why we're all learning Chinese. There are lots of new people entering the community since V3. I'm seeing some new ideas and attitudes - particularly in the 'Connect' section. Some people arrive here on a mission: they were already ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/05/06/why-are-you-learning-chinese/ You've been asking for it, and we've been preparing it. The 500 lesson torrent file is now ready for download. We hope you downloaders have reasonably large hard drives, because this baby is bursting with 3.1 GB of pedagogical pleasure. In it you will find: 500 ChinesePod podcast lessons of all ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/04/30/the-chinesepod-500-lesson-torrent/ I've reposted the link the my new Beyond E Learning podcast here. Ken Carroll http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/04/28/the-learning-revolution/ Scott Jamison has an interesting post on the difference between information and knowledge: My conclusion: Knowledge = information + experience. As an example: If you described a certain person to me, you could tell me their name, how tall they were, what they look like, etc. I have ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/04/26/information-and-knowledge/ Hi everyone, Dave here.... A lot of users have asked for better traditional support so I'm happy to announce the beta release of a browser plugin that: * works with Mozilla Firefox (versions 1.5 - 2.x) * replaces simplified characters with traditional ones on the dialogue/expansion/vocabulary pages * adds traditional character support to ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/04/25/firefox-plugin-for-traditional-chinese/ Since ChinesePod launched in 2005, we have received an enormous amount of product development ideas from the community. We have incorporated a large amount of this feedback into the current service. Today, we are introducing a new section called 'Labs' where we all can suggest, discuss and debate new features ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/04/25/chinesepod-labs/ Spring is here! The thermometer is rising, Shanghai is turning (relatively!) green, Ken keeps whistling around the office, Aric is sporting his new Spring/Summer '07 collection, and Jenny is more radiant than ever. We've even got over Colleen's farewell (almost). All of which has put us in such a generous mood ... http://blogs.chinesepod.com/2007/04/24/spring-promotion/