Response and new drawings

In my meeting with Cynthia on Friday it became clear to me that the population I was most interested in serving is that of adults who have already learned a foreign language but don't often get a chance to speak it and lose their skills. The technology really lends itself to a learner centered, not a professor centered community because it emphasizes the sharing of knowledge between people. Also because there was such an interest in the survey in live communication that should really be the focus. The main draw of Converso for this particular audience is the connection to other speakers. There is also some interest in connecting Converso to Facebook. Overall 63% of the 42 people surveyed preferred that Converso be a stand alone site and 36% wanted a Facebook application. While I'm interested in that possibility for the moment I'd rather plan out the interaction of Converso first and then later figure out how to connect it to facebook. I've made a few rough sketches of the potential interface of Converso. It's a cross between a network and a chatting application.

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-Hilary