The first phase of our work plan ended yesterday, March 26. During the first phase, the team met on Wednesdays in one-hour long Zoom meetings, as agreed. The group finalized the system selection and completed the compilation of terms, as planned. Aaron procured the domain and hosting, which later had to be moved to a cheaper plan, and he installed and configured the system, which leverages DokuWiki to provide robust and low compute content management. Aaron prepared a preliminary interface design, as planned.  He also managed to include some beautiful decorations in the style of “filete porteño” and also he included the colors of Argentinian flag and a beautiful font very appropriate for the site called Milonga. 

Natalia started to write the narrative of the first term “afanar”. We were supposed to have the narratives for all terms at this point (we  are behind in this respect). At the weekly Zoom meetings, the team discussed the progress on the interface and the narrative of the first term. The group also discussed how to add interactivity via DokuWiki plugins  for the quiz section. They also added explanations of some of the lunfardo terms included in the narrative section. This is very useful since it helps clarify the meaning of some difficult words that may appear. The group also started conducting initial outreach and contacted people that could spread the project among Spanish instructors and students. 

I think that the group met the expectations for this first phase. Even if the team should have by now all narratives already written, the compilation of examples and links has been finished, and I am sure that the group can complete both the narration of the commentaries and the entry of all the elements in the pages during the second phase (from today to April 16). This is the plan for the Spring break. In addition, Natalia will be designing the interactive activities for the remaining terms, while Aaron will be spending time drawing our logo, refining the design of the pages, and trying different forms of interactivity.  Overall, everything looks good; our goals have been fulfilled, even if the coming weeks will be fundamental to get closer to the completion of our project.