TechSem 2004 Syllabus
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TechSem 2004 Syllabus |
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| 8:30 | Introductions; overview of the week; questionnaire and individual objectives - preliminary Action Plan |
| Small group discussion about goals and individual topics from Action Plans - large group sharing | |
| 9:00 | Email for research and teaching - TESL-L, TESLCA-L, ELI-Comexus list for Mexican teachers ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elicomexus), Tunisia-Oregon list for Tunisian teachers (to be created on Yahoo Groups); Catalist (www.lsoft.com/catalist.html) to find groups of interest |
| 9:30 | Collaborative project possibilities: Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections (IECC) project, www.iecc.org/; Blogger (www.blogger.com) |
| 10:00 | PowerPoint - introduction |
| Journaling with PowerPoint: use the template to comment on what you learned today and how you can use the information (more advanced students can animate and embellish their shows) | |
| 10:20 | Mexican teachers - leave for your next class.
Tunisian teachers: Break - 10 minutes |
| 10:30 | Hands-on time to explore ideas from today |
| 11:15 | Share your ideas from today with a small group and with one of these: |
| Email Deborah and Karim at deborah.healey @ oregonstate.edu, karim.hamdy @ oregonstate.edu (Tunisian teachers) or | |
| Comment at the Tech Teaching Worldwide blog, techteachingworldwide.blogspot.com/ | |
| Homework: Think about how you communicate with your students. Take some notes and be ready to discuss this tomorrow. | |
| 8:30 | Debrief Day 1: What communication tools will you use when you go home, and what might you use in the future? Any questions or comments to share? |
| Discussion of communicating with students - your ideas | |
| 8:50 | Introduction to Nicenet, www.nicenet.org for online discussion |
| 9:20 | Uses of Word for teachers: Insert Comments, Track Changes, readability (download a sample file to comment on) |
| Uses of Word for students: AutoSummarize, synonyms and dictionary (download a sample file to autosummarize; another sample) | |
| 9:40 | Using Hot Potatoes to create material - matching exercises |
| 10:00 | PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 2. Mexican teachers send a brief email message with what you've done to Maria or comment on Nicenet or add to the techteachingworldwide blog. | 10:20 | Mexican teachers - leave for your next class.
Tunisian teachers: Break - 10 minutes |
| 10:30 | Adding graphics to Word and PowerPoint with Insert Picture (use Microsoft Clip Art) |
| Finding and using online graphics - suggested sites for teachers - see Internet Possibilities Day 2 | |
| 11:15 | PowerPoint journal - add more comments for Day 2; send a brief email message with what you've done or comment on Nicenet or add to the techteachingworldwide blog. |
| Homework: Make a list of the reasons you use the Web, and another list with the reasons your students use the Web. Be ready to discuss this. | |
| 8:30 | Debrief Day 2: What uses do you see for Word tools, graphics, and Hot Potatoes? Any questions? |
| Discussion of Web use | |
| 9:00 | Searching the Web for research and teaching purposes |
| Choosing the right search engine: www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html | |
| General web searching tips | |
| 9:30 | Sample uses in class - listening |
| Eve's Advanced Listening/Speaking class | |
| Environmental Listening Project from Arlyn Freed at www.eslhome.com/chubu/ | |
| Try some of the sites on Internet Possibilities Day 3. Add your comments on the TechSem 2004 Nicenet site. | 10:00 | PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 3. Mexican teachers send a brief email message with what you've done to Maria or comment on Nicenet or add to the techteachingworldwide blog. | 10:20 | Mexican teachers - leave for your next class.
Tunisian teachers: Break - 10 minutes |
| 10:30 | Exploiting teaching pages |
| Sample cloze exercise by Tereza Neves at www.geocities.com/tereza_neves/abstr_n_1.htm
Try some of the sites on Internet Possibilities Day 3 Add your comments on the TechSem 2004 Nicenet site. |
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| 11:15 | PowerPoint journal - add more comments for Day 3; send a brief email message with what you've done or comment on Nicenet or add to the techteachingworldwide blog. |
| Homework: Think about the kind of web page or pages that you would like to create. What is its purpose? Be ready to share your ideas with your group. | |
| 8:30 | Debrief Day 3: What pages did you like? Why? Any questions? |
| Idea sharing | |
| 9:00 | Creating Web pages with Filamentality as a starting point: www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ | 10:00 | PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 4. Mexican teachers send a brief email message with what you've done to Maria or comment on Nicenet or add to the techteachingworldwide blog. | 10:20 | Mexican teachers - leave for your next class.
Tunisian teachers: Break - 10 minutes |
| 10:30 | More PowerPoint features for advanced users: transitions and animation; adding sound and video; callouts |
| 11:15 | PowerPoint - add more comments for Day 4; send a brief email message with what you've done or comment on Nicenet or add to the techteachingworldwide blog. |
| Homework: Think about how the page you created moves you or your students toward a goal. What else do you need to do to achieve that goal? | |
| 8:30 | Debrief Day 4: How can you or your students use what you created? What else do you need to do with your page or pages to make them really useful? |
| Design tips for handouts and web pages | |
| 9:00 | More practice with Hot Potatoes to create material or web exploration | 10:00 | PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 5. Mexican teachers send a brief email message with what you've done to Maria or comment on Nicenet or add to the techteachingworldwide blog. | 10:20 | Mexican teachers - leave for your next class.
Tunisian teachers: Break - 10 minutes |
| 10:30 | More practice with creating Web pages with
Filamentality
or web exploration
PowerPoint - finish |
| 11:00 | Open Q&A |
| 11:15 | Evaluations/final questionnaires and action plans TechSem 2004 online assessment from FAST |