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Related website for links: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/internetpossibilities.html
Quick links
Day 1 Thursday
Theme: Getting started; communicating with groups: Email, online
discussion,
and
journaling
| 8:30 |
Introductions; overview of the week; questionnaire and
individual objectives; digital photos.
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Small group discussion about goals and individual topics from
Action
Plans - large group sharing |
9:00
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Email and online discussion:
What you can do with YahooGroups. .
-Check your email. I've invited you to join the TechSem 2007 group.
Click Join to join the group.
Remember that you can easily create a class on Nicenet for another type
of online discussion. |
| 9:30 |
Email for research and teaching - TESL-L,
TESLCA-L. English teachers: Sign up for TESL-L (see the handout).
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Journaling:
Creating a blog with Blogger (www.blogger.com)
- see
sample at gabesian.blogspot.com and some student samples at http://www.fileden.com/files/10648/List%20of%20Students.htm.
Think about ways that students can communicate with the wider world
using a blog.
You can create audio journals with this, too. We'll be doing some
podcasts later in the week.
Create a blog where you will describe your feelings and experiences.
For your first post, talk about your expectations for what you will
learn during the Tech Seminar. |
| 10:00 |
PowerPoint - introduction |
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Journaling with PowerPoint: use the template to write down your action plan
(more advanced
students can animate and embellish their shows). Add comments about
what you did today.
Save your PowerPoint on your flash drive; make sure you Save As and put your name on the file. |
| Homework:
Think about how you
communicate
with your students. Take some notes and be ready to discuss this
tomorrow.
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Go to the top of the page
Day 2 Friday
Theme: Communicating with others
| 8:30 |
Debrief
Day 1: What communication tools will you use when you go home, and what
might you use in the future? |
| 8:45 |
Uses of Word:
- Insert Comments (download a sample file
to comment on)
- AutoSummarize (download a sample file to
autosummarize; another sample)
- Synonyms, dictionary, translation
- Creating tables in Word (to save your web links tomorrow) |
| 9:20 |
Using Nicenet (http://www.nicenet.org) for class discussion - presented by Melinda Sayavedra. |
9:45
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Go to groups.yahoo.com and sign
in. Find your picture on Photos and save it (right-click and download).
Save on your flash drive |
| 10:00 |
PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 2. Insert a picture
that relates to your topic, either your photo or clip art.
Add clip art to Word, PowerPoint - http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us
Go to your blog. Add a posting about what you've learned the past two
days. |
| 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. |
Go to the top of the page
Day 3 Monday
Theme: Effective web use
| 8:30 |
Debrief Day 2: What uses do you see for Word tools
and Blogger? Any questions? |
8:35
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Create a table in Word for your Internet sites to save |
8:45
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Searching the Web for research and teaching purposes;
general web searching tips |
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Choosing the right search engine: NoodleTools |
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Try different engines: Google, Kartoo, Teoma
Look for your home town, then for a topic of interest. |
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Next, look at Pinakes (www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html) |
| 9:15 |
Sample sites for professional and teaching use- writing |
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Online Writing Lab at owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/,
Erlyn Baack's Advanced
Composition page at http://eslbee.com/ |
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Try some of the sites on Internet Possibilities Day 3.
Add good sites to your table in Word. |
| 10:00 |
PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 3. Look at different templates. If time, try some effects (but not too many!).
Add a comment on your blog about what you think the Web will do to and
for teaching.. |
| Homework: Think about the kind of
exercise that you would like to create. What is its purpose? Be ready
to share your ideas with your group. |
Go to the top of the page
Day 4 Tuesday
Theme: Creating exercises and podcasts/audio blogs
| 8:30 |
Debrief Day 3: What did you like? Why? What
else do you need to do with the web pages to make them really
useful? |
| 8:45 |
Hot Potatoes to create material: matching, crossword,
gap-fill exercises.
Save them on the Yahoo Group - make sure your name is on your exercise!
Save a copy on your flash drive, too.
If you have time, try more of the sites on Internet Possibilities Day 3.
Add good sites to your table in Word. |
9:20
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Audio blogs and podcasting:
Blogger and Podomatic. You will need a microphone to create an audio
blog or podcast. See a sample of what Aiden Yeh did with Podomotic at http://aidenyeh.podomatic.com/.
You can see a different kind of podcast at http://eslpage.blog-city.com/ - it's a series of podcasts that help students learn about idioms. |
| 10:00 |
PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 4.
Add a posting to your blog about creating material for teaching, both on the computer and on
paper. |
Go to the top of the page
Day 5 Wednesday
Theme: Creating web pages
| 8:30 |
Debrief Day 4: How can you or your students use what you
created? What
else do you need to do with your exercises to make them really
useful? |
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Create a folder in My Documents with your name on it. At the end of today, put any material you want to share in that folder, and we'll copy it to put on the Mexico2007 website. |
| 9:00 |
Creating Web pages with Tripod
- or - More practice with Hot Potatoes to create material
- or - More web exploration
- or - More podcasting and blogging |
| 10:00 |
PowerPoint journal - add comments for Day 5.
Add a posting to your
blog about what you've learned from the past week.
Do the TechSem
2007 online assessment from FAST.
Make sure Deborah gets a copy of anything you want to share - copy it into the folder in My Documents, and Don't Log Out! Leave the Computer On! |
Go to the top of the page
Go to the TechSem 2007 main page
See the Suggested Readings List
See a list of links related to English for
Specific Purposes |
