Think of this page as the starting point that organizes our activities for the next few days. We'll be working through the following areas during the workshop:

Internet Basics Checklist

Email

• Email basics
  How would you modify these instructions for your students?
• Netiquette on email
  Can you find other examples of good and bad behavior on email?
• E-mail Resources
  This includes where to find keypals. Which of these resources would be useful for you?

Listservs

• Some selected lists
  TESL-L has several sub-lists, as well.
• Finding a listserv with ListTool online.
  Were you able to use this tool successfully? What did it give you?
• Getting archived files (see the handout)

Websearching Techniques

• Search strategies
  Start here for an introduction to boolean operators, the heart of effective keyword searches.
• Web search tools
  Specifics about Infoseek that apply to many other search engines.
• A comparison of search engines
  This gets you started, but you'll need to try different search engines to see what works best for you.
• Evaluating Internet and other sources
• More on evaluating sources
• Finding authoritative sources on the Internet

Content Resources

Start with this exploratorium of content resources. You'll find plenty of food for thought here.

Check the very large collection of free texts at Project Gutenberg. This offers plenty for text reconstruction programs to use!

Creating handouts

The web is not just for online use - see

how to get graphics to add to a handout -- but think about copyright -- and

how to save a web page for offline use.

Evaluating software

• Start with selecting software
• Look at some Information about software, including sites with reviews.

Lesson Planning

Lesson plans that incorporate technology

How would you modify this template to make it fit your classes?

More information on lesson plans is at John McVicker's site, http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/OU_Language/teacher/plans.html

ELT Resources

Here's another exploratorium, this time for ELT resources.

Creating Web Pages

• Start by looking at the handout on using Netscape Composer, then
• create a web page from your bookmarks.
• Next, look at some of the Tech-Niques templates for possible use.
• Check the Clip Art Searcher at http://www.webplaces.com/search/ to help find the image for you.

How could you have students create web pages in your classes?