October 11
October 12
October 13
October 14
October 15
| Time | Activity |
| Theme: Communicating with other people: Email, online discussion, and journaling with PowerPoint | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Introductions; overview of the week; questionnaire and
individual objectives Introduction to student-centered, task-based learning Signing up for an email account (Yahoo or other web-based mail) as needed Email for teacher support – TESL-L, TESLCA-L, SEQI list (to be created on Yahoo Groups as an example) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:20-12:00 | Email for students - collaborative project possibilities:
Nicenet, http://www.nicenet.org;
Intercultural E-mail Classroom
Connections (IECC) project, http://www.iecc.org/ Review of Word and PowerPoint |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-15:00 | Explain how to use Word and PowerPoint (for Oct 20) Explain how to use email Create your own Yahoo Group |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break |
| 15:15-16:30 | Journaling with PowerPoint: use the template to comment on
what you learned today and how you can use the information. Add a lesson on Word, PowerPoint, email, or Yahoo Groups that you could present (lesson plan template). |
| Homework: Think about how teachers communicate with their students. Take some notes and be ready to discuss this tomorrow. | |
| Time | Activity |
| Theme: Communicating with students - creating material | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Debrief Day 1: Any questions or comments to share? Discussion of communicating with students - your ideas Using Word for brochures (downloading templates from http://office.microsoft.com/templates/) Finding and using online graphics - suggested sites for teachers Microsoft Clip Art site – for
Word and PowerPoint – http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
Language -ESL Action Photos at http://www.literacynet.org/esl/minigrants/webactions/ Language Teaching Clipart Library at http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/clipart/ Clip Art for Foreign Language Instruction at http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanProj/FLClipart/ http://clipartconnection.com (search for what you want) http://www.webcreationz.co.uk/imagearchive.php http://www.freeimages.co.uk/ -photos Uses of Word for teachers: Insert Comments, readability |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:20-12:00 | Uses of Word for students: AutoSummarize, synonyms and
dictionary Save as Web page in Word Saving pages to use offline Using word-processing in a Learning Center Uploading pages on Tripod (Word file) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-15:00 | Explain using Word to create brochures (for Oct 20) Explain Insert Picture and finding graphics online (for Oct 20) Explain Save as Web page in Word (for Oct 20) Explain advanced uses of Word |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break |
| 15:15-16:30 | Journaling with PowerPoint: use the template to comment on
what you learned today and how you can use the information. Add a lesson about creating brochures, Insert Picture, finding graphics online, or Save as Web page in Word. |
| Homework: Make a list of the reasons you use the Web, and another list with the reasons that students use the Web. Be ready to discuss this. | |
| Time | Activity |
| Theme: Effective web use | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Debrief Day 2: Any questions? Discussion of Web use Searching the Web for professional purposes - general web searching tips Noodle tools - search engine comparison at http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:20-12:00 | Sample uses in class - online newspapers http://www.bostoncitylinks.com/boston_news.html
Multi-newspaper siteshttp://www.nypost.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Language learning tips and lesson plans with newspapers http://www.onestopenglish.com/News/Magazine/News/news.htm
English language
learning newspaper sites in Thailandhttp://reading.englishclub.com/news.htm http://www.world-english.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/index.shtml Classroom sites – activities by skill and level Michael
Krauss' ESL Independent Study Lab at http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html
Teachers can find good links hereESL Study Hall at http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/eslstudyhall/ ITESL-J student activities at http://a4esl.org ESL Gold at http://www.eslgold.com - for teachers and students Randall's Cyber ESL Lab, http://www.esl-lab.com – focus on listening British
Council English site at http://searchenglish.britishcouncil.org
Using Hot Potatoes to create material - scrambled sentence
and cloze exercisesEL Easton at http://eleaston.com - many links within categories, but little description of each Tereza Neves' page at http://www.geocities.com/tereza_neves/ - lots of Hot Potatoes exercises and links Arlyn Freed's page at http://www.eslhome.com/ ManyThings from Charles Kelly at http://www.manythings.org/ One Stop English from Macmillan at http://www.onestopenglish.com Dave's ESL Cafe at http://eslcafe.com Using the Web in a learning center |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-15:00 | Explain how to search the Web more effectively (for Oct 21) Demonstrate and explain how to online newspapers and other teaching websites (for Oct 21 next week) Explain Hot Potatoes scrambled sentence and cloze exercises (for Oct 21) |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break |
| 15:15-16:30 | PowerPoint journal – add comments for Day 3 and a lesson on
web searching, using online newspapers, using Hot Potatoes (especially
cloze with online newspapers), or using other specific teaching
websites. |
| Homework: Think about software for teaching. What is its purpose? Be ready to share your ideas with your group. | |
| Time | Activity |
| Theme: Using software and the Web | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Debrief Day 3: What pages did you like? Why? Any questions? Idea sharing Basics of Excel for record-keeping More Hot Potatoes - matching, crossword, multiple choice |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:20-12:00 | Online ESL sites: Video CNN news at http://www.cnn.com
Online ESL sites: Games Copyright-free short films at http://www.archive.org/movies/index.html Create a movie at http://www.dfilm.com/index_movie_start.html Real English online (video and audio) at http://www.real-english.com/learn_english_free.asp Action mazes for discussion
Pronunciation sites- high-speedThe Evil Landlady at
http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary/version_1/examples/landlady.htm
Interesting Things for ESL Students at http://www.manythings.org/Castaway at http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary/version_1/examples/castaway.htm Hangman, word search, and crosswords at http://www.languagegames.org/ Quia at http://www.quia.com/dir/eng/ The English Maze http://www.englishmaze.com Okanaga's English Pronunciation
at http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
More pronunciation sites BBC phonics site (for children) at http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/phonics.shtml Diphthong Calculator by Steve Chadwick at http://www.stuff.co.uk/calcul_nd.htm Jim Duber's Cutting Edge CALL Demos at http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/cuttingedge.html Accent Tutor Online from
SpeechCom is at http://www.speechcom.com/tutor.htm
Animated Alphabet at http://www.paddocks64.freeserve.co.uk/Pages/se-av-letter-y.html Minimal pairs and other practice lessons at http://www.manythings.org/pp EL Easton at eleaston.com/pronunciation Greetings – reduction -
http://eleaston.com/aap/v/red-pr-greet.html
Songs and lyrics online Linking - http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/linking-pat01.html Reduction - http://eleaston.com/aap/v/red-pattern.html Stress patterns -http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/stress-pat.html Song lyrics Karaoke Jukebox at http://www.paddocks64.freeserve.co.uk/Pages/se-kar-qt-songs-jbox.html |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-15:00 | Explain using Hot Potatoes matching, crossword, multiple
choice Explain using video for writing and online games (for Oct 22), and pronunciation and songs/lyrics sites (for Oct 23) Explain using Excel for record-keeping |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break |
| 15:15-16:30 | PowerPoint journal – add comments for Day 4 and a lesson about using Hot Potatoes, video for writing, online games, pronunciation sites, songs and lyrics, or Excel |
| Homework: Think about how to create student-centered opportunities with technology. | |
| Time | Activity |
| Theme: Preparing for doing workshops | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Debrief Day 5: What activities were most useful? More practice with Hot Potatoes to create material or web exploration Improve one or more of your PowerPoint lessons |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:20-12:00 | Discussion of the next workshops: format, expectations; how you could present information in your own workshops |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-15:00 | More discussion of workshops - refine and practice material PowerPoint journal – add comments for Day 5 and summary comments |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break |
| 15:15-16:30 | Open Q&A Evaluations/final questionnaires and action plans |