1	Hands-on Constructivism and Teaching Deborah Healey English Language Institute Oregon State University deborah.healey@oregonstate.edu http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd
2	Topics Web searching tips References and content resources Nicenet – www.nicenet.org Hot Potatoes PowerPoint Apply it to a course
3	Internet use: Refining a search Most important word first Quotation marks “ “ around phrases + and - to limit a search Expand a search with OR Site: to keep a search on a specific website >
4	Improving Google searches From Simson Garfinkel, “Getting more from Google.” Technology Review, June 4, 2003. Click on Preferences; select 30 or more hits per page Use OR to broaden a search Use link: to see who links to this site Use site: to stay on a site Use * as a wild card in a phrase (substitute any word)
5	Evaluating sources You are the librarian What is the date? Who is the author? Where is the author from (.com, .edu, .org, etc.)? Who links to this page? Linkto: or link: What is the content? Bibliography Balanced view or personal view
6	Resources: References and content References Digital library holdings - http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/digitallibraries.html References: www.itools.com Content MIT’s Open Courseware http://ocw.mit.edu
7	Help with English and content Writing for engineers oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/ esp.html#est EL Easton’s set of links for science and math – eleaston.com/scimat.html EL Easton’s links for business – eleaston.com/bizhome.html
8	Nicenet – www.nicenet.org Free online discussion site Teachers create classes Discussion forum Course links Course documents Course schedule
9	Hot Potatoes Create exercises Matching Gap-fill Crossword Multiple choice Jumbled sentence/paragraph Have learners create exercises Deeper level of processing Less work for the teacher
10	PowerPoint features Doesn’t need to be linear Internal, external links Jumps Custom animation Graphics, sound, video <
11	Try it... Think of a course or lesson What are the learning objectives? Who is setting them and why? What problem(s) can be posed? How should the learning space be designed? What material is needed? Find multiple channels for different styles and intelligences