Workshops in Thailand Suranaree University Deborah Healey

Trends in TELL

Outline

Roles of teachers and computers
One-computer classroom

Software tools (offline)
Productivity tools
  Exploring Word
  Exploring PowerPoint

Focus on the Internet
Email-based communication
MOO and Chat
World Wide Web

Web-based discussion
Finding and using information
Data-driven learning
Quizzes and exercises
Teaching aids (lesson plans and handouts to print)
Teacher and student pages
Hot Potatoes

Into the Future…

Tech trends, positive and negative
Intersection of technology and teaching

Workshops for Teachers

Using the one-computer classroom
Uses of Word

Language experience: create a text together
Insert comments on student essay; respond to comments
Track Changes - show edits
Auto Summarize

Computer-mediated communication

TESL-L and other mailing lists for teachers
Keypals - design a possible project (get help at Kenji Kitao's Keypals page)
Nicenet discussion

Useful links on the Web

Content
EFL

Creating web pages

Using Netscape Composer
Using Word
Hot Potatoes authoring
Uploading pages to Tripod