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Beginner ICT Course for Teachers of English is a non-credit course,
recommended for all teachers who would like to exploit the potentials
of the Internet in ELT. The main objective of this course is to empower
teachers with those skills which enable them to make use of the Net
for their own benefit and for their students' as well. It is an online
course that requires work on the Internet at least once a week. This
course encourages critical reflections on articles given as assignments,
as well as group participants’ postings related to each others' thoughts,
and at last but not least it aims to inspire colleagues to supplement
their teaching practice by harnessing the potential of this powerful
medium, called the Internet. |
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| Instructor: |
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I am Janos Blasszauer, a teacher of English at Batthyany
Lajos Gimnazium in Nagykanizsa, Hungary and a teacher trainer and
adviser working for Zala County Pedagogical Institute.
Sometimes I found myself labeled an expert in using
the Internet in ELT. But what is an expert anyway ("ex" means former
and I can't really see myself as ever having been a "pert" :)
). One thing you will realise while working yourself through this
course is that you will be a sort of expert and novice at the same
time – and you will explore this promising medium both as a teacher
and a student at the same time.
Hereby I can assure you that I will do my best to
put my expertise gained in the field of ICT (Information and Communication
Technology) into good use and to make your e-learning experience
as smooth and efficient as possible.
You can read my CV at http://www.oocities.org/bjohnnyus/cv.html
(short version)
or
http://www.oocities.org/bjohnnyus/biography.html
(longer version)
E-mail: bjohnny@chello.hu
Mobile: 00-36-30-3380-900
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Introduction |
(1) Visit our alternate site:
http://www.nicenet.org
and register.
(2) Read and reflect on this article: What’s
on the Web? Sorting Strands of the World Wide Web for Educators
by Tom March.
(3) Share your favourite links at the Link
sharing site at Nicenet.
(4) Send a photo of you, please. |
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Search
Engines |
(1) Get an overview of The
Major Search Engines. Also check out
Choose a Search Engine and NoodleQuest
sites !
(2) Read all or some of these articles that
can help you learn to use Search Engines more efficiently.
Seven
Steps toward Better Searching by Bernie
Dodge.
CyberU
Index (under the Search
Engines and Indicies bulletpoint)
Search
Engine Glossary
Search
Engine Math
(3) Finally, Do
this Worksheet from Bernie Dodge's
article.
(4) If you have time check out
the supplementary great sites.
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Making
Use of Websites (1) |
(1) Choose a site or sites (see
below) you could use in one of your classes.
A
Hotlist on Class Activities—this is a list
I made of WebQuests and similar sites developed for schools
or ESL/ESL classes. I've grouped them by age group. If you
have limited time, this is the easiest site.
Blue
Web'n – A site that has lots of activities
developed by classroom teachers. Start browsing by content,
subject level or grade level. (Sorry, some of the links might
not work.)
The
Tower of English-I mentioned this site last
week. Most of its sites were developed for the general public.
Once you have decided on a site, POST a message.
Share your ideas with us. You can find the related questions
at the Materials. |
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Making
Use of Websites (2) |
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Making
a Webpage Using Yahoo Geocities |
(1) Go to http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/
(Sign in if you haven't yet. You can use the ID you got for
the course.)
(2) Click the link for a Free Website. SIGN
UP NOW and build a simple webpage following the instructions
found in the materials section of this site.
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Developing
Webpage Activities |
Getting to know such user-friendly
tools as Hotpotatoes,
Quandary,
Notestar,
Trackstar,
Rubistar,
Worksheet
Wizard, Quizstar,
C-test creator.
The task is to check out these sites and decide
which one you'd like to work with this week and to create
an activity with a specific tool. |
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Using
Filamentality (1) |
(1) Visit this convention presentation
Let's
Create Web-based Learning Activities!
(2) Now, visit the Filamentality
Introductory page .Surf around and see what
you can find.
(3) Read the Activity
Formats page.
(4) Answer the following
questions:
When
would you use a:
Subject Sampler?
Treasure Hunt?
(4) Answer the following
questions:
When
would you use a:
Subject Sampler?
Treasure Hunt?
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Using
Filamentality (2) |
Create an Internet Activity (HotList
, Multimedia
Scrapbook, Treasure
Hunt, Subject
Sampler, using
the Filamentality tool. The good news is that the tool saves
your work and automatically does the webpublishing!
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Webquest |
Get acquainted with the Webquest
project idea and by using the Filamentality site or a Webquest
template create a Webquest.
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Consolidation,
Evaluation |
You are kindly asked to fill in
the online end-of-term survey. |
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Assignments: |
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Final Grade for the class is based on 65 points
and consists of the following elements:
- Active Course Participation 25 points
- 10 Online Assignments
40 points
IMPORTANT! Late assignments (anything posted
or sent after the due date) will be graded -10% for each day late
unless due to a verifiable medical or family emergency. Late assignments
will generally not be accepted more than 1 week late. No assignments
are accepted after the class ends. In general, the performance
criteria for a top score is listed below:
- Demonstrates a high level understanding and application of
course topics.
- He/she contributed with his/her postings a lot to the success
of the course.
- He/she was well focused
and skillful when creating the web-based activities.
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Copyright
©2003 by Janos Blaszauer
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