Core Skills for the Internet Taiwan, March 2003 David Eastment
Core Competencies for the Net Technical Networking / Communication Searching Evaluating Creating Teaching
Technical Competence Basic Computer Literacy Email Browser Word Processing
Core Competencies for the Net Technical Networking / Communication Searching Evaluating Creating Teaching
Communicating Email Discussion Lists Chat (Web, IRC, ICQ) Video Conferencing
Discussion Lists “SLART” “Neteach-L” “TESL-L” Subscribe Fred Smith TESL-L
Core Skills for the Internet Technical Communicating / Networking Searching Evaluating Creating Teaching.
Searching 2-3 billion pages; Constantly changing. Easy to search... Easy to waste time
Searching Just about the worst thing you can do is to sit down and type things into a search engine…. A search engine should be the last, rather than the first thing that you think about using.
A Search Strategy What sort of information is it? Do I have a bookmark / favourite? Is there a links page? (Use Internet TESL Journal etc) Does it fit in a category? (Use Newhoo etc) Select an appropriate search engine.
Searching: Choosing the Right Service Altavista: powerful syntax; FAST: biggest index; Google: best general purpose; AskJeeves: natural language; common questions. +dickens +biography +title:dickens +url:ac +url:uk How do I tie a bowtie?
Core Skills for the Internet Technical Communicating / Networking Searching Evaluating Creating Teaching.
Evaluating Accuracy Authority Currency Navigation Design URL www.compuserve.com/phil/ test.htm www.aitech.ac.jp/ ~iteslj/links.htm
Core Skills for the Internet Technical Communicating / Networking Searching Evaluating Creating Teaching.
Creating Cut and paste into WP Create Webpages and online materials Develop Macros
Core Skills for the Internet Technical Communicating / Networking Searching Evaluating Creating Teaching.
Teaching: Activities Language Awareness Tasks Research Projects Intercultural Projects Virtual Activities
Teaching: The Practicalities Demonstration Worksheets 3-stage Methodology Handling Problems
Going on Holiday You are going on holiday to England. You are going to stay for a week, and have a budget of £500 per person. In groups, decide: Where you are going to go (city, region etc); How you are going to travel (car, train etc); Where you are going to stay (hotel, B&B etc). You have 30 minutes to find the information. Be ready to report back to the class. Scotland Bermuda Canada N.Z. SST = Student Searching Time
Summary The new technology offers a good deal It can waste enormous amounts of time and resources The key to success is not hardware and not software, but “fleshware”
Core Competencies for the Internet Basic Computer Literacy Communicating / Networking Searching Evaluating Creating Teaching … Enthusiasm!