1. BRITISH COUNCIL 4th. ELT CONFERENCE BERLIN-SPANDAU 2006
Lists, links, blogs, bulletin boards and RSS* - the internet as a resource for EFL teachers.
* NEW ! & podcasts – word of the year 2005
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Originally I wanted to make suggestions for online :
Dictionaries
Lesson plans
Concordances
Grammar sites etc.
and I will give some references to keep faith
BUT
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I am more interested now in demonstrating the WWW/the Internet as a resource for personal and professional development (cont.)
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..... and to highlight the fact that the WWW/ Internet remains a rich resource even if only teachers and not their pupils in the classroom have easy access to it.
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There is a new spirit abroad in e-learning:
Constructivist
Co-operative (international)
Creation of meaning, and learning with others
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A learning consultant from Kineo:
...people still don't see beyond the idea of e-learning as a formal course. "E-learning is so much more than that, it's about collaboration, communication between learners and the sharing of knowledge and experiences... ".
Read more at and at
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7. Learning in an international context
Spread of participants in a recent online workshop
(Evolines BAW 06 February 2006)
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I also came to see this presentaation not as a one-off talk – rather the inauguration of a collaboration, faciliated by the internet through and other tools, between people with a shared interest in ICT, especially for teachers of EFL working in computerless classrooms.
MORE LATER!!
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Preliminary questions (Spandau results: 40/50 people who attended presentation.)
Who belongs to an e-list? 17
Who runs an e-list?
Who has a blog?
Who uses RSS?
Who has listened to a podcast? 10
Who has made a podcast?
Who has taken part in an on-line course? 8
Who has taught on an on-line course?
Who regularly visits/uses the BBC website? Everybody
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A modern handout:
spandau06
Also available in the files section at .....
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A list has been created:
spandau06
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If there are any problems, write to:
Subject: Spandau 06
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Exercise and activities from Teaching English with Information Technology,
David Gordon Smith and Eric Baber ISBN
Modern English Publishing Ltd 2005
Amazon link
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Gap-fills
Word completion - search & replace function e.g. articles by *
Reconstructing text - remove all spaces
Cracking the code – Use Windings in Windows
Reading comprehension
Jigsaw reading - Different pupils get different texts – explain peer teaching etc.
Information gap – pairs, same text, names, for e.g. missing from text, places from another
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Many, many more – pp 27 onwards.
!! Remember ‚ electronic handout !!
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Newspapers in English
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Rory's links from EFLTU
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BBC
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On-line Professional Development
Webheads & Tapped-in
EVO
[Manchester- Limited access]
Write to me at: for further information if you are particularly interested, or to the spandau06 list, if you are a member.
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Webheads in action online convergence Wiaoc
Note that some of the links contained above will only function within Internet Explorer and not from Firefox.
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Finkenstein Learning Times
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Manchester seminar
ict2006
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BLOGS [ web + log ]
Straightforward, personal. Text + photos
Professional, sophisticated. Links
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BLOGLINES
Blogs & RSS
My blogs
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25. blog.klemm-site.de/wordpress
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PODCASTS
iPOD = internet portable open device = MP3 player
Bob & Dave podcast show
(Note that new window may open behind the current PowerPoint window).
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BBC and podcasts
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Addenda
GOOGLE
Just some of Google‘s services.
Complete list, next slide.
Desktop search
Images
Blogsearch
Maps
Book Search (contents)
Scholar
Catalogs
Suggest Define
Etymology
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Complete list of Google services, February 2006
GOOGLE
Google services
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An overview of electronic information tools and processes available
Bringing relevant information to your electronic desktop
Nick Noakes Hong Kong
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