1. Core Skills for the Internet
Taiwan, March 2003
David Eastment

2. Core Competencies for the Net
Technical
Networking / Communication
Searching
Evaluating
Creating
Teaching

3. Technical Competence Basic Computer Literacy Email Browser
Word Processing

4. Core Competencies for the Net
Technical
Networking / Communication
Searching
Evaluating
Creating
Teaching

5. Communicating Email Discussion Lists Chat (Web, IRC, ICQ)
Video Conferencing

6. Discussion Lists “SLART” “Neteach-L” “TESL-L”
Subscribe Fred Smith TESL-L

7. Core Skills for the Internet
Technical
Communicating / Networking
Searching
Evaluating
Creating
Teaching.

8. Searching 2-3 billion pages; Constantly changing. Easy to search...
Easy to waste time

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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?

12. Core Skills for the Internet
Technical
Communicating / Networking
Searching
Evaluating
Creating
Teaching.

13. Evaluating Accuracy Authority Currency Navigation Design URL
test.htm
~iteslj/links.htm

14. Core Skills for the Internet
Technical
Communicating / Networking
Searching
Evaluating
Creating
Teaching.

15. Creating Cut and paste into WP Create Webpages and online materials
Develop Macros

16. Core Skills for the Internet
Technical
Communicating / Networking
Searching
Evaluating
Creating
Teaching.

17. Teaching: Activities Language Awareness Tasks Research Projects
Intercultural Projects
Virtual Activities

18. Teaching: The Practicalities
Demonstration
Worksheets
3-stage Methodology
Handling Problems

19. 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

20. 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”

21. Core Competencies for the Internet
Basic Computer Literacy
Communicating / Networking
Searching
Evaluating
Creating
Teaching …
Enthusiasm!