1. Souham Alkhazaal Web-based Collaborative writing project (ICA)

2. Overview The Internet Classroom Assistant is a communication tool that brings web-based conferencing personal messaging document sharing scheduling and link/resource sharing to a variety of learning environments

3. The ICA could be used by post-secondary teachers with their students was designed not as a replacement for the classroom, but It is rather as a supplement allowing greater communication and sharing of information among students and between teachers and their students. Souham Al Khazaal

4. The Features Include Scheduling: Teachers can put the class schedule On-line with a seven day advane view on the class home page

5. Conferencing can create the threaded conferencing on topics for the class Teachers If teachers allow or Can create their own topics students Souham Alkhazaal

6. Document sharing Students and teachers have the ability to publish their documents on the site Automatically integrated with scheduling Souham Alkhazaal

7. Personal Messaging Similar to traditional email but fully integrated with document sharing and conferencing Personal messaging is a great way to communicate with and between individuals in the class comment privately on conferencing postings or give private feedback on published papers Souham Al khazaal

8. Link Sharing Teachers Can share links to Internet resources related to the topics created Students Souham Alkhazaal

9. Setting up a class on Teachers need to choose Setting up a class on Internet Classroom Assistant Teachers need to choose A usename A Password a name for the class Some contact information And then the teacher will be given a class key to be given to the students

10. Joining a Class- Students To join a class go to http://www.nicenet.orghttp://www.nicenet.org click on join a class enter the (Class Key) give a Username and Password fill in your username and password again click on Log In to the ICA

11. Observations Online conferencing allows everyone to have a say in a more or less equal way, equal time for everyone. it provides a way for students to communicate with each other in writing and they have more time to think before writing it's motivating and less embarrassing for students Souham alkhazaal

12. It can be used with flexible timing as, it can be assigned as homework or used in class. It doesn't need any special software. Students can access it from anywhere.

13. After posting the mesage Students can edit their messages Teacher, can edit the posts delete them or print them out

14. English 1 E1 Home Conferencing Link Sharing Documents Class Schedule Class Members Personal Messages : View | Send ViewSend Classes : Join | Create | Drop JoinCreate Drop Edit User Profile ICA FAQ PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY: LOG OUT LOG OUT Conferencing Topics [ Post New Message ]Post New Message All Topics :  Friendship - ( 14 messages posted ) updated 02/16/04 [post] Friendshippost  Choosing a Career - ( 46 messages posted ) updated 06/02/02 [post] Choosing a Careerpost  What a story - ( 33 messages posted ) updated 06/02/02 [post] What a storypost  Parents - ( 22 messages posted ) updated 06/02/02 [post] Parentspost  Could you do me a favour - ( 37 messages posted ) updated 06/02/02 [post] Could you do me a favourpost  THE IDEAL FRIEND - ( 7 messages posted ) updated 06/02/02 [post] THE IDEAL FRIENDpost  Shabbabs of Ajman University - ( 13 messages posted ) updated 05/28/02 [post] Shabbabs of Ajman Universitypost  Friendship - ( 21 messages posted ) updated 04/26/02 [post] Friendshippost

15. Conclusion Students' responses were wonderful. I feel I’ve become more accessible to my students and they feel more free to voice their problems and concerns. I put here two messages from students as examples of that: Souham Alkhazaal

16. FROM: joseph marashly (12/4/01 2:26PM) SUBJECT: RE: [Reply | Archive | Delete | Forward]ReplyArchiveDeleteForward hi doctor really iwas very happy becasue i make all the exercises write, but i hape and if you dont mined to make more than this exercise because i think that they are very important specially, we will finish the book and i didnt see any part of gramer is more important that unite 4, so please if you dont mined, make more exercises about this unite, i think that will use it beforew the finnal exam thanks for reading my e-mails and i'm wating your e- mail as soon as possibly your student joseph marashly Souham Alkhazaal

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18. Thank you Souham Alkhazaal