1. CALL on the cheap Using services freely available on the Internet

2. Types of service available E-mail WWW Bulletin boards E-mail groups

3. E-mail Exchange letters with individual students Good way to submit assignments Becomes unmanageable with large numbers of students

4. WWW 1 Post lesson or course outline: students can view before or after lesson. Extends possible scope of lectures: with student preparation, even difficult lectures may be comprehensible.

5. WWW 2 Requires technical proficiency Can be very time-consuming: may need to keep updating site Static Non-interactive

6. Bulletin Boards ezBoard Post information about lectures Students ask questions or make comments Other students can read all postings True interaction: group-based learning

7. Bulletin Boards 2 No notification of new messages Long topics/forums with many topics can be confusing.

8. E-mail groups/mailing list Yahoo Groups (was eGroups) Mail automatically delivered to all members: no need to check for new messages Owner can choose whether to allow members to send messages

9. E-mail groups 2 Interface not as attractive as ezBoard Psychological difference: “receiving” e-mail; and “participating in” a discussion

10. ezBoard details http://www.ezBoard.com/ Press CREATE button on homepage and fill in details as prompted.

17. Board top page for students

20. Yahoo Group details http://groups.yahoo.com/ Press CLICK HERE TO REGISTER and follow instructions

28. Don’t give students the “subscribe” email address because they won’t be able to join from a communal computer; Use web or invitation methods!

29. Website details Homepage: introduction to course goals, etc; list of topics 1 page per topic or per lecture: questions; links to more information

32. Preparation Give students list of addresses: website, ezBoard, and Yahoo Group

33. Before each lecture... Make webpage in advance Create new forum on ezBoard Send message using Yahoo Groups: brief mention of topic; links to webpage and ezBoard forum

38. Ongoing Visit the board regularly and post replies to maintain student interest.