6. Communication: tools
Synchronous communication
CMC such as Yahoo Messengers / MSN
Video Conferencing
Asynchronous communication
E-mail Exchange (Epals.com Classroom
Exchange)
Forums (I*EARN Youth Forum)
Mailing List
Blog
7. Communication: Mailing List
ELTeCS
NETEACH-L: teaching ESL/EFL on the
Net (listserv@hunter.listerv.cuny.edu)
Join the feedback and communities in
“Teaching English” website.
You can subscribe the mailing list and
take part in the message board.
Learn more about ESL/EFL mailing lists
9. Communication:
Online Professional Development
I*EARN professional Development courses
Integrating the Internet into the Classroom
instructed by Michael D. Kruass in Lewis and
Clark College
Using the Internet in the K-12 Classroom
from Indiana University
Net learning
11. Searching
2-3 billion pages;
Constantly changing.
Easy to search...
Easy to waste time
12. Searching: google/wikipedia
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 Googling Lesson)
13. Websites for Teachers
Effective Internet Search
Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites
and Search Techniques
http://library.albany.edu/internet/search.html
Effective Internet Searching Techniques
http://uwgb.edu/helpdesk/docs/search.htm
Internet Search Tools & Techniques
http://www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm
Using Web Search Tools
http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/les5/
14. Teaching Materials on the Internet
Interesting things for ESL Students
Activities for ESL/EFL Students
Online Reading Comprehension
The Change Agents
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
BBC Online Soap Opera
CNN Student News
22. Conclusions
The new technology offers a good
deal. However, it can waste
enormous amounts of time and
resources. Remember, the key to
success is not hardware and not
software, but…
