Learning with computers

Hi there,

Here is a link to share; a group to join.

Learning with computers is a group of people who “get together to learn how we can start integrating computers into our teaching. Join others, learn and share what you know! Make this your place!” – it is the advice of its creator – Gladys Baya.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learningwithcomputers

Reflections on OET

Inspired by Matthew's blog where he ever so bravely put his weekly reflections, I would also like to share the reflections I had part way through the course. I feel they are still relevant and maybe you will enjoy them.

Lectures, learning and PPP

Presentations and TTT

Disagreement with each other

And with terms in the lecture

Attitudes acquired or ‘learned’

(can I really use this term?)

Topics discussed and answers obtained

But many questions still remain.

Reflection, threads and big red flags

Guide me swiftly through these tasks.

Sometimes cyclic and sometimes straight,

-Learning much at any rate!

(to be continued!)

Hot Potatoes

Eric Baber mentioned this nifty little piece of authoring software (for non techies like me) with which you can create colourful but clever interactive quizzes, like crosswords, gapfills, matching or ordering activities etc. You can upload images, video and audio into Hot Potatoes too - which is very useful for listening exercises. The trial version is free - and well worth playing with. And there's a helpful tutorial to get you started. Click here and Enjoy!

Community Learning

Check out this wonderful website Brian suggested and put together. ;)

Illya's Impressions

Week 6 is over and the groups have been redefined. I am slowly starting to absorb all the information. Now I am trying to figure out how to use the blogs, not just technically, but also pedagogically. This I am finding a challenge. It's funny, but I'm finding it much easier to help my husband create one for his class for their class trip than for purposes of teaching my own classes. I guess it comes down to advice being easier to give than to follow - especially if it's your own.

It's good to have this joint blog in any case!

Webheads in Action

Webheads-in-action is a four-year-old community of practice of language teachers worldwide, coordinated by Vance Stevens.

We explore Web communication tools and share the best ways of using them in our teaching practices, engage with students in virtual classes, collaborate on projects, and participate in conferences as audience and presenters.
This collaboration takes place online, as we are all geographically apart.
Would you like to join our community?

Being a webheader has been an extraordinary experience. I can't stop being marvelled with it all. It’s just wonderful to be part of such a group of clever, fun, active, friendly and professional individuals. Blessed be the professor who made me look for an online community; Blessed be the ones who accepted me as I was then and contributed to what I am today!
Thank you for making it all possible. ;)
I guess I already have a good story to tell my grandchildren! LOL

Camtasia

"Camtasia Studio Screen Recording and Presentation

Changing the way you train, present to, and connect with your audience.

Teaching and demonstrating visually is much more powerful than using words alone. But, getting the right group of people together for a training or demonstration can be expensive and inconvenient.

Camtasia Studio lets you easily create compelling training and presentations for Web and CD-ROM delivery, and you can do it without ever leaving your office. It is the only product versatile enough to record live PowerPoint presentations, personalized technical training sessions, and rich software demonstrations."

I think this discription says it all. I really like it. I think it is a powerful tool that can be efficently used in OLE. Here is an example I created a couple of months ago, when a colleague of mine and I moderated an workshop on blogs.

Knowtips

Join our Knowtips conference: March 29 - April 02, 2006
of interest to people who are either new to online
or have been working online for years

I am going to be there! ;)