OET 2006

Producer for PowerPoint 2003

Do you remember Anita’s video classes?

Aiden Yeh from Twain, a webhead, told me where we can get it for free. Just go here.

You can see an example of Aiden’s projects here.
Enjoy it!

Hi there,

OET came to an end, but this blog will not.

I have been really busy lately ..so many things going on at the same time. I am in need of a vacation. I think we all deserve it after so much hard working.

Meanwhile, let me share with you have I have been up to lately.

Last week I went to Guimarães (North of Portugal) to take part in APPI - the Portuguese affiliate of TESOL. Together with my dear friend Ramona, I held a presentation on blogging, that you can have a look at here. We also had time to enjoy ourselves and visit the town – the birthplace of Portugal. A photostory was the ultimate result of my going to Guimarães. As you can see it is very easy to put a photostory together. The software can be downloaded here for free.

Enjoy the spring.

Let’s keep in touch!

cris

The last week - reflections

Hearing voices on the way,
Building friendships – will they stay?

Not f2f but through mails and chat -
Can friends really be made like that?

And so this course is nearly done,
But I’ve had a lot of fun,

Conferencing, skype, yahoo,
Blogging and podcasting too!

And insights in te(a)chnology
Used pedagogically

But more tools from which to choose
Without delusions of their use.

Thank you also facilitators
You’ve beaten the best of dictators

In leading us from A to B
So we can find our way to C

Now I leave with many a friend
I hope our paths will cross again.

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!