16' Congresso da APPI Managing Diversity in the EFL Classroom

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16. Congresso da APPIManaging Diversityin
the EFL Classroom

• Porto, 22 24 Abril 2002

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The Internetin the Classroom

• Teresa Almeida d'Eça
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OLEs / VLEs what? online/virtual learning
environments (that) complement, enrich and
benefit f2f (EFL) learning how? oral/written
communication in the target language integration
of basic skills custom-made learning
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why? fascinate motivate arouse interest and
curiosity use real-world 'ingredients'
(to) produce real-world language
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Suggested OL/VL activities interactive
exercises projects webquests email chat voice
board
reading writing
writing speaking
speaking listening
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• Interactive exercises
• (download and install)
• http//web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
• VIP(oint) try out the tutorials!
• http//web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/wintutor/contents.ht
  m

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Hot Potatoes lets you create online
interactive crossword puzzles (JCross) http//64.7
1.48.37/teresadeca/school/exs/euroland(xword).htm
matching exercises/quizzes (JMatch) http//64.71.
48.37/teresadeca/school/exs/superman(matching).htm
m-choice exercises/quizzes (JBC) gap-fill or
cloze exercises/quizzes (JCloze) word order
exercises/quizzes (JMix)
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Filamentality an interactive Website (work
on or off line) http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/f
il/
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combines the "filaments" of the Web with a
learner's "mentality" how?
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lets you create five different types of Web
pages (and posts them directly on the
Internet) Hotlists http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wire
d/fil/pages/listeflfunlso.html Multimedia
Scrapbooks Subject Samplers http//www.kn.pacbell.
com/wired/fil/pages/samtravellite.html Treasure
Hunts http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/hunt.htm
l WebQuests
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helpful references User Guides
(http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/guides.html)
general aims of each Activity Format and links
to examples Activity Formats (http//www.kn.pacbel
l.com/wired/fil/formats.html) main goals and an
example of each format in different
subject-areas Six Paths to China
(http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/) an
example of each format within the same
subject-area PowerPoint Introduction to
Filamentality (http//www.kn.pacbell.com/support/f
iltrain/fil.ppt)
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• WebQuests
• (prepare off line and post on line)
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

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inquiry-based activities ". . . where all or
most of the information comes from the Internet,
with specific tasks and roles for students and
pre-selected website resources" (Dodge 1995)
generally consist of 6 parts introduction,
task, information sources, process, guidance,
conclusion in general, are group activities in
a single discipline or interdisciplinary
activities
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helpful references Some Thoughts about
WebQuests, by Bernie Dodge, the creator of this
activity http//edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/ab
out_webquests.html WebQuests for learning
English http//webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html
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interesting Webquests Of Mice and Men, a
Cloning WebQuest (Phil Benz) http//www.ardecol.ac
-grenoble.fr/english/cloning/cloning.htm The
Copacabana Restaurant (Barbara Dieu) http//the_en
glish_dept.tripod.com/foodquest/index.html The
American Dream Immigration to America (Fernanda
Rodrigues) http//www.rede-nonio.min-edu.pt/es/seb
gama/immigration/index.html
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Projects articles and in-depth reports on current
events
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class project based on the CNN.com in-depth
special "Euro ready or not" The Euro is here to
stay (Teresa Almeida d'Eça) http//64.71.48.37/ter
esadeca/school/euro-is-here-to-stay.htm Final
student text http//64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/
studentwork-esa.htm
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• Email
• http//groups.yahoo.com

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Yahoo Groups you need a Yahoo ID
(teca2002pt) in order to join a group start a
group (with students, classes, colleagues,
etc) click on Help and read about the different
possibilities available http//groups.yahoo.com/
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allows you to contact group members through
email send personal or group messages chat
individually or in a group create folders post
text and image files create bookmarks
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Chat (text, voice and video) (download and
install) http//messenger.yahoo.com/
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Yahoo Messenger allows you to chat
one-on-one create a live conference with several
people venture into more 'daring' experiences
through voice and video (web cam) check if a
friend on your list is online and available send
an instant message to call a friend
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Voice board http//www.wimba.com/ try the
demos! http//www.wimba.com/demos.php
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Wimba language tools practice pronunciation and
listening comprehension voice board "create a
private voice board . . . for a family, a group
of friends or an online classroom" create or
reply to a message
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Wrap-up These are just a few suggestions for
'managing diversity in the classroom' at
different learning levels! It is now up to you
to explore them and see how best to adapt them to
your students' levels, needs and
interests. Enjoy!
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VISIT MY WEB PAGE! http//64.71.48.37/teresadec
a/ EMAIL ME! tmvaz_at_mail.telepac.pt LEAVE A
VOICE MESSAGE! http//64.71.48.37/teresadeca/wimba
.htm
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