BRITISH COUNCIL 4th. ELT CONFERENCE BERLIN-SPANDAU 2006

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BRITISH COUNCIL 4th. ELT CONFERENCE
BERLIN-SPANDAU 2006

• Lists, links, blogs, bulletin boards and RSS -
  the internet as a resource for EFL teachers.

NEW ! podcasts word of the year 2005
Word
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• Originally I wanted to make suggestions for
  online
• Dictionaries
• Lesson plans
• Concordances
• Grammar sites etc.
• and I will give some references to keep faith
• BUT

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I am more interested now in demonstrating the
WWW/the Internet as a resource for personal and
professional development...........(cont.)
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..... and to highlight the fact that the WWW/
Internet remains a rich resource even if only
teachers and not their pupils in the classroom
have easy access to it.
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• There is a new spirit abroad in e-learning
• Constructivist
• Co-operative (international)
• Creation of meaning, and learning with others

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A learning consultant from Kineo ...people
still don't see beyond the idea of e-learning as
a formal course. "E-learning is so much more
than that, it's about collaboration,
communication between learners and the sharing
of knowledge and experiences... ". Read more
at http//www.24-7pressrelease.com/view_press_rele
ase.php?rID10068 and at www.kineo.co.uk.
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Learning in an international context
Spread of participants in a recent online
workshop (Evolines BAW 06 February 2006)
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2006 - Currently running
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I also came to see this presentaation not as a
one-off talk rather the inauguration of a
collaboration, faciliated by the internet through
email and other tools, between people with a
shared interest in ICT, especially for teachers
of EFL working in computerless classrooms.
MORE LATER!!
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• Preliminary questions (Spandau results 40/50
  people who attended presentation.)
• Who belongs to an e-list? 17
• Who runs an e-list? 3
• Who has a blog? 3
• Who uses RSS? 2-3
• Who has listened to a podcast? 10
• Who has made a podcast? 0
• Who has taken part in an on-line course? 8
• Who has taught on an on-line course? 5
• Who regularly visits/uses the BBC website?
  Everybody

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A modern handout spandau06 Also available in
the files section at .....
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A list has been created
spandau06
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If there are any problems, write to
djn_at_dennisnewson.de Subject Spandau 06
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Exercise and activities from Teaching English
with Information Technology, David Gordon Smith
and Eric Baber ISBN 1 904549 01 2 Modern English
Publishing Ltd 2005

Amazon link
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• Gap-fills
• Word completion - search replace function
  e.g. articles by
• Reconstructing text - remove all spaces
• Cracking the code Use Windings in Windows
• Reading comprehension
• Jigsaw reading - Different pupils get
  different texts explain - peer teaching
  etc.
• Information gap pairs, same text, names,
  for e.g. missing from text, places from another

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Many, many more pp 27 onwards. !! Remember
electronic handout !!
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Newspapers in English
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Rory's links from EFLTU
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BBC
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• On-line Professional Development
• Webheads Tapped-in
• EVO
• Manchester- Limited access
• Write to me at djn_at_dennisnewson.de for further
  information if you are particularly interested,
  or to the spandau06 list, if you are a member.

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Webheads in action online convergence
Wiaoc Note that some of the links contained
above will only function within Internet Explorer
and not from Firefox.

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Finkenstein Learning Times
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Manchester seminar
ict2006
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• BLOGS web log
• Straightforward, personal. Text photos
• Professional, sophisticated. Links

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BLOGLINES Blogs RSS My blogs
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blog.klemm-site.de/wordpress
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PODCASTS iPOD internet portable open device
MP3 player Bob Dave podcast show (Note that
new window may open behind the current PowerPoint
window).
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BBC and podcasts
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Addenda GOOGLE
Just some of Googles services.
Complete list, next slide.
Desktop search
Images
Blogsearch
Maps
Book Search (contents)
Scholar
Catalogs
Suggest
Define Etymology
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Complete list of Google services, February 2006
GOOGLE
Google services
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An overview of electronic information tools and
processes available
Bringing relevant information to your
electronic desktop
Nick Noakes Hong Kong