VNU EFL537 - Day 2 - May 20, 2008

VNU EFL537 Day 2
May 19, 2008

(pre-class system checks)
Is it possible to play screencasts on computer with projector?
Are  students able to play screencasts on their computers?
One person Skype Jeff and put his audio on the speakers.

1.  Everyone sign in to Skype.  Say hello in the group skype chat to let me know you are here.
Bookmark the chat (see picture to the right).
Once you've done so, you should be able to click 'Chats/Bookmarked Chat' in the main skype window and see the VNU-EFL537 Chat
Type your full name, your gender, what you want me to call you, and your email address.
     For example:
            Jeffrey Lebow
            Male
            Jeff
            jefflebow@gmail.com

2. Watch these screencasts on the projector
      http://www.efl537.com/files/screencasts/website-tour-vnuspring2008.swf
      http://www.efl537.com/files/screencasts/audio-comments.swf


3. Register at http://efl537.com/user/register if you have not already.
     Answer the quesions (text or audio) here: http://efl537.com/forums/efl537-forums/assignments/vnu-spring2008
     We will do this for about 20 minutes.  You can finish any unanswered questions after class..

4. Computer Basics - File Management & gmail attachments
    Watch this screencast on the projector:
    http://www.efl537.com/files/screencasts/window-explorer.swf
    http://efl537.com/files/screencasts/gmailattach.swf
    Read the Windows Explorer Guide
Task:  
  • Open Windows Explorer.
  •  In your root directory , create a folder called - EFL537.
  •  Save this file in to that folder. (To save the file, RIGHT click, save link  as' )
  • Rename the file to 'yourname-task1' .    
  • Email the to me (jefflebow@gmail.com) as an attachment and tell me what the file extenstion is and what the filesize is.   Attaching a file to a gmail

5. Computer Basics - Hardware
     Read the Computer Basic Hardware page.
     Complete the activities at the bottom of the page.

Assignments
 Try to find websites that you think would be useful in your teaching someday.  If you don't have computers in your class now, think about when you (hopefully) will have computers available in the future.  Some recommended places to look for sites of interest.  (You don't have to look at all of them - just browse and click on things that interest you)
Find at least three sites of interest.  Write a blog post on EFL537.com (click create / blog entry) describing the sites and telling us why you think they would be useful.
* Optional -Create a new folder on in your root directory called 'websites'. Try to save websites that you like into that folder by clicking 'File/Save Page As' in your browser (Firefox or MSIE).

Try to use
Del.icious - a social bookmarking site that helps you find, save and share links  to sites of itnerest
Guides: Watch the Delicious Screencast   Additional help here
Task: Register at Del.icio.us, install the browser plugin, and bookmark at least threee sites (they can be the same sites you blogged about above). Add the URL of your del.icio.us account (i.e. http://del.icio.us/jefflebow/) to your profile  (Login to efl537.com , click my account, Profile, enter URL)




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The 2nd day journal

Submitted by HungTam_Tong on Wed, 2008-05-28 20:35.
Today we learn how to register our blog, del.icio.us, and other things. I am worried a lot because I can't do as well as my classmates who seem to do better than me. I discorver many new things that are useful for my job and my self but it is difficult to do follow the instructions. I can't create a folder because it is the first time I have used the internet in a new ways that means I learn how to use the internet to teach English in the classroom.Using technology to teach English is so interesting but challenging. To design something new to apply in teaching, the teachers must know how to use the internet and exploit the links effectively. I have to try more to work better.