Good Morning.   I would like you to spend today working on the tasks below. Whenever you have questions, please send a skype text message to Jeff .  Once we've made contact, we can connect with audio and discuss any problems.

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Day#1 Tasks (if you haven't finished these, please do so before beginning Day#2 Tasks

• Read Course Overview &  Welcome page
  
• Complete EFL537 Entrance Questionnaire
• Register for accounts at: Gmail, Delicious, Blogger.com, &  Skype.
• >>>>Login to EFL537.com and click  'My Account/Profile'.
  Update your profile (skype ID, gmail address, Delicious address, Blogger address) .<<<<
  

Alumni Thoughts, Skills Training & Sampling the Buffet
    You can work on these in any order you wish.  

• Alumni Thoughts
  You can see all sorts of work from previous students by checking the profiles page.
  Below are some selected writings from former EFL537 students - overviews of their EFL537 experience and words of wisdom to those who follow.  You don't have to read all of them, but taking a look will hopefully provide some useful insights.
  
  • Van's advice (English and Vietnamese)
  • Hoa Dong's Words of Advice
  • Thom's Final Thoughts
  • Quy's Reflections
  • Ngoc's EFL537 Thoughts
    

• Continue  working on Week#1 Skills (You will need to click on each guide, read it, and complete the tasks at the bottom of the page)

• Desktop Management
• Google Docs
• Social Bookmarking
• Skype
• Audio Recording & Editing 
• Activity & Quiz Creation
• Presentations

• Continue Exploring  the CALL Buffet
  Please go to EFL Sites Buffet Page  
  This is a list of websites and online resources that can be used for language learning. Please explore these sites during the next few days at your own pace. You DO NOT need to look at everything.   If a site is loading slowly, not working properly, or just not interesting, move on to something else. If your explorations lead you to a site that's not on the list below, that's fine.   When you find something you think is useful, please bookmark it with Delicious (if you know how) or at least take note of the site name and address.  Please feel free to share information with your classmates as you make interesting discoveries.

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Week#1 Assignments

• This week's readings:
  
  • Tomasz  Szynalski's How I learned English in the pre-Internet age and why you can do it faster
    
  • Emily Chen's Introduction to CALL, Unit 1  - you do not need to read any of the other readings linked to on that page or take any of the quizzes (but feel free to if you like).
    You need to complete your first Reading Review by Wednesday and your second  by Friday. The Reading Review should be written with Google Docs and shared with efl537@gmail.com .You may also post them on your blogger.com blog if you wish.  Do NOT email  these directly to me.
• Write a daily reflection on your blogger.com blog. (blogger guide here)
  Share your  reflections on Day#1 of EFL537.
  
  
• Post any questions in the How do I  forum at EFL537.com or plan to ask them during tomorrow's class.

Again, if you aren't able to complete everything on today's agenda, please don't get too stressed.  We will adjust the amount of assignments and our pace as necessary.