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How insights from online classes inform face to face teaching:

Examples where online teaching has informed classroom teaching, that is,
led to activities promoting increased community atmosphere in my f2f classes.

How do I promote a sense of community in F2F classes?

• I make web portals for each class, for example: Summer Oasis
• I empower students to put their work online, for example, in a class eZine
• Buthaina Alothman utilized concepts learned through practice with Webheads in Action to have her students broadcast their term projects over Internet voice chat
  http://alothman-b.tripod.com/162_finalpage.htm

How do I get students to put work online?

• Filamentality
• Blogging
• Teach them HTML
  What do I do with the results? I put them on my website or have them create their own
• Participate in writing exchanges - iearn ??

Discussion

• Have you used any such tools with your students? With what results?
• How can this kind of work fit in with your program? With what benefits?
• What do you think some of the issues are in terms of teacher commitment?

<< Index >> 6: What other resources are there?

• Virtual Learning Resource Center
• CMC resources: Internet presentation | ppt on local computer

See Buthaina Al Othman's webpages about

• how association with Webheads in Action has informed her teaching practices: http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/
• on blogs http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/162-53_blogs.htm
• Buth's statements showing community of practice influence on these projects: http://alothman-b.tripod.com/vance_buth28dec03.htm

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