Enhancing Online Educational Communities with Computer-Mediated
Communications Tools
A Workshop by Vance Stevens, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi
with Buthaina Alothman, Kuwait University, and organized by Randa Effat, IELP-II, Cairo
Saturday, January 24 - 2 to 6 p.m Cairo time; noon to 4 p.m. GMT
At this mini workshop at the Central Department for In-service Training lab in Cairo, participants will receive information on free software, explore techniques and resources for community-building, and experiment with a variety of synchronous and asynchronous communication resources for language learning and teacher professional development. Participants in Cairo will work with online participants from Webheads groups online.
The activities, URLs, instructions, and outcomes of this
workshop are:
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# |
Activity |
URL and Instructions |
Outcome |
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1 |
TappedIn |
http://www.tappedin.org/ - Either register for membership or sign in as a Guest. Meet other online participants at TappedIn |
Reach consensus on a groupname for a Yahoo Group |
|
2 |
YahooGroups: Formation |
Observe how we start a group at http://www.yahoogroups.com |
Form a community portal |
|
3 |
YahooGroups: Enroll |
Log in to your email account and by sending a blank message to groupname-subscribe@yahoogroups.com |
Enroll in the groupname community |
|
4 |
YahooGroups: Photos section |
Take some digital photos and put them in the Photos section at http://www.yahoogroups.com |
Store at least one photo at YahooGroups |
|
5 |
HTML |
Examine the tutorial at http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/pi/very_basics/starthere.htm |
Learn use of IMG SRC |
|
6 |
Blogging: Introduction |
Follow the instructions at http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/blogger_tutorial.htm |
Start a blog |
|
7 |
Blogging: Template |
http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/pi/computing2/BLOGWORK/blog_template.htm |
Place at least one photo on your blog |
|
8 |
Blogging: Posting and Editing |
Revisit your blog and post and edit at http://www.blogger.com |
Write your assessment of the workshop |
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9 |
YahooGroups: Links section |
Visit the Links section of http://www.yahoogroups.com |
Link your blog at the groupname portal |
Post-session followup:
Buthaina Alothman will moderate the YahooGroup formed and
help participants move on to the TESOL EVOnline Becoming a Webhead sessions if
they wish:
Synchronous and asynchronous text-based communications
tools
Synchronous and asynchronous text-based and audio-based
communications tools:
Synchronous text, voice, and web-cam enhanced chat
software:
Web sites for setting up portals for promoting community
groupings online: