Introduction
to the MacMobile
This
virtual lab, consisting of 21 ibooks on a mobile cart, furnishes students
with a superior learning experience by integrating state-of-the-art multimedia
technology into the general curriculum in an attempt to advance the development
of students' language, writing, and critical thinking skills. If you would
like to book the MacMobile for your classes in the Fall Quarter, now is
the time to attend a little workshop JUST FOR YOU that will give you the
necessary background for using the cart well. The intro will take
about 45 minutes. There will be more repeat performances to accomodate
people who cannot make it, but here is the catch: You will not be able
to book the MacMobile without going through an intro session first.
Please keep this in mind and plan ahead. No exceptions.
Introduction
to PowerPoint
Do
you find yourself constantly organizing and reorganizing your classroom
slides? Do you have a shortage of storage space, or dislike the hassle
of reserving and carrying a slide projector to class every day? One way
to store and view your slides with greater ease, connect them with explanatory
texts, and make them available to your students, is the combination of
PowerPoint software. With PowerPoint, you can easily create presentations
and slides with text to accompany your lecture . You can also post your
slides made in PowerPoint to the web, so that students may access them
after class; or, review them before a lecture or in the preparation of
a test--all at the touch of a button. PowerPoint is extremely simple to
learn. Demonstrations of slideshows already used in the foreign language
instruction classroom will accompany all the training you need to get started!
Introduction
to Webpage Authoring
Are
you searching for a way to manage and disseminate materials quickly and
efficiently to your students, to save paper and other valuable resources,
and to build an electronic archive of your course materials? In this workshop
you can learn how to construct a website and leave with a basic class-site
ready to go!
Creating
a WebQuest
A WebQuest
is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information
used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners'
time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and
to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and
evaluation. The model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University
by Bernie Dodge with Tom March, and was outlined then in Some Thoughts
About WebQuests. Learn more about Webquests and
the way in which you can put the web with its myriad of authentic materials
to work for you and your students.
Multimedia
Teaching Tools for the Literature Classroom
Teaching
technology is not limited to the language laboratory and extends even beyond
the classroom. This workshop will look at the various ways technology can
be used to enhance the study of literature and culture. An extensive review
at what is now available free on the web will include a look at digized
primary source document and map databases, academic journals, video and
audio clips, reviews, on-line journals and E-discussion groups, as well
as the infinite resources at other university websites. The second half
of the workshop will demonstrate how various software has been used to
make this vast array of data accessible to your students through a variety
of instructional exercises & techniques, and how to add greater depth
and excitement to your syllabus and student research projects.
Creating
Interactive Exercises for Language Learners
In
the past, language laboratories were places where students came to listen
to tapes. We can still do this, but the language laboratories of today
are far more dynamic and interactive and offer computer-mediated instruction
and multimedia exercises. Instead of relying on textbook publishers,
you can now easily construct your own exercises and tailor them specifically
to you classes, for example by using Hot Potatoes or other other javascript-based
templates. The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you
to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence,
crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide
Web. Take this workshop and learn how to make exercises that work for you
100%, and not just so-so....
The
Language Lab in Action!
The
Sony LLC 9000 teacher's console is the very heart of the audio lab. Unfortunately,
it looks scary and thus is underused by instructors at all levels of language
teaching. Yet, gaining proficiency with the language lab console and its
touch screen interface is merely a matter of practice and a few easy tips.
Come and learn how to use the possibilities of this dynamic technology
with hands-on training, demos, and some practical advice. Become more proficient
and confident guiding oral/aural lessons, or administering oral exams in
the lab. Be the teacher and the student, and get to know the Sony system
from both sides. The Audio Lab 009 offers a myriad of possibilities for
classroom teaching and you do not have to do exclusive audio-lab sessions:
it features a blackboard and chalk, an overhead projector, and can also
be used to show videos on the big screen. What better place to break the
daily classroom routine ?!
Introduction to MERLOT
The
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and On-line Teaching (MERLOT)
is a continually growing collection of learning materials and support resources
(reviews, sample assignments, technical tools, etc.) that directly support
instructional and academic activities. MERLOT’s aim is to improve
the effectiveness of teaching and learning by expanding the quantity and
quality of peer-reviewed teaching and learning materials that can be easily
incorporated into faculty designed courses. Come to this workshop
and find out more about this free and open resource designed primarily
for faculty and students of higher education. MERLOT is also a community
of people who are involved in education. Become part of the MERLOT community
by contributing materials and adding assignments and comments.
