To anyone coming to the final seminar on Monday 30 November please read and be ready to comment on the article on Google titled 'The Global Id' (details of how to access this are available in my last post). Please also note down any queries you have concerning the English.

For those interested below are the links to some of the videos that we have used during the seminars:

Top ten tips for using technology in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiisteObuhk

ICT in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Fb84VD5Gs

Blogs in plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

How to start your own classroom blog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJviNEjAjw

Wikis in plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Twitter in plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o

Social networking in plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc



Good viewing...

Reading material for 16 November seminar

Hello Everyone,

For those of you attending the Monday seminar I would like you to read the following two articles which you can find at the following internet addresses:

'Short Cuts' by Jenny Diski
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n20/jenny-diski/short-cuts

'The Global Id' by John Lanchester
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n02/john-lanchester/the-global-id

These articles will be used as the basis for a discussion of the implications of universal internet use and as a means of studying the specialist vocabulary relating to this technical realm so please look at them carefully and note down any queries you have concerning both the general content and the specific meanings of difficult words and phrases.

I would also like people to look at the article on Wikipedia that Regina provided a link to in her last post in the same way (link provided again below).
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n10/david-runciman/like-boiling-a-frog

Good reading! I hope you enjoy the material...

Reading material

Hello everybody again,

Here you can find some reading material we are going to discuss about on our second session with Oliver.

Reading material for discussion

Brushing up

Hi everybody,
I would like to share with you a compilation of ICT resources I have chosen and posted in a blog.
I guess it will be useful.
Èlia
http://readwritetalkportfolio.blogspot.com/

Preparation for the session on Monday 2 November (6pm)

Hi Everybody,

The ICT Seminar is now underway and there will be further sessions on Monday 2 November, Monday 16 November and Monday 30 November - all these will start at 6pm. I look forward to seeing you there.

For those coming to the next session I would like you to look at the "Ten tried and tested internet tools for teachers" which you can find at the following link:

Box of tricks

"Box of tricks" is a very interesting blog dealing with technology and education and has lots of practical advice and tips for teachers. The "Ten tried and tested internet tools for teachers" is intended to give you some ideas about what web applications might be useful for creating classroom activities.

I would like each participant to choose one or two of the recommended tools in order to investigate their potential for application in the classroom. Please come prepared to explain to other participants in the seminar what you think about one or two of these tools in terms of:

• what they allow you to do
• how motivating they are
• their educational value
• their ease of use

I would also like you to all read a fascinating article called "Like boiling a frog" which is about Wikipedia and which will form the basis for a discussion during the course of the 2 November session. Regina has kindly offered to scan it and post it on this blog in pdf format so if all goes well we will have easy access to it right here very soon.

Anyway, I am sure that this is more than enough to keep you all busy. Enjoy the research and good reading!