ICT in ELT

HOMEWORK
1. Prepare texts for your webpage (in notepad - txt. format) 
2. Create your personal voki and save it as a txt format.
3. Watch  THIS and enjoy :)

Lesson summary1.    watch carefully what you send online
2.    web search – keep focused, open-minded and critical; confront and compare information and resources
3.    be creative
Always bring: a pendrive + headphones
Rule No. 1: Save, save, save  (HDD + pendrive + cloud)


Internet Survival


Task 1
What does it mean TEOTWAWKI?
Find at least two artificial works which use this acronym in their title.

Task 2
What approaches did you apply when searching the web for answers?

Task 3
List 3 skills which are vital for a good web user.
Enter your suggestions into the comment to this blog. Do not forget to sign your entry!




CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

active participation, working on classroom tasks
80% attendance
Projects: (submission deadline May 8, 2016)
1. A personal website (includes: personal profile, photogallery of photos taken on your own, a page on your hobbies/interests including active links to references, HotPot index and exercises, links to all school projects and tasks)
2. Hot Potatoes project
3. Photogallery - choose an original and creative topic, take 10 images and present them; topic example: my town as I see it (not really tourist postcards, right?)
4. Your choice: either audiocomments to the images in the gallery, or a video of cca 5 minutes, English sound, with your subtitles and inserted instructions for the use in a lesson.


Task 4
Work in groups of 4. List three most important rules of a safe Internet use.

Online tips:
http://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/articles/classroom/the-dos-and-donts-of-using-the-internet.html 
https://sites.google.com/site/cleverclassroomhelpers/internet-safety/the-do-s-and-dont-s-of-the-internet
Columbia University, NY
Irish Examiner

Task 5
List 3 tips how to use communication technologies in teaching English. USE PEN AND PAPER to note your suggestions!

Task 6
Role-play: Make random pairs. One of you strongly defends using ICT in teaching, the other one strongly resents it. Choose your roles, take 5 minutes to prepare arguments and then confront your simulated approaches. List two most interesting pro- and against-ICT arguments, and publish them in the comments to this blog.

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TOPICS

První semestr – základy práce s textem, grafikou, zvukem, tvorba webu

1. Web safety. Avatar. ICT in ELT.                                                                            
2. Creating a simple web page. Colours, images, links, page structure and user-friendly graphics. Naming, saving, publishing, creating backup.
3. Hot Potatoes Software. Seznámení, možnosti, principy.
4. Práce s obrázky – stahování, editace. Průhlednost, ořez, zmenšování. Typy obrazových souborů a jejich vlastnosti.
5. Práce s fotografií – zásady kompozice, úpravy ve vrstvách. Photoshop
6. Práce se zvukem – Audacity. Nahrávání, zpracování souborů (střih). Typy souborů a jejich vlastnosti.
7. Word pro studenty - editace, vnější a grafická úprava textu. Odkazování, plagiarismus. Rejstřík a seznamy.
8. Excel pro studenty. Práce s tabulkami a vzorci, vytváření grafů.
9. WebSearch. Možnosti vyhledávání, usnadnění a urychlení, strategie. On-line slovníky. Zálohy online – Úschovna, Capsa, Dropbox, Google cloud.

 USEFUL SITES:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/websites-to-create-unique-avatar/
http://www.voki.com/create.php
http://www.colorpicker.com/
http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Simple-Webpage-Using-Notepad