PCSkills

úterý 5. března 2019

Working with images

HOMEWORK

1. Take some pictures at the university premises (respect GDPR!).

2. Make a collage of two chosen photos form your set of pictures - as if creating a hoax image. Insert the final photo with a suitable comment into your Homepage (index.html) and publish online.
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Visual support is vital in any teaching situation. As English teachers, we use pictures of objects to teach vocabulary, photos of situations to stimulate communication, authentic visual materials to teach realia and culture...

What characteristics of an image influence its effect on remembering the vocabulary?

context or the absence of context
vivid colours
contrast
golden ratio
the size of the target object

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Making a hoax in Photoshop:

1. ^A^C^V inserting img2 into img1

2. ^T for transformation - shift, rotate... place img2

3. Mask - cover all (a black mask)

4. B - brush - paint into the mask (white brush) and uncover img2

5. X - switches between black and white brush (undo)

experiment with the brush settings (krytí, hustota)

inspiration Martin Stranka

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WHAT ARE THE KEY SKILLS IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE ENGLISH TEACHER TO MASTER?

My suggestion:
1. Basic knowledge of the electronic image formats and their specifics.
2. Basic editing abilities: crop, contrast, colour adjustment
3. Basic photo-making skills and knowledge (to be able to prepare original materials, and to document school events, projects, students'activities and products).

4. Advanced editing abilities - collage (to create more original materials, and to be resistant to hoax), inserting text to the image...

Typical Viral :D

Any other suggestions?
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What shall we know?

1. How to compose a photography

The basics of compositionand more practical tips (in Czech)

Golden ratio - zlatý řez

Practical tips:

concentrate on a single idea, object, feeling

get closer, fill almost the whole field with the target object/situation

2. How to save an image

raw - full data

jpg - compressed (lossy)

tiff - for print, usually lossless; can handle CMYK

bmp - full data (bitmap)

gif - small (and animated); saves only used colours; 8bit

png - lossless, successor of gif, 8-24-48 bit

For web, an image with the longer side of 1600px is big enough, Let's say the size limit is cca 50KB - to save space.

When reducing the size, always keep the original untouched! Save the small version as a new file, say, IMG2345_Small.jpg.

JPEGS reduce the size exponetially, so if you reduce the original at 80%, the amount of data may be reduced form 12MB to 1,5 MB.

středa 27. února 2019

HotPot - Feedback and much more

Task 1 - Focus on survey

discuss the survey aim in groups of 4
try out each other's questionnaires - ask for feedback
get the green light from the tutor before starting the survey

Task 2 - Focus on Hot Potatoes

make a list of 10 vocabulary items you want to teach
define the target group
prepare the "T's book" - html file (see below)
create 3 different HP exercises practicing the same vocabulary set

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HotPot Index or Teacher's book:
a place/page which basic information:
1. Target group (proficiency, age)
2. Topic (preferably a list of new vocabulary items you are teaching)

You can create a whole HotPot site, combining and connecting various task formats. This is the suggested order of exercises (Can you guess why?):

1. Matching
- 10 items (target vocabulary)
- if using pictures, set the same height for all of them (e.g. 100 pixels)
- find out how to set the timer, shuffle questions, show a limited number of questions

2. Multiple choice
- 10 questions
- 4 distractors (no mistakes!)
- use sentences, not isolated words
- feedback - additional information, input

Good feedback: motivating, positive, informative
How do I make a good feedback in multiple choice?
Just follow these simple tips:
- DO NOT use capitals, exclamation marks, "NO!" "Unfortunately..." etc.
- be positive :) - do not start the feedback with "Sorry, no..."
- add extra information, eg.
Where do lions live? Chosen answer: "India"
Feedback: "Tigers live in India, but lions live in Africa."

3. Gap fill
- 10 gaps
- context (e.g. a story)
- choose the gaps wisely :)

Tips:
+ Create feedback which is interesting and informative; do not hesistate to include facts from our real life.
+ Do not skip determiners, e.g. articles:)
+ do not hesitate to include images, links, or audio!

HP exercises can be interonnected using the menu Configure - Buttons.
Suggested course of actions:

1. Create HP matching exercise Ex1. Connect it to the index.html. Make sure you have all the files, including images, in the same folder as the exercise. Save, export.
2. Create a HP multiple choice exercise Ex2.Connect it to the index.html. Carefully fill in the feedback! Save, export.
3. Create a HP gap fill exercise Ex3. Connect it to the index.html and Ex1.html. Save, export.
4. Connect Ex1 to Ex2, and Ex2 to Ex3. Save, export.
5. Open your index.html in NVU. Add links to all three HotPot exercises. Save.
6. Upload all files (index.html, Ex1.html, Ex2.html, Ex3.html, all images) to the web.

pondělí 18. února 2019

Creating a Website

HOMEWORK for the next lesson:

1. clearly formulated survey question - printed
3. distribution plan and strategies
2. a draft of the questionnaire - formatted + PRINTED

Task 1 - focus on web

You should be able to

insert an image into your web
insert a weblink into your web
insert a link to any file into your web
use tables for formatting the page
improve the graphics using suitable colour combinations

Task 2 - focus on survey

You should

define the problem to explore
formulate a list of questions you will answer at the end
design the questionnaire
identify the target group of respondents
decide about the ways of distributing the questionnaire

TIPS:

limit the age of the target group
focus on one issue only
multiple choice: consider and include all possible answers, add one open possibility to be filled by the respondent

středa 13. února 2019

Interesting links

Kyborg (CZ)
Cyborg (EN wiki)

Cochlear implant
Being Bionic

AI vs. human debate (CZ)
Project Debater IBM

Memory-improving brain implants

středa 6. února 2019

Welcome!

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

active participation, working on classroom tasks
80% attendance

Projects: (submission deadline May 12, 2019)
1. A personal website (includes: a personal profile, HotPot index with basic info (topic, age, level) and links to all HP exercises, links to all school projects and tasks)
2. Hot Potatoes project (matching, multiple choice, gapfill, min. 10 questions each)
3. Survey project (see below) - links to the questionnaire and the final presentation (Prezi or another interactive format)
4. All class-based projects - your hoax image, audio etc.

TIP: ALWAYS BRING
- a pen drive
- headphones

L1 HOMEWORK
1. Prepare texts you will publish in your website, e.g. personal profile, hobbies etc. (see the Credit Requirements for details). Save the texts in .txt file (poznamkovy blok).
2. Define the question(s) to be answered by your survey. Prepare the questionnaire draft and bring it next week as a HARDCOPY.

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The key question: How can you use ICT in teaching English?

Task 1
Read the following article: https://www.myenglishpages.com/blog/ict-tools-and-english-language-teaching/
Note down any terms you have never encountered, and tools you have never used. Make a personal plan - choose which of the unknown tools you will try out during the lesson.
TIP: Always note your plans down - writing supports logical thinking, reasoning, timing, and enables final check.

Task 2
Reflect your personal experience and preferences. Make a list of three activities using ICT which you regularly use to support your studies. use PEN AND PAPER! You need not sign the sheet.
When finished, pass the paper on. Read the lists written by the other students and compare.

Task 3
Watch the video HERE.
Who made it? How? For what purpose?
What do you think of the video? Summarise your opinions in the comment to this blog entry.

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Task 4 - optional
What is Kahoot?
https://kahoot.com
Register, and try out! work in groups, test your tests.

Task 5
For publishing and sharing anything, you need a space you can edit freely. Let's create a private website!

Create a folder named PCSkills on your pen drive.
Create the index.html file in NVU. Save it into the PCSkills folder.
Write a short introductory text into the file index.html. You will improve it later.

[WYSIWYG editors for Mac]

Experiment with formatting, colours, consider the role of images and graphics...

Insert a link to the KAJ Dept. page.
Insert a picture you took (avoid copyright problems!).
Create an Avatar HERE and add the link into your index.html.

Create a free account at webzdarma.cz. Design a catchy name for your domain.
Upload your index.html and the image to your site in webzdarma.

Bask in glory, admiring your first hand-made web page!

Experiment with formatting, colours, consider the role of images and graphics. Check the links below for ideas:

Inspiration:

http://www.colorpicker.com/

http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Simple-Webpage-Using-Notepad

Psychologie barev
ColorSchemes
Colors for web - Theory
WebcolorsWiki

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Internet Survival Guide

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Survey - project details

Consider a topic which you could use for your bachelor thesis; discuss the choice of topic with yout tutor
Set a hypothesis or a research question
You will need at least 60 respondents of the chosen target group to get reliable data
Prepare the questionnaire and pilot it – do the respondents understand the questions properly? Discuss the questionnaire witht he tutor before using it
Consider the way of processing the data in advance and modify the questionnaire design accordingly
Consider possible correlations among various questions
Disseminate the questionnaire, collect data and analyse them, answer the pre-set questions
Write the final report, illustrate the findings with charts and graphs

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TOPICS:

13.02.2019 CR, basic Internet skills, web safety, ICT in ELT, Survey design; Creating a website
20.02.2019 Creating a website - continued; Avatar; online ELT resources
27.02.2019 HotPot
06.03.2019 Images + hoaxes
13.03.2019 Audio + Podcast
20.03.2019 IT reliability, trolling, fake news
27.03.2019 Survey Project online - pilot, progress, data collection, hypotheses and questions
03.04.2019 Word for university students
10.04.2019 Excel + basic statistics - processing survey data
17.04.2019 Developing the webpage, finalising projects
24.04.2019 HotPot advanced - feedback
01.05.2019 HOLIDAY
08.05.2019 HOLIDAY
15.05.2019 credit week

středa 16. ledna 2019

How to set a password

https://www.xkcd.com/936/

středa 12. prosince 2018

WEB - Worldwide Educational Buzz

The internet offers hundreds... thousands... millions of sites focused on "educative games", "easy learning" and "fun at school". Which of them do you know?
How can you work with them effectively - as a student and as a teacher?

Explore the suggested sites (currently popular in the CR), try out, and think. Do they support learning? Are they just a silly loss of time? What is your opinion?
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https://quizizz.com/

individual speed

jumbled questions

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5c11009ba768f2001abb3a9f

TASK 1: let's play a game.

Instructions:

open join.quizizz.com

Enter game code 335822

Wait for the tutor to start the game. Have fun.

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https://getkahoot.com/

classroom games

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/a710ad11-a153-48a3-8c47-4a848c682bee

TASK 2: Go to https://kahoot.it/ and enter game pin 365925

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https://www.mentimeter.com/

fast real-time online polls

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http://www.ted.com/

online lectures

TASK 3: find a lecture useful for your studies. Consider the language, speed, the density of information and their reliability.

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https://www.emaze.com/

presentations

ppt upload enabled

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https://padlet.com/

collaborative learning and materials sharing

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https://timeline.knightlab.com/

making simple timelines

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https://www.edmodo.com/

"facebook" for teachers , students, parents

moodle type e-learning

worldwide communication platform

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https://quizlet.com/

flash cards

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https://animoto.com/

online videos

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TASK 4:

Create a short game in quizziz or kahoot. Make groups of 4 and play the 4 games together.
For registration use your mail - no other personal data should be required!
Register as a TEACHER to be able to create courses.
Do not forget to confirm your email before being able to create activities.

TASK 5:

Write your findings and opinions about the various URLs to the comments.

středa 5. prosince 2018

webquests links

Do not forget:
Specify the target group
comment on each suggested link (and make the links ACTIVE)
always add more than one link to each task/activity/problem - support analysis, comparing of resources and ideas.

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Veselý, Klasna, Šebek
Climate change
https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/LF2X4K?teacher_id=6608791468507136
add descriptions to the links
include some hoax resources as well
specify the frame of the final debate - organisation, time limits, results?

Lukešová, Vávrová
PC Games evaluation and age limits
https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/VF24CV?teacher_id=5675588759060480
under construction
activate the links, add descriptions
specify the target group
add some graphics/illustrations - e.g. the game covers

Phamová, Hanzlíková, Kavanová
Plastic Pollution
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=395283
product - presentation or teaching/educating material? saying is not doing :)
more links to topics 3+4 - should we add some controversial ones?

Saidlová, Fichtnerová, Tetemondová
Post-Apocalyptic World Survival
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=395478
a good general frame + excellent resources, clearly defined result (survival equipment)
logic? very different level of isolated tasks - the logical background is missing
(e.g. why to grow crystals? what crystals? why salt? what are they used for? money - ores - crystals - what is the post-ap. currency? How far is the storm xx how fast it moves??)
imagine the whole task as a movie script. give life to the heroes, connect the tasks, create a story.

Markéta Váchalová
Totality
https://sites.google.com/site/thepowerofmasses/
final product: to evaluate (in)activity in a debate objectively is almost impossible
systematic, structured, clear instructions
very specific, limited tasks - is it a benefit or not?
add more general links and reliable eye-witness materials on real totalitarian regimes
time schedule?
Intro - "stand against or not" question - is it answered somewhere? should be an emphasized part of the debate?

Scharf, Gärtner
Movie Makers
https://sites.google.com/site/movieshooting101/
inactive links
this is a nice project, but not a webquest.
review the WQ description again.

Barbora Zadinová, Kateřina Ihnatolová, Jiří Vácha
Are you a better playwright than Shakespeare?:
https://sites.google.com/site/playwrightquest/home
the whole play? or 1 act? or.... ? pls specify
offer more links, think of what is needed
creativity - modifying the story?
Process - text formatting troubles
a German site? why?
a great evaluation chart

Horáková
Time Machine
https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/JFTLCX?teacher_id=6106120978432000
a great idea - background story
check the language again, a few slips or illogical spots may appear
++ different types of tasks (e.g. visual contact only)
give the scientists names, age and realistic profiles (1+2 sent. is enough)
URLs missing?

středa 21. listopadu 2018

Testing in Moodle

Do not forget:
Most often, e-learning tests work as practice and self-evaluation, not only for evaluation or assessment. Therefore, sufficient feedback is vital!

TASK:
Create a moodle test with 10 different questions.
Target group: your classmates
Field of study: Morphology OR Literature - preparing for a real test/exam
Enter your real name and surname into the name of the quiz.

Organisation:
Row 1 - insert your quiz to Topic 1
Row 2 - insert your quiz to Topic 2
etc.

You have 50 minutes! In the remaining ten minutes before the reset, try out the quizzes made by your colleagues. Who of them made a better quiz?
Explore the setting possibilities!

INSTRUCTIONS
Go to
https://moodle.org/demo/
Choose Moodle Sandbox
register as teacher/sandbox

Use My First Course
Turn editing on (a button on the upper right)

Choose Add an activity or resource
in a Topic
Choose Quiz and read all info available.
Add the quiz and explore the settings.

Click on the new test name. Choose Edit test - then click on Add (on the right side!) - a new question - and explore the available formats.

Good luck :)

úterý 6. listopadu 2018

Moodle for beginners

E-learning is a popular and worldwide form of supporting students, especially in distance programs.
E-learning materials reflect the content and form of a textbook, and add the necessary feedback which in a real class would be provided by the teacher.
E-learning can offer resources in any format, from text and images up to online videos and interactive test. Neverthless, all these can always be found somewhere... what remains REALLY important is not the material, but the supportive STRUCTURE of the course.
Langmaster
Langmaster languages choice
Lingea

When creating an e-learning course, we usually use one of the free platforms available; during the years, Moodle became probably the best known and most used platform. The platform enables the user to create a course in the same way we create textbooks or worksheets: adding information, resources, references, tasks, tests...

PROBLEM 1 - WHAT IS E-LEARNING?
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A quotation from the discussion forum:

The difference between online learning and classroom based computer generated material
francis charters
Neděle, 25. říjen 2015, 02.37

I am a newcomer to Moodle and I am confused.

I have been teaching, and using computer generated materials in the classroom for many years. Since looking at the Moodle sites of various colleges I have seen a lot of tutors putting exactly the same online as they used in the classroom. Is this common practice?

Surely a powerpoint, for example, that has me in front of it talking about it, eliciting discussion about it, verbally picking out specific parts of it, should be a largely different design to a powerpoint that is meant to be accessed by a student with no tutor input?

How much can the tutors be asked to produce/edit material so that the students are progressing online efficiently?

Any thoughts?
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TASK 1: What should be the difference between e-learning course based on Moodle, and the materials prepared for face-to-face lessons?

Please publish your ideas in the comments to this blog entry.
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PROBLEM 2 - THE SOFTWARE

When creating the material, we consider (apart form the learner, aims, teaching situation and other features of the real life) the FORM and CONTENT.

The FORM includes the logical organisation, navigation, graphics, icons, images...
The CONTENT includes the topic, the information we present, and the ways they are processed.

TASKS:
1. Find out more about Moodle at moodle.org. Explore the site. You might try this page first: https://docs.moodle.org/33/en/Features

2. Explore the site ; read the discussion at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=322107.
Then go to http://school.demo.moodle.net/ - Mount Orange School - and explore how Moodle works; view the courses from several different roles!

Example of a simple course

4. Use the Mount Orange site as sandbox.
Experiment with the courses, tests and various settings. READ the available comments!
https://moodlecloud.com/en/

5. What did you learn about Moodle?
What features surprise you?
What new aspects apear in e-learning, comapred to your experience and expectation?
Write your answers into the comments to this blog entry.

More links:
Moodle home
General features
Sandbox
PF UJEP

středa 24. října 2018

Interactive Board Advanced

What is interaction?
How can we use IWB in teaching English?
What advantages does it offer as compared with a dataprojector?

Task 1
Browse the site veskole.cz. Try to identify some material demonstrating good practice. Insert the link into the comments to this blog entry.

Task 2
Using the links offered below, learn how to create hidden feedback of various types.

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Interactive = offering immediate feedback

A What should the teacher do?

- present text, images, sound, animations, video, links
- give the class a chance to think
- support creativity
- use the time wisely
- motivate the students

B What should we include?
- a functional combination of text, visual support and audio
- variability of all sorts
- empty space
- motivating activities (games)
- feedback

C Technical skills to be mastered:
- inserting text
- inserting images
- inserting audio
- inserting links

- locking
- grouping
- using layers - covering one object with another
- containing
- magical window

Youtube tutorials
How to use Containers
Multiple Containers
How to make a magic box
Creating Action Objects
Magic revealer window

TIPS AND TRICKS:

Hidden content
How it works: if you click on object1, object2 (dis)appears
Go to Actions - find command Hidden/Skryté
Identify the target
Save the changes

Detailed instructions here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGIVaZ4ScWs

USING CONTAINERS
1. Text to be moved:
Identification: Name = Panda
Contain: Return if not contained = True

2. Image or a space where to put the text/answer:
Can Contain = Specific object
Contain Object = (Select Object) Panda
Contain Rule = Completely contained

Česká verze:
1. Text (objekt), s nímž se bude pohybovat:
Identifikace: Název = Panda
Kontejner: Vrátit, pokud není obsaženo = Pravda

2. Objekt (obrázek), kam se text/odpověď přesouvá:
Může obsahovat = Konkrétní objekt
Obsažený objekt = (Vybrat objekt) Panda
Pravidlo pro obsah = Úplně obsaženo

Hiding objects in SMART: online help

To animate object in SMART:

Select the object.
If the Properties tab isn’t visible, press Properties .
Press Object Animation.
Select options in the Type, Direction, Speed, Occurs and Repeats drop-down lists.

Hiding objects using magic ink in Activ: youtube tutorial

Magic revealer window (Activ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYwDJ0ghkc
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/Download.aspx?ContentId=76847

1.    Insert two images
2.    Put one of them to the Top layer
3.    Create a rectangle. Settings:
a.    Margin (ohraničení) – cca 20
b.    Výplň – Nic
4.    Activate the magic ink. Fill in the rectangle.
5.    Set the order of the resulting two objects (rectangle will be above the magic ink to make the margins smooth)
6.    Group them together.

7. Check the order of the layers: Object (the rectangle), Pen (the magic ink) nad the upper image are in the upper layer in the mentioned order, the remaining image is in the middle layer.

úterý 23. října 2018

Interactive Board - Basics

No matter what IWB software you use, some basics remain identical - both from the points of view of technology and methodology.

IN THE CLASS:
Explore Activ Inspire and Smart Notebook, try the basic functions, get the feeling of both softwares.
Follow the list of compulstory items below and practice these basic skills both in Activ and Smart.

HOMEWORK:
Explore the site http://www.veskole.cz/, try to identify high-quality materials, and recognise the faulty ones.

What can we use the Interactive Board Material for?

1. To identify the purpose of the material:
Intro – topic, aim, target group
Source – textbook
Credits

2. To identify the resources:
References – texts, audio, images resources (last page)
create your own images!

3. To suggest how to use the material:
– create a Teacher’s book (could be in side notes, or in the last page, or hidden within each page)
– instructions to tasks (focus on organization, variability)

4. To enable easy navigation: Insert links
In Activ Inspire - use commands "Another page" and "Open a website"
In Smart - right click at the object, use "Odkaz"

5. To use visual and auditory input: insert images, audio and video
In Active Inspire: go to Resource Browser (the symbol of 2 music notes)
In Smart: go to Gallery (the symbol of a picture)
In both: download an image, and drag it to the chosen page

6. To integrate games and animations into a lesson:
Explore the resourcepacks
Modify Flash animations (Smart)

Interactive Board Project compulsory items:
- teacher book with target group, objectives and instructions on the use of your material
- enough functional and effective visual support (images, graphics, illustrations)
- a listening task (+ audio with tapescript)
- a speaking task
- feedback to all tasks
- links to T's Book from all pages (and links back!)
- active URLs (with tasks)
- a link to a youtube video - focused on the topic, with tasks!
- enough space for the students'work
- a page with all references

You can find examples and instructional files online, and also at http://prekladani.capsa.cz
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středa 3. října 2018

WebQuest

A WebQuest is an effective tool for USING English. In the following weeks, you will find out how it works, and we will discuss the design of your first WebQuest.

REMEMBER: A good WebQuest
- uses Internet resources (written in good authentic English)
- requires independent thinking, not mechanic copying from references
- is based on information processing: the students search for facts, evaluate, and come to their your own conclusions

Task 1:

which of these topics can be developed into a good webquest?
1. product: a tourist guide through Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland
2. product: an itinerary for a group travel to Prague
3. product: an essay on the political causes of the Great War
4. product: a list of reasons why UFO does not exist

Task 2:
Define the topic and product of your webquest.
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WebQuest Home Page

TASK A
1. Identify an example of good practice - a WebQuest which you consider to be of a high quality - and enter its URL to tne comments of this blog.

Example: Greece or China?

A tool for making and publishing presentations online

WebQuest characteristic:
• information search
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
• creativity
• autonomy
• fun

What is necessary:
• clear instructions
• clear description of the final product
• adequate choice of internet sources, with comments

WebQuest from the T’s point of view:
• choosing topic and task
• TIME – web search, detailing the process, clear and logical instructions
• focus on information processing – prevent plagiarism
• focus on authentic English resources

WebQuest from the Ss point of view:
• TASK
• instructions
• tips + web URLs
• final product
• autonomy + freedom of choice
• creativity

TASK B
Work in the set groups. Start designing your project Webquest.
First, think about the outcomes of your WebQuest - describe the final product.
Paralelly search for suitable online resources, Remember to set a task wich does not enable copy-paste solution.

Look at the WebQuest template to learn more about its structure.

Inspiration:
WebQuest 1 - Buliding the Stonehenge
WebQuest 2 - Animals
WebQuest 3 - A Trip to Egypt
WebQuest 4 - A Diary of the Survivor
WebQuest 5 - Pirates!

úterý 2. října 2018

Working on a Scenario

FAQ:

1. Specifying target groups:
for each project, you should describe the target group in terms of age and proficiency.
Suggested limits:
scenario - 11+, with enough reading skills
IWB - almost any age + proficiency, though with young learners it would be a pretty hard work to prepare enough material on practicing e.g. basic colours
WebQuest - 15+, to apply enough analytical and evaluational skills

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While writing the scenario, define the following:
1. Target group - age, proficiency
2. Task - what the class should do, identifying the final outcome and product
3. Aims and objectives: what the class will learn in these fields:
factual knowledge
language (vocabulary, reading skills...)
communicative skills
social skills

Make a list of keywords to help the class read and understand.

Computers skills and specifics:
create a correct, logical text
write the whole scenario into a single text file first
add illustrations and graphics to support reading with undestanding

Evaluation criteria:
Creativity
The applied reading skills
Ethical and informational dimensions
Aesthetics

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TWINE FAQ (ref from Twine Guide - see the link below) :
Creating links:
Most of the time, you'll be linking from one passage to another. The easiest way to do this is to put the name of the passage you're linking to in between two square brackets, [[like this]]. This will turn the passage name into a clickable link.

However, you may also want to have the text shown on the page be different from the passage name. For example, you might have two ways to reach a passage, or you may not want to give away the name of the destination. In these cases, you can write this:

[[Open the cage door->Devoured by Lions]]
[[Devoured by Lions<-open cage="" div="" door="" the="">
[[Open the cage door|Devoured by Lions]]

In these examples, the clickable text will say “Open the cage door,” but the link will lead to a passage named Devoured by Lions. Any of these formats will work; use whichever is the easiest to remember.

Inserting html:
If you'd like to add HTML to your story – for example, some text you have customized, or you have some code to embed a resource like a YouTube video – you can add it directly to your passage's text. It will displayed exactly as you've entered it.

Inserting images:

Once you know what your image's URL is, having it display in your story is as simple as entering the correct HTML code to show up:

<img src="the URL of your image" width="500" height="300" alt="Two foxes">

The width and height part of the code control the size of your image on the page. If you leave them off, then it will display the image in the dimensions as you saved it.

If you are using relative links for your multimedia, you will need to publish your story to the correct location on your computer so that the references point to the right place. If you have an image tag whose source property is “myimage.jpeg”, for example, then your published file must be placed in the same folder as the file myimage.jpeg.

Publishing:
you'll need to publish your story using the Publish to File option in the story menu, and then post the resulting file to a web site.

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See this link for basic info about scenarios, and Cathy Moore's blog to find out about the practical use of scenarios.

Examples of scenarios:
http://sunil-rao.com/wp-content/uploads/Inner-Vision.swf
http://www.worldwarfighter.com/hajikamal/activity/
Twine to download
HELP for TWINE
Twine2Guide

easy start with twine

More at
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2011/07/sample-branching-scenario-cool-tool/
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2010/05/elearning-example-branching-scenario/

úterý 25. září 2018

The Second Level

Credit requirements
1. E-learning material: a scenario to be created individually or in pairs – deadline November 15
2. WebQuest: to be created in groups of three and presented to the class – deadline December 5
3. Material for interactive board – deadline December 16

Finalised projects shall be submitted before given deadlines; please publish your project in your personal website and send me an email (jana.pavlikova@ujep.cz) with the URL.

HOMEWORK:

1. Choose, discuss and register topic for your scenario (enter the topic + your name into the comments to this blog entry). Start writing a mindmap.

2. Check the relevant textbooks for topics.Choose and register the topic for your interactive board materials (ITBM), and list the keywords you want to teach. Into the comments to this blog entry, please include:
1. topic
2. target group - age, grade
3. the textbook you are using
4. the list of 10-12 keywords.

3. Install the ActivInspire (registration needed) and Smart Notebook software, and explore the qualitites and opportuninties of IWB material.

IMPORTANT:
1. Download the actual version of Activ Inspire form the Promethean site. Copy the key from the sticker on the activboard in the class.
2. For SMART NOTEBOOK, use the installation files in iso format saved in capsa: Folder IWB Materials, file SW_interactiv.iso. Use the key presented there. Disable actualisation processes.
Both installations are fully legal.

4. Register your WebQuest topic - enter the topic + your names into the comments to this blog entry.

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EXAM
written, 120min in a computer lab (CS226); the task will be to publish electronic learning material on a given topic, and with the requested format and content details.
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TASKS DETAILS

Scenario
See this link for basic info about scenarios, and Cathy Moore's blog to find out about the practical use of scenarios.

Examples of scenarios:
http://sunil-rao.com/wp-content/uploads/Inner-Vision.swf
http://www.worldwarfighter.com/hajikamal/activity/

TWINE engine can be installed, or works online at https://twinery.org/
A guide for using Twine
HELP for TWINE

More at
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2011/07/sample-branching-scenario-cool-tool/
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2010/05/elearning-example-branching-scenario/

While writing the scenario, define the following:
1. Target group - age, proficiency
2. Task - what the class should do, identifying the final outcome and product
3. Aims and objectives: what the class will learn in these fields:
factual knowledge
language (vocabulary, reading skills...)
communicative skills
social skills

Make a list of keywords to help the class read and understand.

Computers skills and specifics:
create a correct, logical text
write the whole scenario into a single text file first
add illustrations and graphics to support reading with undestanding

For brainstorming, you may want to use this software: http://www.mindmeister.com/

Examples of scenarios:
http://www.77.wz.cz/ReptileIsland.html
http://memorypalace.wz.cz/lost01.html
https://tholec.php5.cz/scenario/
http://whatismylife.webz.cz/Post-Apocalypse%20Survival.html

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Interactive Board Project
Choose a textbook and a topic as a basis (primary or lower secondary levels – basic school)
1. the aim: teaching vocabulary; choose 10-12 vocabulary items
2. choose and design various activities
3. inspiration: www.veskole.cz

At first, you should choose the topic for your interactive board materials (ITBM), and list the keywords you want to teach. Into the comments to this blog entry, please include:
1. topic
2. target group - age, grade
3. the textbook you are using
4. the list of 10-12 keywords.

The finalised ITB Projectwill be published online in one of the available formats (Activ or Smart)

The project must include:
• Introductory page – Topic, Target group, Objectives, Author’s name, date
• All references
• Active URLs
• Listening task + tapescript
• Lots of interactivity
• Inner links among pages whenever necessary
• Feedback and keys to ALL tasks
• Teacher’s Book - instructions

Most frequent mistakes:
• Vague tasks, not defined objectives
• Too many visual effects without purpose
• Missing keys and feedback, or missing multiple correct answers
• The pages are too long – cannot be seen in one screen
• strange combinations of colours
• misspelled words, slips, grammatical mistakes

Examples of materials - http://www.veskole.cz/, Promethean planet home site, youtube...

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WebQuest
For the final design and publishing, you may:
EITHER use questgarden or zunal.
Read the registration and free use conditions first.

Or use any free Wequest generator you like, e.g.
https://sites.google.com/site/studentwebquesttemplate/
https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2016/09/the-ultimate-webquest-creator

The final product shall be uploaded to your personal web; if it is published elsewhere, you will include active link.

WebQuest characteristic:
information search
information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
creativity
autonomy
fun

What is necessary:
clear instructions
clear description of the final product
adequate choice of internet sources, with comments

WebQuest from the T’s point of view:
choosing topic and task
TIME – web search, detailing the process, clear and logical instructions
focus on information processing – prevent plagiarism
focus on authentic English resources

WebQuest from the Ss point of view:
task
instructions
tips + web URLs
final product
autonomy + freedom of choice
creativity

WEBQUEST EXAMPLES:
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=178524
http://questgarden.com/197/19/4/171119060403/

úterý 24. dubna 2018

Scenario

Scenarios are decision-making games, stories or simulations, which can be used both for fun or for professional traning - e.g. for doctors, nurses, military personnel, drivers, social workers...

The branching enables the reader to decide - and to live through the consequences of his decisions immediately.

In the world of fiction, you might have read a series of fighting-fantasy books by Steve Jackson - for example Khare, Cityport of Traps.

Task 1
Play the following scenarios. Which of them would you choose for:
A military personel
B the final year of a vocational school
C 2nd grade of "osmilete gymnazium"

Enter your suggestions into the comments to this blog entry. Include the reasoning!

Examples of scenarios:
http://www.worldwarfighter.com/hajikamal/activity/
Reptile Island
Inside the Pyramid
Driving Home
Samurai
Post-Apocalyptic Survival
http://sunil-rao.com/wp-content/uploads/Inner-Vision.swf

While writing the scenario, syou should always define the following:
1. Target group - age, proficiency
2. Task - what the class should do, identifying the final outcome and product
3. Aims and objectives: what the class will learn in these fields:
factual knowledge
language (vocabulary, reading skills...)
communicative skills
social skills

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TWINE engine bor making scenarios to download: http://www.gimcrackd.com/etc/src/

HELP for TWINE

easy start with twine

More at
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2011/07/sample-branching-scenario-cool-tool/
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2010/05/elearning-example-branching-scenario/
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2018/04/3-ways-to-help-people-learn-from-mistakes-in-branching-scenarios/

úterý 17. dubna 2018

Survey presentation - instructions

Prepare a presentation of your results in PREZI and share the link in the comments below.
Compulsory items:

Topic, questions and hypotheses

the aim of the survey
expected outcomes
the importance of the results

Survey methods

mostly questionnaire
multiple choice, open questions... why and when?

Methods of dissemination

email, web sharing, direct contact with the respondents
electronic or printed

Target group, the final number of respondents

group age, profession, other important characteristics

Summative results (in %) (illustrated through graphs)

it is not necessary to sum up every question - think, combine, search for most important results, decide about the most illustrative and informative graph formats

Correlations

if possible

Conclusions

sum up the most important, most surprising, most expected findings
consider possibilities to use the findings further - who can benefit from the gained knowledge? how?

pondělí 16. dubna 2018

WebQuest Intro

A WebQuest is an effective tool for USING English. In the following term, you will find out how it works and how to design a good WebQuest. Today we will focus on the main characteristics and criteria.

REMEMBER: A good WebQuest
- uses Internet resources (written in good authentic English)
- requires independent thinking, not mechanic copying from references
- is based on information processing: the students search for facts, evaluate, and come to their your own conclusions

WebQuest Home Page

WebQuest characteristic:
• information search
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
• creativity
• autonomy
• fun

What is necessary:
• clear instructions
• clear description of the final product
• adequate choice of internet sources, with comments

Look at the WebQuest template to learn more about its structure.

TASK:
Read the following WebQuests. Which of them would you prefer as a student? Why?
Write your opinions and decisions into the comment to this blog entry. Do not forget to mention the reasons for your decision, identify your preferences!

WebQuest 1 - Animals
WebQuest 2 - A Trip to Egypt
WebQuest 3 - A Diary of the Survivor
WebQuest4 - Building Stonehenge
WebQuest5 - Conspiracy Theories
WebQuest6 - Gun Violence + Race

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