Learning Call

Welcome to PUFS CALL Course (Fall 2011)

2012-11-08T13:20:00.001+09:00

Computer Assisted Language Learning
for the Teacher Training Program at
Pusan University of Foreign Studies
in Busan Korea

Sept. 7~ Oct. 15, 2011

Trainees will be using this site as their primary source of materials and assignments, but as an open content course, all are welcome to make use of the content and join in the conversation.
More about the course here.

Week#1 Week#2 Week#3 Week#4 Week#5 Week#6

Optional Call - Dec. 12~Jan. 20

Sections
Tools * Readings * Websites * Skills Training * Q & A

Optional CALL

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Week#7

Sacramento Survival Guide

Photo Uploading: Guide Picasaweb.google.com

Another Option: Facebook

PUFS TTP Facebook Group

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Skype
Register for an account at http://www.skype.com/go/join?intcmp=join
If you don't have Skype on your computer, download it here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/
Start the program and login.
Skype Guide

Google+ Hangouts
Guide to creating and joining a Google+ Hangout

Video Email
Register here: http://eyejot.com/join
Click 'Compose New Message'

Week#6

Electronic Village Online

January 8~February 12, 2012

Launch Webcast here

EVO Call for Participation

Sessions

Becoming a Webhead 2012

Multiliteracies for Social Networking andCollaborative Learning Environments

TESOL-Drama Workshop: Implementing andEvaluating the Facilitation of English Language learningthrough Drama

Digital Storytelling for Young Learners

Digital Tools with Purpose in theClassroom

PLEs and PLNs for Lifelong Learning

Teaching and Language Learning ThroughGamification

MachinEVO
Video Productions of Language LearningConversations

Teaching English to Young Learnersand Teens

Developing our Mentoring Skills

MOODLE for Teachers

Podcasting for the EFL/ESL Classroom

Social Networking: Making it Work for Youand Your Students!

Tutoring with Web 2.0 Tools - Designingfor Social Presence

Pages of Note
BaW2011 Favorite Tools
MultiliteracyTutorials
DigitalTools Group Favorite Tools

Digital Tools Participant Map

View EVO2012 DigitalTools Participants in a larger map

Week#5 - Activities Revisited

New Activity Sites

Favorites

Others

Sites designed specifically to provide test taking peparation

Online Activity Generators

Proprofs examples

COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS IN ENGLISH » Online exam software

Life Events Vocabulary Quiz » create exams

Week#4

Mobile Tools

Make your own comics and animations

Personality Tests and Your Virtual Fortune

(goodfor vocabulary)

Right Brain/Left Brain

MBTIStatements

Word Choice

Descriptions of MBTI Types

More Descriptions

Lotsof tests at: Similarminds.com/personality_tests.html

Easier Stuff

Astrological Profile

Tarot Card

Chinese Readings

Chinese Zodiac Compatibility

How Romantic Are You?

Coworker Zodiac Comparability

Children's Horoscopes

Love Horoscope Profile

Odds& Ends

Graphic Organizer Links & Gliffy.com (mind mapping and chart building)

Barry Fun English Tools

Online Clocks & Stopwatches

Week#3

Video capturing and editing
Sites that can be used to download video from YouTube

KeepVid.com - online download tool - paste in the video URL, choose your format, can convert
Tubget.com - similar to Keepvid
Video2mp3.net - Convert Youtube videos to mp3 files
Downloadhelper.net - Firefox extension allows downloading and converting
Other Download Tools: Vixy.net, Videogetting.com, Zamzar.com, KeepTube.com

Window Live Movie Maker Guides

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Screencapturing & Screensharing

Live Desktop Sharing

Screen Capture (image & video)
- Screencast-o-Matic
- Screenr
- Jing Project - easy screencast publishing
- Camstudio - free screencast software
- Camtasia - Media Recording (commercial)

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Edublog Awards

Week#2

Go to this Google Doc and add your Skype ID and Gmail Address

Skype
Register for an account at http://www.skype.com/go/join?intcmp=join
If you don't have Skype on your computer, download it here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/
Start the program and login.
Skype Guide

Google+ Hangouts
Guideto creating and joining a Google+ Hangout

Video Email
Register here: http://eyejot.com/join
Click 'Compose New Message'

Interactive Presentation Environments
Blackboard Collaborate
Video example - Collaborate Recording
Webhead Recordings Classroom20 Recordings

Try joining a Collaborate room at Webheads http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=273662
Click Join. Then Login and click 'Enter Now'
Save the 'meeting.php' file and open it. Click Run

Classroom2.0 Site & Upcoming Events
WebheadsinAction EVO2012 Workshops

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Week#1

Discuss your CALL Learning Passions & Preferences
Experiment with building a course website
Google Sites Weebly
Check out a few new sites on the Website Buffet page

Week#6

2011-10-18T09:37:00.002+09:00

Let's 'Hangout'
Plug in your headset.
Click on the little +YourName at the very upper left of your gmail window.

Getting started with Google+ here
If you see 'Jeffrey Lebow is hanging out", click 'Join this Hangout'.

Hang out. Smile when Jeff takes the Class Hangout Screenshot Picture.

(Hangout Guide Here)
For information about a similar tool, check out the Skype Guide
Something to think about: How might you use Google Hangout in your teaching and personal life?

Next, let's play with Todaysmeet.com
Go to http://todaysmeet.com/LearningCall
Enter your name and click Join.

Type something and click 'Say'.

Chat and answer Jeff's Super Challenge questions as quickly as possible

More Chat Tools Here

Something to think about: How might you use this kind of tool for educational purposes?

Social Networking: Google+ is one of the newest 'social netwoking' sites out there. You can find infomration about many others in the

Social Networking Guide.

For now, the most popular social networking site on the planet is Facebook. I've created a
PUFS TTP Fall 2011 Group here.

In the past, this has been used as a way for TTP participants toshare photos and resources during the program and stay in touchafterward. It's also useful for connected with people you might whilein the U.S. To join, you'll need to create a Facebook account (if you don't already have one), click on the above link. People who are already in the group can add 'friends' to it.
If you'd like to become 'friends' with Jeff, you can do so here by clicking 'Add Friend'.

For information about Twitter, LinkedIn, and other ELT Groups, check out the Social Networking Guide. (optional)

Spend the rest of class doing one or more of the following:

Review assorted skills
- Make a Hot Potatoes Activitiy
- Record audio with Audacity and post it on your blog
- Post photos and videos on your blog
- Create a Google Presentation or Prezi
- Check your Google Reader and comment on blogs
- Sample the website buffet and use Diigo to bookmark sites of interest

AND/OR

Experiment with some new ones
- Create a PBWorks account and upload an html or mp3 file there. This will allow you to have your own space for uploading those kinds of files.
-Experiment with social networking. Create a Twitter account and findpeople to follow. Explore some of the Language Learning communities outthere.
- Experiment with chat tools like TodaysMeet, Voki, or Natural Reader

AND/OR

Write a blog post about...
...the 5 most useful CALL resources you've seen (in this class or elsewhere) with short descriptions of why you like them.
or
...how you might use CALL tools in your teaching

Getting Started with Google+

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To get started with Google+, click on the +YourName in the upper left of your Gmail Window (or go to plus.google.com)

The first time you use Google+, you'll need to enter information about gender and age. Click Join.

You'll see several screens that ask you about profile information and adding people to circles. You can enter information or ignore and click 'continue' each time.

If you see Jeffrey Lebow at some point, click 'Add to circles'.

Then 'create new circle' and enter 'TTP'.

Now go to Jeffrey Lebow's Profile page

If you see 'Jeffrey Lebow is hanging out", click 'Join this Hangout'.

Hang out. Smile when Jeff takes the Class Hangout Screenshot Picture.

Additional Google+ Links

Squidoo's Google+ Beginner's Guide http://www.squidoo.com/google-plus-beginners-guide
Google+ for Educators: http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=135530#
Official G+ Help: http://www.google.com/support/plus/?hl=en&p=help_center
(Korean Version) http://www.google.com/support/plus/?hl=kr&p=help_center

Week#5

2011-10-05T10:06:00.001+09:00

The CALL Buffet - Week#5
Choose the buffet items of most interest and dig in! You will probably NOT have enough time to do all of the tasks mentioned.
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Presentations:
Take a look at the PresentationGuide.
Task: Lookat some of the specific examples there. Try to embed one onyour blog. (see presentation guide for details on how to do this. Example here)
Optional Tasks: Tryto create and embed a Google presentation (guide here) on yourblog. Try to create your first prezi.
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Audio
Look at the Audio Guide
Tasks:
- Explore the sites listed there and Bookmark at least 2audio sites using Diigo
- Use Audacityto record an mp3 file.
- Upload itto: JeffLebow.net/ttp-files
ID: pufsttp Password: 4CALL-fun
Edit/Choose File / Upload / SAVE
- Post that audio file on your blog with a short description (guide here) (example here)
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Video
Look at the Video Guide
- Explore the sites listed there and Bookmark at least 2 video sites using Diigo
- Go to YouTube.com, find any video of interest and post it on your blog (instructions here)
- Use a video download site to save a video file from a YouTube Video
- Use your webcam to create and post your own video on YouTube. Become a YouTube Star!

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At the end of class, use Google Reader to see what your classmates have posted and make a couple of comments.

Week#4

2011-09-28T09:56:00.010+09:00

Post photos to your blog.
The easiest way to do this is shown here in the Blogger Guide. Example here
If you’d like to experiment with Google’s Photo service Picasa, here’s how.
Picasa allows you to create and embed slideshows like this on your blog. Task: post at least 5 photos with short descriptions on your blog (either five in one single post or fives posts with one photo each).

Use Google Reader to subscribe to blogs (your classmates and many others).Download the PUFSTTP-Fall2011.opml here
Google Reader Guide Here
Task: import the above opml file and browse some of the blogs you’re subscribed to.

Comment on your classmates’ blogs. Toward the end of class, use your Google reader to look through you classmates blogs.Task: Make at least two comments.

Update your blog
Task: If you haven’t already done so, edit your ‘About Me’ page to include a short introduction.

Diigo Review:
Task: Edit the 'Resources Page of your blog. Add a link to your Diigo page.
Then browse from the websites buffet and bookmark at least three sites using Diigo. (Diigo Guide here)

Take a look at the Presentation Guide.
Task: Look at some of the specific examples there. Try to embed one on your blog.
Optional Tasks: Try to create and embed a Google presentation (guide here) on your blog. Try to create your first prezi.

Week#3

2011-09-21T10:55:00.004+09:00

CALL Week#3 Agenda

Hot Potatoes & Activity Websites

Go to the Activities Guide and follow instructions.
- Look at Hot Potatoes examples
- Create any kind of Hot Potatoes activity. The activity can be very simple (i.e. a 3 questions quiz, a gap activity with a few blanks, etc.). Look at the Hot Potatoes Guide for help.
- Save the HP activity (Save as & Create webpage) in c:\temp and save a copy on your USB drive. Make sure the file name includes your name and class#.______________________________________________________________

- (Optional) Post a Hot Potatoes Activity on your blog.
- Create a ‘new post’ on your blog.
- Then paste this code into a blog post (make sure to use 'Edit HTML tab, not Compose tab)
<iframe src="URL Here" frameborder="0" height="500" width="600" scrolling="auto"></iframe>(to find that code, click Questions on the LearningCall.net menu.
Click on Hot Potatoes Question)
- In another tab, upload that the Hot Potatoes html file to JeffLebow.net/ttp-files
(access info on handout)
- Once the file is attached and the post saved, RIGHT click the html file and 'copy link location'.
- In your 'new post' , paste that URL into the the code where it says 'URL Here'.
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(Optional) Use Google Forms or and try to create a basic quiz or survey with at least two questions. Post a link to that quiz (or embed it) in a blog entry on your blogger.com blog.
Explore some of the websites on the Activities Guide which have many, many different kinds of activities. Remember to use Diigo to bookmarks sites you might want to visit again.
HOMEWORK - Bring five digital photos with you to class. Try to choose photos of things that are important to you (people, places, events, etc.)

Week#2 (Fall 2011)

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Today's Agenda

Hour#1
Blogger

Createyour Blogger Blog as shown in the BloggerGuide
Goto you main Docs page. docs.google.com
You should see a spreadsheet entitled 'Fall 2011 Class# MegaContactPage'
Open that spreadsheet and add the URL of your blog on the appropriateline.
Decide whether you'd like your blog to be public orprivate.
If you'd like it to be public, do nothing.
If you'd like it to be private, watchthis video, Go to your Dashboard/Settings/Permissions, andchange your blog reader settings 'Only people I choose. Pleasechoose pufslebow at gmail dot com' and jefflebow atgmail dotcom.
Format your blog with Pages & Course Categories. Here's an example of how you canformat it and here are instructions on how to doso
Post a photo on your blog. Instructions here. Addthe label 'Photos'.
Create a short blog post about anything you like - TTP sofar, CALL thoughts/wishlist, Chuseok experiences,etc.

Hour#2
Diigo (Social Bookmarking)

Look at the Diigo Guide. Register at Diigo,join the Learning Call Diigo group, browse websites, and bookmark at leastfive websites.

If time permits (or if you get bored or frustrated with above tasks),feel free to check out some future 'buffet items'.

Finding, creating,& publishing activities & games.
Activities Guide Hot Potatoes Guide

Creating, Editing,& Publishing Audio files
Audio Guide

Week#1 - Fall 2011

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The goal of this week is to get set up with some of the basic accounts and tools we'll be using (and to grab your first plate of goodies from the buffet).

Tasks:

Go to gmail.com and Create a gmail account if you don't already have one. (this ID might be used for public posting. If you want to remain anonymous online, please choose a pseudonym - don't use your real name as an ID)
We will go over the Tips & Tricks page together. If you have any questions, take another look.
Complete the PUFS TTP CALL Entrance Survey
Go to the Google Docs Page and attempt the tasks.
We will create your blog together, step by step. There's additional information on the Blogger Intro Page. Check that out and experiment if you wish. If time permits, create your first post - 'reflections on my first week of TTP'.
Register for an account at EnglishCentral.com
If you finish all of the above, go to the Websites page and
explore some of the CALL related websites.

Fall 2011 CALL Entrance Survey

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Creating a Gmail Account

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Go to Gmail.com
Click 'Create an account'
Enter your first name and last name ( is fine)
Choose your 'Desired Login Name'. Only English letters and numbers can be used. There are more than 200,000,000 gmail accounts, so you probably will need to be a little creative. Click 'check availabilty' before proceeding. If your desired login is not available, choose another (you can choose from the suggestion list or retype your own). When you have succesfully chose your login name, WRITE IT DOWN! REMEMBER IT! This is your main google ID.
Choose a password and enter it twice. WRITE IT DOWN. REMEMBER IT!
Choose a Security question and write an answer you can remember.
For 'Recovery Email' enter your existing email address (yourID@naver.com, @hanmail.net, etc.)
Carefully enter the Word Verification letters.
Click 'I accept. Create my account' at the bottom of the page.
> If you see the same page again, something went wrong. Look for a message in red - that will tell which part of the application has a problem.
> If you see a page that says 'Congratulation!', click 'Show me my account.

Online resources for using images in langauge learning

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Activity Sites

Lessons

Picture Sources

What's the Difference - TMZ - What's the Difference
Times Photos of the Year
Interesting Flickr Photos
The Big Picture
National Geographic

Makeyour own comics andanimations

More online resources for various aspect of language learning at: LearningCALL.net

Welcome to PUFS TTP CALL Spring 2011

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Computer Assisted Language Learning
for the Teacher Training Program at
Pusan University of Foreign Studies
in Busan Korea

March 3~April 15, 2011

Trainee Blogs * Group Blog * Trainee Photos

Week#1 * Week#2 * Week#3 * Week#4 * Week#5 * Week#6

Sections
Tools * Readings * Websites * Skills Training * Q & A

Trainee Blogs (Spring 2011)

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Trainee Photos

Group Blog

Trainee Blogs

Class 1
권영희 Grace
김성란 Lanny
김정탁 Robin
박정련 Yeony
송한경 Song
오진영 Helen
장혜영 Sophie
정은숙 Annie
정현옥 Jade
조미진 Christine
조혜원 Violet
최소윤 Ann

Class 2
강민정 Agnes
김혜영 Anne
김희경 Abigail
박은주 Alice
서영화 Young
양미화 Emily
이은진 EunJin
이재영 Jacky
이종호 David
정승아 Claire
정혜미 Bella
황은혜 Dani

Class 3
김미영 Daisy
김용구 Eric
박미경 Beauty
배영미 Kate
신영혜 Shelley
여보선 Sony
이경원 Liz
제성희 Lena
하미성 Helen
허남령 Ben

Class 4
구혜련 Hyeryun
김보경 Anne
김성환 Edward
박민정 Jenny
박영란 Ranny
석진주 J.J
손아영 Erin
이봉주 Lee
임완섭 Jerome
황숙현 Aimee

Class 5
강영미 Kate
박순열 Amy
박지영 Sally
반은경 Ban
성미경 Julia
송혜원 Jackie
윤홍주 Rose
이신지 Sinji
장세영 Young
전원혜 June

Class 6
김유리 Abbie
이순정 Stella
손주숙 Jennifer
정문정 Maggie
김형기 Henry
김인숙 Linn
남무령 Anne
김혜원 Anabel
정설아 Sarah
유해숙 Joy

Week#18 (Performance Demonstration Prep)

2011-06-24T13:30:00.000+09:00

Tools of potential use for performancedemonstrations

Textto Speech & Chatbots
HotPotatoes Guide
GraphicOrganizer Links & Gliffy.com(mind mapping and chart building)

Social Networking & Life After TTP Tools

Class 5Google Group (emails sent to ttp-class5@googlegroups.com go toeveryone)
Howdo I forward all of my gmail to another address?
PUFSTTP Spring 2011 Facebook Group
Other Facebook Groups of possible interest
- KOTESOL
- KoreaFacebook Groups

How do I forward all of my gmail to another address?

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To forward all of yourgmail to another email address (like hanmail or naver), click the gearsetting and 'Mail settings.

Then click 'Forwardingand Pop/IMAP'. Enter the email address you want email forwarded to andclick 'Send email verification instructions.

You will receive an emailat the forwarding address. Click on the link in that email. Then go back to your gmail settings. Check 'Forward a copy ofincoming mail to' select the forwarding address and 'Add a forwardingaddress'.

Google Photos (Picasa)

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Google's photo hostingservice is called Picasa. They offer 1GB of free space and make it easyto share and embed photos on your blog.

To get started, go toyour gmail and click 'photos' or godirectly to: https://picasaweb.google.com/

Toupload photos to your web albums, click 'upload'.
You DON'T need to click 'Launch Picasa'.

The first time you access Picasa, you might be asked ot create a GoogleProfile. If so, click 'Yes, Create my Google Profile'

Toupload photos, click 'Choose photos to upload'.

Entera name for the album where it says 'Title'.
Select 'Public on the web' and click continue.

Locateand hightlight all of the photos you want ot upload. Then click 'OK'.

Oncethe photos are uploaded, you can make changes by clicking 'Orgazne& Reorder'

Toembed the slideshow of photos on a blog, click 'embed slideshow'

Select the slideshow size, copy the code and paste it into yoru blogpost
*remeber to select 'edit html', not compose

Week#6 & 7

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This week you have the option of using tools and practicingskills we've already covered or trying a few new things.

If you'd like toreview, here are some tasks to try

Create a Hot Potatoes activity, upload itto PBWorks, and post it to your blog.
Create GoogleDocument or Presentation and embed it on yourblog
Record an audio file, upload it to PBWorks,and post it on your blog
Browse the Website Buffet , Learning CALL Diigo group, ,or the sites inyour Google Reader and bookmark themusing Diigo and/or blog about them
Look though presentations and post them onyour blog
Create a Prezi and embed it on your blog

If you'd like toexperiment with some new skills and resources, you can attempt thesetasks below.

Adda placemark to the PUFS TTP Google Map or create your own
Tweak your Blogger Blog
- Add Gadgets to your sidebar
- Edityour posts to add labels (categories)
Check out the video guide, visit some of thesites, become a YouTube Star
UseMP3 Skype Recorder to record a Skype Call

Optional Week#7 STUFF
Social Networking Guide
Chat Tools
Don't forget to vote in the CALL poll at the top left of this site.

Outdoor Activity #1 - U.N. Cemetery

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Cemetery Websitehttp://www.unmck.or.kr/

Leo's Story
Conversation with Leo Demay

Chat Tools

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Chat Tools

Chat can be a useful in a variety of ways for langauge learners. It canallow them practice their writing skills and overcome the affectivefilters that can be part of using their L2 to interact with others.There no formal assignment for this Training page, but feel free toblog about any of the tools you try.

These are some of the places that EFL learners can go to engage in realtime text chat.

Dave'sESLCafe Chat Central (registration required)
English Forums Chat
EnglishClub Chat (registration required)

There are also many sites that allow you to create your ownfree chat room

There are also a number or sites that facilate Voice ChatDiscussions

Voxopop.com (examplediscussion here)
Vaestro.com
Video Discussions
Seesmic(example here - Canyou help me learn English?)

Chatbots areautomated chat tools that can be pre-programmed say certain thingsor interact with users.
Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character(or avatar)

Free Natural Reader
Voki.com
Oddcast.com(multilingual demo)
Vozme.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text)
ReadtehWords.com (allows you to create an mp3 file from text)

Press the play button to right to listen to a Voki Text to SpeechChatbot. >>>>>

Interactive Chatbots can be programmed to respond to users.
This may be easier to understand by trying it rather than explainingit.
You can chat withAlbert Einstein here

MyBot: http://www.a-i.com/
ALICE Bot: http://alice.pandorabots.com/
Web Hal: http://www.zabaware.com/webhal/index.html
Eliza Bot: http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html
Turing Hub: http://www.robitron.com/TuringHub/
Santa Bot: http://www.santabot.com/
Oddcast Bot: http://demo.vhost.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk-oddcast?botid=e10677c3ee36f742
Pandora Bot (text only): http://demo.vhost.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=e10677c3ee36f742
Virsona Bot: http://www.virsona.com/
Nik Peachey explains how we can create a chat bot and howto use it in ESL classes: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/09/artificial-intelligence-chat-bots-and.html

Social Networking Guide

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Social Networking

From Wikipedia: A socialnetwork service focuses on building onlinecommunities of people who share interests and activities, orwho are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.Most social network services are web based andprovide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as messageboards, e-mail, instant messaging, and liveaudio/video interaction.

One of the advantages ofsocial networking for educators is that it allows us toconnect with other educators and learners with commoninterests that we might never have the opportunity to meet in 'face toface' life. Our conversation with Sarah yesterday is an example of thekind of connection and relationship that can be formed with socialnetworks.

Here's a video thatattempts to explain Social Networking
Common Craft: SocialNetworking in Plain English

Microbloggingrefers to using services like Twitter

Here are Barbara Sakamoto's thoughts on

'So, what's Twitter good for, anyway?' and

her introduction to ELTChat.

The keyto making twitter interesting is finding interesting people to follow. You can find some people at:

To 'follow' someone, goto their twitter page anc click follow. If you like, you canadd them to an exisitng list or create a new one.

Other Guides

Social Network Platformsare websites (usually commercial websites) that aren't formed with anyparticular group in mind, allow users to form their own groups on thatplatform.
Popular examples of these are Facebook, Twitter,MySpace, hi5.com,& Linked in.You can see a more extensivelist of social network platforms here.
Often sub-groups for within these platforms based on mutual interest.
Examples:

Examples of othersocial network platforms
from Mashable'sList of Social Networks

WizIQ- a live, interactive classrom interface. People come andteach avariety of lessons, many of which people can participate in for free.
UpcomingClasses , RecordedSessions Examples: BasicEnglish Phonics Lesson 2 The short 'a' Sound , IELTSPreparation - Vocabulary for IELTS , BasicEnglish Third Class
(first few minutes or recordings are usually not interesting,you canscroll along the bottom to move to a more interesting parts of thelesson)
Shelfari -Shelfari is a popular social networking service for book lovers.
Linkedin -LinkedIn is a professional social networking website for businessusers, one of the most popular such sites out there. Some aspects of itare free, but many are paid.
Geni.com -An exciting social networking site enabling members to create theirfamily tree. Although it’s a relatively new site, it has growntremendously fast, and has hundreds of thousands of users.
43 Things -A tagging based social networking site. Users create accounts and lista number of goals or hopes and these are parsed based on similarity togoals of other users.
Facebook.com -Facebook is a social networking phenomenon connection people with theirfriends, family and other users with similar interests.
Half.com -A leading student market place for buying and selling textbooks atdiscounted prices.
MySpace.com -MySpace is an interactive social networking website consisting ofpersonal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos. It’scurrently the biggest social networking site out there.
RateMyProfessor.com -RateMyProfessor connects students aspiring to study similar courses byassisting each other.
WAYN - Asocial networking website uniting world wide travelers.

Other EFLrelated site based social networks

Live Mocha
ESLCafe.com Forums
SharedTalk: Alanguage exchange covering 113 languages from the makers of the popularRosettaStone language learning software.
xLingo: A languageexchange that lets users create and share flashcards with each other.
iTalki: A languageexchange with a Yahoo! Answers-style QnA site, and a wiki-based publicknowledge base for 10 different languages.
Huitalk: Forums,articles, vocabulary lists, and a language exchange using Skype.
Interpals:A large language exchange from a popular penpal social network.
Mixxer:A free language exchange using Skype built by Dickinson College.
TT4You: A freeglobal language exchange site.
ConversationExchange: Text and voice chat, email, or face-to-facemeetings can bet set up via Language Buddy to improve yourconversational skills.
Lingozone: Buildvocab skills by playing game of Word Ladder and Hangman, while makingfriends with whom to practice speaking.
Language Exchange Network:Think Craigslist for language learning; this site has super-simplelanguage exchange classified listings.
MyLanguageExchange:One of the oldest online language exchanges (this site was a Yahoo!Internet Life pick in 2001), it claims over 1 million members speaking115 different languages.

Some socialnetworks exist in a variety of online venues andwere formed independently in with specific purpose of forming acommunity.

Examples of these kindsof communities

The Webheads in Action -Oneof the most truly global groups I've ever participated in. EFLTeachers from around the world who meet online weekly for a text chat,constantly experiment with new technology together and have periodiconline workshops to facilitate learning together. No money isinvolved. Everything is done for the sake oflearning.

The exist in a variety ononline environments: Webheads.info , WebheadsinAction.org , YahooGroup
Electronic VillageOnline (their free 6 week online workshop on a variety oftopics. - EVO 2010 EVO2009 EVO2008

EdTechTalk - I wasinvolved in forming this community. It started as a regularwebcast/podcast with and old friend.(examplehere) We'd talk about Educational Technology once a week andpublish theaudio. We developed a community of listeners and eventuallyotherpeople started publishing their own conversation. The main community site is EdTechTalk.com, but there is also EdTechTalks'sDelicious, EdTechTalk'sDiigo, & EdTechTalk's Twitter,
I'm also planning on building and EFL related community at EFLBridges.net- you can see a few webcasts there already.

Other EFL or EdTech RelatedCommunities (might be useful in finding other teachers and classes tocollaborate with)

You can find Jeff online at:

Resources

GrowingUp Online - PBS Frontline
LearningFrom a Native Speaker, Without Leaving Home
OneClick From Danger
SocialNetwork Sites: Definition, History and Scholarship (DanahBoyd & Nicole Ellison)
TheValue of Social Networks (David Warlick)
Whatare Kids Doing On Facebook, MySpace and Other Social Networking
Teens,Privacy and Online Social Networks (PEW/Internet)
TheSemantic Social Network (Stephen Downes, 2004)
SocialNetworking Sites: A Parent's Guide (OnGuard Online)

Video Guide

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Jeff's Video Faves

EnglishCentral.com – Uses Youtube videos and voice recognition to practice and assess pronunciation
Ted Talks - Cutting edge presentations from the 'TED Conferences' around the world - sometimes with subtitles
RachelsEnglish.com - Extensive collection of homemade pronunciation explanations & activities
LessonStream.org - Jamie Keddie develops complete lesson plans based on YouTube videos
Eslvideo.com - Online videos with transcripts & quizzes
Real-english.com - large collection of man on the street interviews with transcripts & activities
ESLNotes - English Learner Movie Guides

Examples

Screencapturing & Screensharing

Live Desktop Sharing

Screen Capture (image & video)
- Screencast-o-Matic
- Screenr
- Jing Project - easy screencast publishing
- Camstudio - free screencast software
- Camtasia - Media Recording (commercial)

Sites that can be used to download video from YouTube

KeepVid.com - online download tool - paste in the video URL, choose your format, can convert
Tubget.com/ - similar to Keepvid
Video2mp3.net - Convert Youtube videos to mp3 files
Downloadhelper.net - Firefox extension allows downloading and converting
Other Download Tools: Vixy.net, Videogetting.com, Zamzar.com, KeepTube.com

For information on how to use some of these visit the Jeff's Video Download Guide, YouTube Upload Guide, and other Video Resources & Tools.

Online Video Sites & Tools

Dotsub - Facilitates user generated subtitles of video. Users can link to videos already online or upload their own (see example below)
22Frames.com - subtitled videos with lesson materials
Stroome.com - online collaborative video editing
JayCut - facilitates online video editing
JenniferESL
EnglishMeeting.com
Teacher Tube - educational version of Youtube
VideoSurf - Video search tool

DotSub lets you choose our subtitle langauge

The video below is an example of Dotsub.com's option for creating subtitles in many languages

Interactive Audio/Video

Voxopop.com - Audio discussions
VoiceThread.com - Slide based discussions (text, audio, and/or video)

EFLBridges Interviews

Jennifer (JenniferESL)& Dave (EnglishMeeting.com) : http://eflbridges.net/audio/evo-video-discussion-jennifer-dave
Sarah (The Daily English Show) & Mike (Real-english.com): http://eflbridges.net/EFL-Teacher-Talk-1

One of the most prolific EFL Video producers is Sarah, who makes
The Daily English Show

The video to the right is one of her shows. Click the play button to watch it.
A transcript of this show is at:
http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2009/02/965-quiet-vs-quite-i-like-totally-love.html

This video is episode#965. There are many more here:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=thedailyenglishshow&view=videos

TV & Movie Resources

The English Learner MovieGuides Watch TV Shows & Movies
Tubeplus.me
One-tvshows.eu
Free-tv-video-online.me
MySoju.com - Watch Korean Drams with Subtitles

Sites with TV & Movie Transcripts
Script-o-rama SimplyScript

Transcripts

Publishing a Video on YouTube

First, sign in at Youtube.com with you Gmail ID.

*** In some countries (like Korea) it will be necessary to go to the bottom of the YouTube page and select
Location: Worldwide
in order to upload videos.

Then Click 'Upload'

There are two ways to publish videos on YouTube - upload a video file or record from your webcam.

If you choose 'upload video', you can upload any of these file types:
.mpg, .mov, .wmv, .flv, .avi, mp4
Files can be up to 2GB in size, but must be less than 10 minutes. in length.
After you chosen the file to upload, you'll see a window like the one below.
Enter information about Title, Description, tags, and category. You can also select your privacy settings.
Then click 'save changes' and you're done.

If you choose to record from a webcam, you'll see a window like this. Click 'allow'.

When you see this window choose your video device and audio device. You should see your video in the video window and audio volume meter movement on the side. When you're ready, click 'ready to record'.

When you're done, click the red square at the bottom.

After that, you can preview (watch what you just recorded), re-record (if you're not satisfied and you want to do it again), or publish.

Once you've published, you can click My Videos (upper right part of your screen) to see what you've published so far.

Then click edit to make any changes to the title and description of your videos.

Congratulations ~ You are now a YouTube Star!

Adding labels (categories) to your blog posts

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When creating a new post or editing old posts, add labels (separated bycommas) in the bottom right where it says 'Labels'.

Then Add a Gadget called 'Labels' toyour Sidebar. Configure and save.

Adding Gadgets to your Blogger Blog

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From your BloggerDashboard, click Design

Make sure your on the'Page Elements' Tab

Click 'Add a Gadget' onthe side bar

Look through thedifferent categories, select gadgets of interest

Adjust settings if deisred.Then Click 'Save'.

Click and drag the gadgetinto the order you want.

Click Save again in theupper right.

Google Maps

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How-to Video

Add a placemark to the PUFS TTP 2011a Map
(your home, school, favorite vacation spot, etc. )

Here is a the TTP in Sacramento Map

View TTP in Sacramento in a larger map