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Internet/EFL Internet Software CD-ROMS/DVD Systems Hypermedia Authoring Systems Communication Information retrieval Information publishing

Internet

Software

CD-ROMS/DVD Systems

Hypermedia Authoring Systems

Communication

Information retrieval

Information publishing

Internet As a materials resource In teacher development As a classroom tool As a learning activity As a coursebook Teacher Development: Information Retrieval: Gateway sites Professional associations Journals and newsletters

As a materials resource

In teacher development

As a classroom tool

As a learning activity

As a coursebook

Teacher Development:

Information Retrieval:

Gateway sites

Professional associations

Journals and newsletters

Information Retrieval Academic databases Distance learning courses and schools Information for research Practical classroom ideas Publishers Grants and scholarships Career Advancement Online dictionaries/Encyclopedias Materials Resource Gateway sites/ webrings : lesson plans, quizzes Browsers: Go Directories Search engines Metasearch engines

Academic databases

Distance learning courses and schools

Information for research

Practical classroom ideas

Publishers

Grants and scholarships

Career Advancement

Online dictionaries/Encyclopedias

Materials Resource

Gateway sites/ webrings : lesson plans, quizzes

Browsers: Go

Directories

Search engines

Metasearch engines

Any rules for retrieving information over the net? Be: Prepared Patient Organized Exploratory Critical Co-operative Realistic Some strategies Decide: If the information is likely available on the Web ? If the information is available more conveniently somewhere else? Which electronic tool to use?

Be:

Prepared

Patient

Organized

Exploratory

Critical

Co-operative

Realistic

Some strategies

Decide:

If the information is likely available on the Web ?

If the information is available more conveniently somewhere else?

Which electronic tool to use?

Some Techniques Search…. in categorized information Using the exact word Using an alternative word Using natural language Using words plus categories Using AND, OR, or NOT (or + or -) Let`s practice !

Search….

in categorized information

Using the exact word

Using an alternative word

Using natural language

Using words plus categories

Using AND, OR, or NOT (or + or -)

Let`s practice !

How might you use the Internet for information retrieval in your learning? You want to ask a simple question and get an answer.* You want as many relevant web sites as possible.* You want to be able to access the lists of several engines simoultaneously.*

You want to ask a simple question and get an answer.*

You want as many relevant web sites as possible.*

You want to be able to access the lists of several engines simoultaneously.*

How might you use the Internet for information retrieval in your learning? You want to find a web site that you know exits, for which you don´t need and extensive search.* You want to look at a category of web sites, rather than one in particular.* *Taken from Teeler, D. (2000). How to use the Internet in ELT. Longman.

You want to find a web site that you know exits, for which you don´t need and extensive search.*

You want to look at a category of web sites, rather than one in particular.*