This is an overview of an online course run in the winter of 2010 that tried to improve the materials writing skills of TESOL professionals. This PowerPoint was presented at TESL Ontario 2010.
4. Developers and mentors
John Allan
Jim Edgar
Stephen Roney
ESL teachers with experience
teaching English overseas & Canada
applying educational technology to TESL
developing instructional materials
7. Impetus
a reaction to the growth of Web 2.0 resources
functions of traditional software match online assets
decided to test this premise
all resources must be free
self-contained (modular)
hosted on a remote server
spamless
EVO as the vehicle
12. Develop Skills in…
document production (text)
image editing
the Internet as a toolkit
screen capturing
converting media formats
audio production
13. Module structure
materials development concept overview
a link to a relevant resource
a detailed explanation of the resource
a step-by-step procedure resulting in a
product (outcome)
an example of the outcome
a wiki/glossary for posting results
14. Enhance skills by doing….
image editing: upload, edit and publish an
image
54. Results
208 registered 23 completed!
Six weeks
Worldwide (time zones)
Modified and open for general public at
socialesl.com
Participant contributons “glossary of
resources.”
55. Future
course in Jan – Feb 2011
“producing vocabulary learning objects”
register after January 3, 2011
Editor's Notes
text document production: create a text document with a specific tool
image editing: upload, edit and publish an image
the Internet as a toolkit: producing Interactive activities, produce cartoons, link to a TeacherTube video
text document production: create a text document with a specific tool
image editing: upload, edit and publish an image
the Internet as a toolkit: producing Interactive activities, produce cartoons, link to a TeacherTube video
text document production: create a text document with a specific tool
image editing: upload, edit and publish an image
the Internet as a toolkit: producing Interactive activities, produce cartoons, link to a TeacherTube video
text document production: create a text document with a specific tool
image editing: upload, edit and publish an image
the Internet as a toolkit: producing Interactive activities, produce cartoons, link to a TeacherTube video