Hello, and welcome to our blog.
On this blog you will find some information about using ILT in the classroom, some web links and an invitation to write your own blog.
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Some of our favourite ESOL sites where we can acquire printed teaching materials -
www.talent.ac.uk for lower levels
www.englishbanana.com at all levels, now with podcasts
www.onestopenglish.com for E2 and above
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Some of our favourite sites for use in the classroom -
www.vocabulary.co.il
www.eslbears.com
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
You can explore many more ESOL web sites at http://margaret-celta.blogspot.com
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Karike will demonstrate how the Smartboard can be used for learners to complete a group gap fill in Microsoft Word.
Karike will demonstrate how Smart Notebook can be used as an electronic white board.
Margaret will demonstrate how the Smartboard can be used for a team game.
www.vocabulary.ac.il
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What is a blog? Blog is short for web log. It was originally meant to be used as an online journal. Nowadays it is used in the classroom, as free business web sites etc. Each blog has its own Internet address.
Why we do we write blogs for our learners? They can be updated and used over and over again. Learners can work at their own speed and even use them at home.
Learners do not have to type in web addresses once they have the blog on their screen. They simply click on the links on the page and read the instructions.
Karike likes to create a blog for each of her groups. Margaret tends to create topic specific blogs.
To view some examples of the blogs we use click on the following links -
http://house-and-home.blogspot.com a topic based blog by Margaret
http://higherintermediate.blogspot.com a level based blog by Karike
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It is easy to create a blog! Visit www.blogger.com
Create a username and password. Create a new post. Publish it.
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This blog was prepared especially for the session for ESOL/EFL tutors on Friday 19th January 2007.
We hope you have enjoyed this brief session. Please feel free to ask any questions.
Margaret Stockley and Karike de Klerk
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