First steps into the Digital

Classroom

ABEL GALVEZ BENITOAPRIL 10TH 2012

WEBINAR OUTLINE

1. WELCOME &INTRODUCTION

2. MUSTS & MUSTN’TS3. GMAIL4. BLOGGER5. QUESTIONS &

COMMENTS

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FIRST STEPS INTO THE DIGITAL CLASSROOMABEL GALVEZ BENITO APRIL 2012

INTERACTIONTYPE IN THE CHAT BOX…

Where are you from?What levels do you teach?

MUSTS & MUSTN’TS IN THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM

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YOU MUST…

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CREATE A NETWORKED TEAM

YOU MUST…

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USE A SINGLE PASSWORD

YOU MUST…

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GET USED TO DIGITAL TIMING

•Students are quick•Digital activities take time

YOU MUST…

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LEARN FROM YOUR STUDENTS & COLLEAGUES

YOU MUST…

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GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION

YOU MUST…

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BE ORGANISED AND DO SOME EXTRA READING

YOU MUSTN’T…

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PLUNGE INTO THE DEEP END IF YOU AREN’T READY

YOU MUSTN’T…

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FORCE ANYONE INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD

YOU MUSTN’T…

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PANIC IF THINGS GO WRONG

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INTERACTIONTYPE IN THE CHAT

BOX:

What was the best piece of advice?

Would you add any other?

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INTERACTIONVOTE THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE

A) YOU MUST CREATE A NETWORKED TEAMB) YOU MUST USE A SINGLE PASSWORDC) YOU MUST GET USED TO DIGITAL TIMINGD) YOU MUST GET TECHNICAL SUPPORTE) YOU MUST GET ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTIONF) YOU MUST BE ORGANISEDG) YOU MUST DO SOME EXTRA READING

H) YOU MUSTN’T PLUNGE INTO THE DEEP END IF YOU AREN’T READYI) YOU MUSTN’T FORCE ANYONE INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD

J) YOU MUSTN’T PANIC IF THINGS GO WRONG

WHY GMAIL?

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•FREE•EASY TO USE•LARGE CAPACITY•SPRINGBOARD FOR OTHER WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS•CAN BECOME A VERY SIMPLE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

http://www.gmail.com

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•TYPE IN THE CHAT BOX:•What mail system do you regularly use (GMAIL,HOTMAIL, YAHOO, OTHER…)•How often do you check your mailbox?

INTERACTION

GMAIL

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ORGANIZE YOUR GMAIL

FIRST STEPS INTO THE DIGITAL CLASSROOMABEL GALVEZ BENITO APRIL 2012

•ORGANISE YOUR CLASSES INTO MAIL GROUPS•LABEL YOUR GROUPS WITH TAGS AND COLOURS•GET YOUR STUDENTS TO WRITE THE SAME TAG IN THE SUBJECT BOX

TAGS AND FILTERS

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TAGS AND FILTERS

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FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS IN THE HANDOUT YOU’LL BE SENT SOON.

• SEND ME AN EMAIL (abelgalvez@gmail.com)• IN THE SUBJECT BOX

INCLUDE THE WORD “WEBINAR”

• YOU’VE GOT 2 MINUTES TO DO IT!

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HANDS ON PRACTICE

WHY BLOGGER?

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• IT’S FREE• IT’S EASY TO USE

• IT WORKS WITH THE SAME PASSWORD• SOME SCHOOLS ALREADY GIVE STUDENTS

A GMAIL ACCOUNT• YOU CAN INCLUDE ALMOST ANYTHING IN

YOUR ENTRIES (TEXT, IMAGE,VIDEO…)• STUDENTS CAN CREATE AN ENGLISH

PORTFOLIO• GREAT FOR STUDENT’S FEEDBACK• IT CAN BECOME A LOW COST VLE

• YOU CAN HAVE A DEPARTMENT BLOG, A PERSONAL BLOG, A CLASS BLOG OR SKILLS

BLOG AND THEN, EACH STUDENT CAN HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN.

http://www.blogger.com

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CREATE TASK ORIENTED ENTRIES

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TYPES OF ENTRIES

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TASK: WRITE A SHORT NARRATION

http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com.es/2010/10/embarrassing-moment.html

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TASK: START A FORUM

http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com.es/2008/11/about-boy-forum-characters.html

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TASK: AUDIO WITH QUESTIONS

http://oralenglishquarteso.blogspot.com.es/2010/01/sara-and-helenas-talk-about-northern.html

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TASK: VIDEOS DONE BY STUDENTS

http://www.oralenglishtercereso.blogspot.com.es/2011/11/at-supermarket-marc-and-jordi.html

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TASK: LESSON PLAN

http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/irregular-verbs-practice.html

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TASK: A

HOLIDAY LESSON

http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com.es/2011/03/st-patricks-day-interactive-activities.html

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TASK: HANDOUT FOR

STUDENTS IN PDF FORMAT

http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/top-five-composition-mistakes.html

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TASK: POWERPOINT

PRESENTATION TO CONTEXTUALIZEGRAMMAR OR VOCABULARY

http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/reported-speech-in-context-lottery.html

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TASK: SHOWCASING

STUDENTS PROJECTS

http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/augmented-reality-queralt-araceli.html

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INTERACTIONHave you got a class

blog?Can you type the

address in the chat box?

SOME BLOGS FROM OUR

DEPARTMENT

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• www.idiomesiestorredelpalau.blogspot.com• http://herecomesthesun-esl.blogspot.com/• http://4thesotdp.blogspot.com/• www.abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com• www.abelsoralenglishpage.blogspot.com• http://tallerdeblogsiestorredelpalau.blogspot

.com/

http://blogsinelt.blogspot.com/A blog done by Vicky Leal with step

by step intructions on blogging

DON’T FORGET

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•EMBED•TAG

DON’T FORGET: EMBED

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YOU’LL FIND THESE OPTIONS BELOW

ANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS

(I USED THE SAME PROCEDURE TO

CREATE THE ENTRIES IN SLIDES 28-29-32-

33 & 34)

DON’T FORGET: EMBED

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DON’T FORGET: TAGS

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TAGS WILL HELP YOU ORGANIZE

AND FIND ENTRIES FROM PREVIOUS

YEARS

FIRST STEPS INTO THE DIGITAL CLASSROOMABEL GALVEZ BENITO APRIL 2012

INTERACTIONWRITE IN THE CHAT

BOX ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THIS

WEBINAR

HAVE YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS?

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FIRST STEPS INTO THE DIGITAL CLASSROOMABEL GALVEZ BENITO APRIL 2012

DON’T FORGET TO WRITE

abelgalvez@gmail.comTWITTER: @abelgalvezeltFACEBOOK: ABEL GALVEZ ELTHTTP://WWW.ABELSENGLISHPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM