TESOL CALL Interest Session
Academic Session
Presenter:
Buthaina Al-Othman

Using new methods of webcasts

• The Skype "worldbridges" Project for EFL Students, Argentina & Kuwait

  Freedom & Future Dreams in Different Cultures

  https://alothman-b.tripod.com/skypeproject_portal.htm

• Topics included in the discussions:
  1. Geogrophical locations and maps of Kuwait & Argenitina: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teacherbuth
  2. Religion: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teacherbuth/
  3. Music: http://song.6arab.com/miami.senyooretta.rm
  4. Places where teenagers hangout in Kuwait: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teacherbuth

http://www.skypejournal.com/blog/archives/2006/01/skype_and_distance_learning.php

• Blip.tv for Arabic Classes in Ohio: http://buthaina.blip.tv/

Utilizing Cell-phones in EFL/ESP

• Utilizing cell-phones to reduce local "digital devide"
  

  Using SMS & MMS to communicate with students living in new areas that lack telephone service

• Cell-phones to teach vocabulary through SMS
  

  https://alothman-b.tripod.com/162_s04students_vocabquiz.htm
  

• Cell-phones & laptops to present web-based final projects in class:
  

  Infrared port was used for providing access to the Internet so that students present their work published on their blogs
  

https://alothman-b.tripod.com/162_fall04_stspresentations.htm

• Cell-phone cams to post to students' Photoblogs & to teach Grammar

  https://alothman-b.tripod.com/090_studentprojects_fall04.htm

  https://alothman-b.tripod.com/cultures_countriesname.htm