Session #1: April 16 - 20
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Sunday,
April 16 - Introduction
and General Information about this blended ESP in
EFL Course
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Introduction
and General Information about this blended Course
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Introducing the concept
of Blended Learning: What's in our Blend?
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Questions about the Final
MVPresentations - (See an
example)
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Forming our groups: (See
our Groups!)
Main Activity: (Hands-on activities)
- Sign up at Skype.com,
rand then create your Skype name and password.
- Log on Skype to add my skype name: [buthaina_3]
to your contacts.
- Add your other colleagues' skype names so that
we can all start communicating synchronously
with learners, professionals, and
business experts from around the world!
- Go to http://odeo.com/sendmeamessage/Buthain
- Fill in the required information shown
on the text and voice message form; (See
an example)
- Record and post your voice message
Monday,
April 17 - First Skype Conversation - Guest
Speaker : Barbara Sawhill
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Sign up for an account, and then
create your username and password
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Select a search engine and then look
for websites about Kuwait
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Look for photos on important landmarks
of Kuwait
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Use your del.icio.us
account to bookmark the websites and photos you like
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First Skype Conversation: Watch
the Video
Clips of Gulf Bank Branch Managers Skyped Conversation
with Guest-Speaker Barbara Sawhill
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Sign in Skype using your username
and password
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Have your del.icio.us
bookmark page ready to share some of the photos
and sites about Kuwait with our guest
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Sign up at ODEO.com
to create your Odeo channel and to start your
audio presence on the Web
Tuesday,
April 18 - Creating our Blogs at Blogger.com
& Writing Short Comments
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- Sign up at Yahoo
Mail to create your e-mail account
- Download Yahoo
Messenger
- Log in Yahoo Messenger, using the same username
and password created for your Yahoo email account
Main Activity:
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Create your blog following the three
easy steps provided at Blogger.com. (This is a hands-on
activity that we'll do together)
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Write your Profile and then upload
your photo
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Post and publish your first entry.
Your first entry or post is your self-introduction,
a four to five-sentence paragraph that should include
your name, title, educational background, and hobbies
or interests. You could tell us about your dreams
in life if you wish.
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Post at least one short comment
to a blog owned by one of your group members and
another comment to someone's blog from the other
groups - (See Group-Page)
Wednesday,
April 19 - Learn More About E-mail
Netiquette, Search Engines, Online Dictionaries,
and Bookmarking
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First online Discussion through Skype and YM -
8:00 -9:30 p.m
Warm Up Activity:
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Search for good links
on Business / Bank news
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Use your del.icio.us
account to bookmark the websites that interest you.
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Add Tags
to each link you bookmark. (A tag is a word you
create that is relevant to the topic of the website
you bookmark. These words or tags are used to categorize
or classify your links, so that it's easier for
you to retrieve these links anytime you need them).
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Add the Tag, gbk or gulfbank
to see how delicious connects you with other resources
of common intterest.
Thursday,
April 20 - Writing Short Formal & Informal
E-mail Message
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Warm Up Activity:
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Learn more about Writing
Skills
- The concept of the 5Ws (See Handouts)
- Note-Taking
- Outlining
- Grammar:
- Subject - Verb Agreement
- Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
- Verb Form: Regular and Irregular Verbs
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- Compose a short informal self-introduction message
using MS Word or any equivalent program
- Post your informal self-introduction pargarph
via an email to our Yahoo Group list
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