INTEGRATING NOTIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN AN EFL ENVIRONMENT

Undergraduates studying for a Degree in Management 
 

•  Familiarize students with basic notions/jargon of Information Technology in the English Language.
•  Engage students in a face to face and an on-line discussion about the Effect of Information Technology to the Business world.
• Involve students in making a group on-line research about a topic related to Information technology and business/management.
• Train students to give Presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
•  Encourage students to create web sites for their research/projects.

• Student Survey 
• Giving mini-lectures about various related topics such as "Introduction to Information Systems", "Going On-line: The Internet", "Network Topology", etc... 
• Creating a class at Nicenet for class conferencing and submitting on-line assignments.
• Conducting Synchronous communication Chat sessions via "biapchat". 
• Conducting Asynchronous communication media via Nicenet conferencing or egroups.
• Conducting Workshops where groups of students are encouraged to share Cyber-Reports with their colleagues. 
• Using University of Hawaii Quizcenter and Hot Potatoes to conduct on-line quizzes. 
• Using Thinkwave for on-line Grading.