IELP-II Homepage || IELP-II Workshop || World Wide Web
Computer and Internet Training
Workshop
Internet Skills for English Language Teaching Professionals
Cairo, Egypt: April 3-8, 1999
WORLD WIDE WEB EXPLORATORIUM: NEWS & MEDIA
IELP-II Homepage || IELP-II Workshop || World Wide Web
Computer and Internet Training
Workshop
Internet Skills for English Language Teaching Professionals
Cairo, Egypt: April 3-8, 1999
WORLD WIDE WEB EXPLORATORIUM: NEWS & MEDIA
Following are some sets of resources to explore. Focus questions are suggested as"food for thought". Information from these sites and any related sites will be good information to discuss with your workshop keypal (through email) or with a group of workshop participants (face-to-face, through the workshop list, or through the workshop web board).
Cafe Haute Java
http://www.pixelquest.com/maggies.html
Question: What's **your** favorite online magazine?Clip Art Searcher
http://www.webplaces.com/search/
Question: Thinking about a special image for your web page? Can you find it here? (Remember that you can store them on floppy disks if they aren't too big.)CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
Question: What's in the current audio and video section? How might these materials be incorporated into an ELT unit?CReAte Your Own Newspaper (CRAYON)
http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~boulter/crayon/index.html
Question: How does an online newspaper such as this one differ from a traditional paper one? What do you gain, and what do you lose?MusicSource Archives
http://www.solscape.com/music/archive.html
Question: Lyrics and music can be good sources of idioms and slang, and can be adpated to create interesting cloze exercises. What kind of music were you expecting to see online, and what did you actually see?National Public Radio (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/
Question: Are recordings available for current events only? Are there any historical recordings you might want to find?Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/
Question: What types of resources exist in the "TeacherSource" section?Smithsonian Photographic Services
http://photo2.si.edu/
Question: Search for a current event or item. Do the same for a similar item from the past. How might you use pairs or small collections of visual prompts for effective ELT?Time
http://www.usatoday.com/
Question: Check out the "Snapshots" section. How might these graphs and short summaries be used in a discussion or writing context?Video vault (CNN)
http://cnn.com/video_vault/
Question: Videos, news quizzes and on-air transcripts of authentic materials can be useful resources. What criteria would you use for evaluating them?Voice of America
http://www.voa.gov/voahome/
Question: What regions and languages are represented in this enormous archive of recordings?Web Clip Art
http://webclipart.miningco.com/
Question: This is a great place to find all kinds of artwork. How do you know what's "free" and what's not? (Hint: see "Clip Art Netiquette").
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