ICT in ELT - Credit Requirements

Welcome!

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

active participation, working on classroom tasks
80% attendance

Projects: (submission deadline April 9, 2019)
1. A personal website (includes: HotPot index with basic info (topic, age, level) and links to all HP exercises, a link to Interactive Board material)
2. Hot Potatoes project (matching, multiple choice, gapfill, min. 10 questions each)
3. Interactive Board material (A SINGLE FILE includes: T's information = target group, objectives; topic presentation and explanation, various tasks for practice, audio, video = link to youtube, illustrations, active links, inner links -- ALL ACTIVITIES PRACTISING THE SINGLE CHOSEN TOPIC)
4. Class-based projects - to be included into your website: e.g. your hoax image, your podcast entry

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TIP: ALWAYS BRING
- a pen drive
- headphones


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Task 1
Read the following article: https://www.myenglishpages.com/blog/ict-tools-and-english-language-teaching/
Note down any terms you have never encountered, and tools you have never used. Make a personal plan - choose which of the unknown tools you will try out during the lesson.
TIP: Always note your plans down - writing supports logical thinking, reasoning, timing, and enables final check.

Task 2
Reflect your personal experience and preferences. Make a list of three activities using ICT which you regularly use to support your studies. use PEN AND PAPER! You need not sign the sheet.
When finished, pass the paper on. Read the lists written by the other students and compare.

Task 3
Watch the video HERE.
Who made it? How? For what purpose?
What do you think of the video? Summarise your opinions in the comment to this blog entry.

Task 4
For publishing and sharing anything, you need a space you can edit freely. Let's create a private website!

Create a folder named PCSkills on your pen drive.
Create the index.html file in NVU. Save it into the PCSkills folder.
Write a short introductory text into the file index.html. You will improve it later.

[WYSIWYG editors for Mac]

Experiment with formatting, colours, consider the role of images and graphics...

• Insert a link to the KAJ Dept. page.
• Insert a picture you took (avoid copyright problems!).
• Create an Avatar HERE and add the link into your index.html.

Create a free account at webzdarma.cz. Design a catchy name for your domain.
Upload your index.html and the image to your site in webzdarma.

Bask in glory, admiring your first hand-made web page!

Experiment with formatting, colours, consider the role of images and graphics. Check the links below for ideas:

Inspiration:

http://www.colorpicker.com/

http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Simple-Webpage-Using-Notepad

Psychologie barev
ColorSchemes
Colors for web - Theory 
WebcolorsWiki

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Internet Survival Guide

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HOMEWORK
1.  Prepare texts you will publish in your website, e.g. personal profile, hobbies etc. (see the Credit Requirements for details). Save the texts in .txt file (poznamkovy blok).

2. Choose a topic and target group for your project - example:
target group - 5th grade (11 years), elementary
topic - domestic animals
textbook - Project English 1

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WORKING WITH PC AND WEB - BASIC RULES:

1. Save, save, backup, save...
2. All files in one folder.
3. No spaces, no diacritics in filenames.

First think, then click!
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LESSON SUMMARY:
You should be able to:

• create and format a html file in NVU
• choose the appropriate structure of the page and suitable graphics
• insert links and images into your webpage
• start a website at webzdarma.cz
• create a speking avatar and add it into your web