Hands across the Oceans

 

1  Hardware

www.howstuffworks.com

 

2  How to Email

http://edit.europe.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=uk

 

3  How to Format Computers

http://www.whitecanyon.com/how-to-format-computer.php

 

4  How to Search the Internet

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

 

5 How to Update Files

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2000/HA011364061033.aspx

 

6 PowerPoint

http://www.actden.com/pp/

http://www2.umist.ac.uk/isd/lwt/apt/ppclass/home.htm

 

7  Building a Website

http://www.tripod.lycos.com/

http://www.2createawebsite.com/

 

8  New Devices, e.g. ipods

www.howstuffworks.com

 

9  Computer Viruses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm

 

10 New Operating Systems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system

 

11 Photoshop

http://www.good-tutorials.com/

http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html

 

12 Photos

http://picasa.google.com/

Can be downloaded from Google website

 

13 Access

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/default.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.aspx

 

14 Copyright Issues

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Copyright/

 

15 Computing Terms

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/computers/data/m0044494.html

http://yourdictionary.com/

http://foldoc.org/

 

16 Creating Blogs

http://www.blogger.com

http://edublogs.org

Introduction

The table of contents is based on the topics in the textbook “Oxford English for Computing” by Boeckner and Brown.

 

1  Personal Computing

 

http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer

 

Devices

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/peripheral_device.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

 

IBM

http://www.ibm.com/us/

 

Structure of processor

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CPU.html

 

Hardware

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware

 

 

2  Portable Computers

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_computer

Laptops and notebooks

 

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/index.asp

Ipods

 

http://www.apple.com/ipod/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod

 

Software

http://www.tucows.com/

 

http://www.download.com/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software

 

Operating systems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_systems

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows

 

 

 

3  Online Services

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_service

 

Tucows

http://www.tucows.com/

 

Digital

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Digital

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCi

 

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/d/digital.html

 

Analog

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/analog.html

 

 

 

4  Programming and Languages

 

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/programming_language.html

 

Organizing paragraphs

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

 

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/paragraphsTOC.html

 

 

5  Software/Comparing Software Packages

 

Windows XP magazine

http://www.windowsxpmagazine.co.uk/

 

Infopackets

www.infopackets.com

 

 

6  Networks

 

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/syllabi/en-us/2830Afinal.mspx

 

LANs

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/local_area_network_LAN.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN

 

Network configurations

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/clstntbp.mspx

 

http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-04/networknirvana_01.html

 

Shared Folders

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

\\gpsc3\psu-home\index.htm

 

Yahoo briefcase

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc//home

 

 

7   Computer Viruses

 

http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm

 

Security

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/

 

www.zonealarm.com

 

http://security.yahoo.com/

 

Hackers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker

 

Phishing

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/phishing.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

 

 

8  Computers in the Office

 

Visions of tomorrow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3375117.stm

 

Wired houses

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.11/power_houses.html

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/499044.stm

 

Computer chips

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060327_neuro_chips.html

 

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/chip.html

 

 

 

9  Computers in Education

 

http://www.acce.edu.au/

 

http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html

 

http://www.learningtimes.org/

 

Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/

 

Discovery

http://www.discovery.com/

 

http://www.cosmeo.com/

 

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

 

National Council for Ed Tech

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Educational_Research_and_Training

 

CALL

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-6.html

 

Webheads

http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/esl_home.htm

 

Community of practice/Conference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice

 

http://webpages.csus.edu/%7Ehansonsm/CoP_Resources.html

 

http://www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com/generic54.html

 

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

Cheap computers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4735927.stm

 

 

10  Computers in Medicine

 

http://www.iit.edu/~marajos/CS485/project/index.html

 

Robot stomach surgery

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050822/microbot.html

 

Remote doctors

http://www.esa.int/esaTE/SEMWL2S1VED_index_0.html

 

Data storage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_storage_device

 

Data management systems (DBMS)

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/database_management_system_DBMS.html

 

 

11  Robotics

 

http://www.ri.cmu.edu/

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/directory/Computers/Robotics

 

http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/elearning/newletters/winter01/page7.html

 

Military

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175800886

 

Classification of types of robots

http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/elearning/newletters/winter01/page7.html

 

Nanotechnology

http://www.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology

 

 

12 Virtual Reality

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality

 

Simulations

http://www.arcscience.com/

 

Games

http://videogames.yahoo.com/

 

VR input devices

http://www.agocg.ac.uk/reports/virtual/vrtech/develop3.htm

 

 

13 Machine Translation (MT)

 

http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html

Artificial intelligence (AI)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

 

Retail operations intelligence system

http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/elearning/newletters/winter01/page7.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail

 

 

14 Multimedia

 

http://www.computer.org/portal/site/multimedia//

http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Multimedia/

http://www.twistermp3.com/

 

Vlogs

http://www.voiceblog.jp/joke/

 

Audioblogs

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

www.blogger.com

 

Voicemail

http://www.extremetechnoelt.com/moodle/index.php

 

Digital photography

http://www.bubbleshare.com/upload

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

 

 

15 Computer Graphics

 

http://www.univ-bechar.dz/Boutiche/Education/visualization.htm

http://www.graphicsbydezign.com/

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/

 

Sunsystems

http://www.sunsystems.com/

 

Adobe

http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readermain.html

 

Photoshop

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html

 

16 Graphic Art

 

http://www.gammag.com/

 

Clip art

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic20.htm

 

24-bit colour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth

 

Computer jargon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_jargon

 

App

Letters & CV

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/oldindex.html

 

APP

Glossary of technical terms

http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/glossary/

Excellent links to dictionaries for computing

Glossary for computing majors

 

 

In the Rainforest:  My Jungle Book

 

Name:      _________________________

Class:       _________________________

School:     _________________________

Teacher:  _________________________

Date:        _________________________

 

Table of Contents

1   My District

2  My Language

3   Lightning

4   Bugs

5  Cooking

6  A Walk in the Jungle

7  Trees

8  Fish

9  Snakes

10 Birds

11 Flowers

12 Traditional Games

13 Keeping Our Rainforest Tidy

14 Rules for Our Rainforest

15 Visiting Perak – My Favourite Places

16 Animals in Our Rainforest

17 Our Customs

18 Life in School and Life at Home

19 Leech Colours

21 Sounds

22 Rules for Jungle Trekking

 

Notes:

This workbook is for the Orang Usli children, who must encounter great culture shock when they move from living with their families to living in the schools. Perhaps they will take pride in describing their environment to their teachers.  It is perhaps most suitable for years 5 and/or 6. If it is simplified, it can be used with younger children.  Copies can be placed in the SAL room and/or library, or it can be used in the classroom to help with writing and as an aid to discussion.

1 My District

 

Instructions:

Draw a map of the area around your school. Make sure you mark your house on it, and the path or road you follow to get here.

 

2 My Language

Instructions:

When you are in school, you have to speak English and Bahasa Malay. What language do you speak when you are at home? What other languages do your school friends know? Complete the table by writing down words in your language. You will have to choose you own words.

No	English	Your Language	Malay
1	hello
2	goodbye
3	one
4	two
5	three
6	four
7	name
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

 

 

3 Thunder and Lightning

 

 

A Instructions:

When you are in the rainforest, you may have to sit through a thunder and lightning storm. Why is it so dangerous to be outside at that time? What are ten rules you should follow to stay safe?

 

 

 

No	Rule to Stay Safe	Danger	Effect
1		Lightning	Lightning might hit you
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 

4 Bugs

A Instructions:

You can see many insects around you. Study them and complete the following table. Then draw a picture of each one, or collect one to stick on your worksheet.

No	Name	Food	Use	Description	Noise	Picture
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 

 

B Complete the table by asking your friends about why they like or do not like the bugs you found.

No	Name	Reason for Liking	Reason for Not Liking
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 

5 Cooking

A Instructions:

Choose your favourite recipes and then complete the following table about the ingredients, quantities, utensils and steps.

Recipe:  ________________________

No	Topic	Answers
1	Ingredients
2	Utensils
3	Quantities
4	Steps	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 

 

6 A Walk in the Jungle

A Instructions:

Collect 10 interesting items as you go on a jungle walk, and put them in a bag or box. Then complete the table with information about your item. A prize will be given to the group with the best collection. Write down which senses you use to study the item.

B What You Need

1 Bag or box

2 Worksheet

3 Pen

4 Coloured pencils

No	Item	Description	Sense	Drawing
1	Banana leaf	Long, green, heavy	Touch Sight
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

7 Trees

A Instructions:

There are many kinds of trees in the rainforest. Do you know their names in English? What do they look like? What are they used for? Complete the table with information about them. Also collect a leaf from each tree and stick it on your worksheet.

No	Name	Uses	Description	Leaf
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 

 

 

8 Fish

 

 

A Instructions:

What kind of fish can you catch in the rainforest? What do the fish look like? How much do they cost to buy in the market? How much do your dads sell them for? What recipes are they used in? Complete the following tables with the missing information.

No	Fish	Selling Price	Buying Price	Description	Drawing
1	Crab			Hard shell, white meat, long pincers
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

B Recipe

Name	Utensils	Ingredients	Quantities	Steps

 

 

 

 

9 Snakes

Instructions:

What kinds of snakes can be found in the rainforest? Complete the following table with information about some of them.

No	Topic	Snake 1	Snake 2	Snake 3
1	Name
2	Length
3	Colours
4	Description
5	Uses
6	Length
7	Noise
8	Food
9	Location
10	Habitat
11	Can kill humans
12	Weight
13	Endangered

10 Birds

 

 

Instructions:

What birds have you seen this week? Complete the following table with information about some of them.

No	Topic	Bird 1	Bird 2	Bird 3
1	Name
2	Size
3	Colours
4	Size of eggs
5	Length
6	Weight
7	Food
8	Habitat
9	Location
10	Uses
11	Description
12	Feet
13	Endangered

11 Flowers

Instructions:

What flowers have you seen this week? Complete the following table with information about some of them.

No	Topic	Flower 1	Flower 2	Flower 3
1	Name
2	Description
3	Size
4	Smell
5	Location
6	Uses
7	Texture
8	Type of soil
9	Endangered

12 Traditional Games

Instructions:

Think about one of the traditional games you play and then complete the following table. Do you play any of the games in the table below? Why or why not?

No	Topic	Conkak	Batu Seremban	Tang-teng	Guli	Jam Jam
1	Name
2	Name in English
3	Number of players
4	Items needed to play it
5	Steps

 

13 Keeping Our Rainforest Tidy

A Instructions:

Complete the following table by adding reasons why we should keep our rainforest tidy. Then go around the camp and pick up 10 pieces of rubbish, and complete the following table. You will need a plastic bag to put the rubbish in.

No	What we should do	Reasons
1	Collect broken glass	To stop people from getting cut
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

B  Recycling Rubbish

Instructions:

Complete the table by describing the rubbish you have collected and writing what we can use it for.

Description

No	Item	Description	Uses	Recyclable	Recycling Use
1	Coke can	cylindrical, red with white letters	Hold Coke	Yes	To hold pencils
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

14 Rules for Our Rainforest

 

 

 

A Instructions:

Write 10 rules that you must follow when you are in the rainforest.

No	Rule	Reason
1	Don’t eat fruit	It may poison you
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 

 

 

15 Visiting Perak – My Favourite Places

Instructions:

What places are there to see in your district? Complete the following table with information about your favourite places. Then rank the places in the order in which you like them. 1 is for the one you like best.

No	Place	Description	Cost	Location	Location	Why it is Interesting	Rank
1	Perak Dam	Place with water	Free	Near Lasa	Near Lasa	Electricity generators
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 

 

 

16 Animals in Our Rainforest

Instructions:

There are many animals in the rainforest. Complete the table by writing notes

about 3 of them.

No	Topic	Monkey	Elephant	3
1	Length
2	Weight
3	Height
4	Habitat
5	Location
6	Colour
7	Food
8	Uses
9	Body covering
10	Dangerous to man
11	Number left in Malaysia

17 Our Customs

Instructions:

When you come to school, you learn about many different customs and traditions.  What are some of the customs and traditions you have when you are at home?

No	Tradition/Custom	Notes
1	Birth
2	Marriage
3	Death
4	Food
5	Clothes
6
7
8
9
10

 

18 Life in School and Life at Home

Instructions:

Life when you are in school is very different from life when you are at home. Complete the table by making notes about some of the differences.

No	Life at Home	Life in School
1	Wear casual clothes	Wear uniform
2	Live with mother and father	Live with other children
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 

19 Leeches

Instructions:

Many people do not like leeches, but they are very useful in medicine, as they can be used to clean cuts on people’s bodies. How much do you know about them?

No	Topic	Answer
1	Location
2	Habitat
3	Size
4	Colour
5	Food
6	Repellent
7	How they feed on animals and humans
8	Number of segments in body
9	Number of jaws
10	Effect of sunlight
11	Uses in medicine

 

 

 

20 Colours

Instructions:

Think about all the colours you know, write their names in the table below, and then write the names of trees, animals, flowers, fish, bugs, or snakes that are these colours. Then write the name of a group that they belong to.

No	Item	Colour	Location	Group
1	Cloud	White, gray, black	In sky	Environment
2		Red
3		Blue
4		Green
5		White
6		Yellow
7		Brown
8		Purple
9		Orange
10		Black

 

 

21 Sounds

 

 

 

Instructions:

Every day, we hear many different sounds when we are out in the rainforest. Think of some of the sounds you hear, and write down the name of the creature or living being that makes the sound. Then rank the sounds in the order that you like them. 1 is for the one you like most.

No	Creature	Sound	Rank
1		Cock-a-doodle-doo
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

22 Rules for Jungle Trekking

Instructions:

Many people from cities in Malaysia like to go jungle trekking. Sometimes they get lost and have to be rescued by other people. What are ten rules that they should follow when they start their walks, so that they do not end up in trouble?

 

No	Rule
1	They should tell people where they are going
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Compiled by Dot MacKenzie  Feb 2008

Audio Blogging

http://odiogo.com/

Convert your blog into an audio blog

http://voicethread.com/about/

Record student introductions

http://www.daftdoggy.com/recorder/english.php

Daft Doggy Voice Recording

 

Blogging

www.blogger.com

Easy to use

 

Children

www.jawischools.blogspot.com

www.allwritejawi.blogspot.com

 

Create Conversations

http://www.chinswing.com/

 

Education Blogs

http://edublogs.org/

Blog in 34 languages

http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/

10 ways to use a blog when teaching

http://magazine.edublogs.org/

Tips and treats

http://edublogs.org/campus/

Blog your campus

http://ssedro.blogspot.com/2008/01/reflecting-on-parable-learning-from-my.html

 

Advice about Setting up Sister Projects

E-learning, M-learning, Web 2.0, 7 mobile technologies

http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/

 

Game Makers

http://www.mltav.asn.au/content/view/149/

http://next.yahoo.net/photosoup/index.php

 

Gif Animator and Avator Generator

http://www.gifup.com/

 

Maps

http://www2.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://clustrmaps.com

Insert a map in your blog

http://www.mapsofwar.com/library.html

Maps of war

 

Movies

http://www.dvolver.com/

Make a short movie introducing yourself

 

On-line Resources for E-Learning

http://webusabilityhelp.blogspot.com/2007/11/to-z-online-resources-for-e-learning.html

 

Personalize the Web

http://www.pageflakes.com/Login.aspx

 

Photos

http://www.mixbook.com/

Create photobooks

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

Photos and videos

 

Podcasts

http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home

Slidecast and podcast creator

 

PowerPoints

http://www.authorstream.com/

Share PowerPoints

 

Sharing Resources

http://www.qlipmedia.com/

Share anything online

 

Sister Classes

http://esleflsisterclasses.edublogs.org

Blog for teachers and students in Kuwait, Argentina, Brazil, the USA and Hungary

 

Slidecasts and Podcasts

http://www.slideshare.net/anamariacult/1-b-jobs

 

Social Networking

http://crowdvine.com/home

http://www.ning.com/

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

https://www.bigtent.com/

http://mixxt.de/

http://www.webjam.com/webjam/home

 

Social Networks in Education

http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/

http://education.ning.com/

 

Student Showcase Blog

http://esleflsisterclasses.edublogs.org/2008/02/15/student-showcase-blog-set-up/

ESL/EFL sister classes in Argentina, Brazil, Hungary, Kuwait and the USA

 

Teachers’ Blogs and Websites

http://handsacrosstheoceans.edublogs.org/

www.jawischools.blogspot.com

www.allwritejawi.blogspot.com

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

http://kuwaituniversity.blogspot.com

Dot MacKenzie, Kuwait

 

http://ourblogproject.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria, Brazil

 

http://ihopeitworks.blogspot.com/

Ronaldo, Brazil

 

http://ritaz.edublogs.org/

http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/

Rita Zeinstejer, Argentina

 

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org

http://larryferlazzo.com/english.html

Larry Ferlazzo, USA

 

http://www.netangol.hu/

Tibor Prievara, Hungary

 

Videos

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

 

Virtual Classroom

http://www.wiziq.com/

 

Virtual Library

http://kuwaituniversity.blogspot.com

 

Voice

http://voicethread.com/about/

Record student introductions

 

Windows Live Writer

http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/

Upload pictures, videos, and word documents into your blog

 

Dot MacKenzie, Kuwait

Dot

Dot, Malaysia

Dot

Ana Maria, Brazil

 

Ronaldo, Brazil 

 

Rita Zeinstejer, Argentina

Rita

 

Larry Ferlazzo, USA

Larry

 

Tibor Prievara, Hungary

Compiled by Dot MacKenzie  Feb 2008

Audio Blogging

http://odiogo.com/

Convert your blog into an audio blog

http://voicethread.com/about/

Record student introductions

http://www.daftdoggy.com/recorder/english.php

Daft Doggy Voice Recording

 

Blog

www.blogger.com

Easy to use

 

Children

www.jawischools.blogspot.com

www.allwritejawi.blogspot.com

 

Create Conversations

http://www.chinswing.com/

 

Education Blogs

http://edublogs.org/

Blog in 34 languages

http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/

10 ways to use a blog when teaching

http://magazine.edublogs.org/

Tips and treats

http://edublogs.org/campus/

Blog your campus

http://ssedro.blogspot.com/2008/01/reflecting-on-parable-learning-from-my.html

 

Advice about Setting up Sister Projects

E-learning, M-learning, Web 2.0, 7 mobile technologies

http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/

 

Game Makers

http://www.mltav.asn.au/content/view/149/

http://next.yahoo.net/photosoup/index.php

 

Gif Animator and Avator Generator

http://www.gifup.com/

 

Maps

http://www2.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://clustrmaps.com

Insert a map in your blog

http://www.mapsofwar.com/library.html

Maps of war

 

Movies

http://www.dvolver.com/

Make a short movie introducing yourself

 

On-line Resources for E-Learning

http://webusabilityhelp.blogspot.com/2007/11/to-z-online-resources-for-e-learning.html

 

Personalize the Web

http://www.pageflakes.com/Login.aspx

 

Photos

http://www.mixbook.com/

Create photobooks

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

Photos and videos

 

Podcasts

http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home

Slidecast and podcast creator

 

PowerPoints

http://www.authorstream.com/

Share PowerPoints

 

Sharing Resources

http://www.qlipmedia.com/

Share anything online

 

Sister Classes

http://esleflsisterclasses.edublogs.org

Blog for teachers and students in Kuwait, Argentina, Brazil, the USA and Hungary

 

Slidecasts and Podcasts

http://www.slideshare.net/anamariacult/1-b-jobs

 

Social Networking

http://crowdvine.com/home

http://www.ning.com/

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

https://www.bigtent.com/

http://mixxt.de/

http://www.webjam.com/webjam/home

 

Social Networks in Education

http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/

http://education.ning.com/

 

Student Showcase Blog

http://esleflsisterclasses.edublogs.org/2008/02/15/student-showcase-blog-set-up/

ESL/EFL sister classes in Argentina, Brazil, Hungary, Kuwait and the USA

 

Teachers’ Blogs and Websites

http://handsacrosstheoceans.edublogs.org/

www.jawischools.blogspot.com

www.allwritejawi.blogspot.com

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

www.kuwaituniversity.blogspot.com

Dot MacKenzie, Kuwait

 

http://ourblogproject.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria, Brazil

 

http://ihopeitworks.blogspot.com/

Ronaldo, Brazil

 

http://ritaz.edublogs.org/

http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/

Rita Zeinstejer, Argentina

 

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org

http://larryferlazzo.com/english.html

Larry Ferlazzo, USA

 

http://www.netangol.hu/

Tibor Prievara, Hungary

 

Videos

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

 

Virtual Classroom

http://www.wiziq.com/

 

Virtual Library

http://kuwaituniversity.blogspot.com

 

Voice

http://voicethread.com/about/

Record student introductions

 

Windows Live Writer

http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/

Upload pictures, videos, and word documents into your blog

A  Instructions

 

1  Go to the Blogger website, and follow the instructions on the screen.  Make sure your blog is in English.

 

2  Click on start now.

 

3  To create an account, type user name, first name, email address, and new password, and retype password. Remember to write down your password and the name of the blog, otherwise you will never find it again. (If you have an account, sign in).

 

4  Click on create a new blog in your blogs on the right side of the screen.

 

5  Type an introduction about yourself into your blog.

 

6  Save the blog.

 

7  Exit blogger.com.

 

8  Type your blogger address http:// (?????.blogspot.com) in the search box to make sure that you can access it again.

 

9  Give your teacher the address of your blogspot so he/she can print out your blog and correct it.

 

B  Uses of Blogs

 

1 Keeping a diary

 

2 Sending news to your friends and family

 

3 Informing people about events, e.g. news about a club

 

4 Keeping a class informed about class work, quizzes, exams etc

 

5 Keeping a record of your homework or original work.

 

6 Displaying school messages and news.

 

7 Storing photos online, so that all your friends and family can see them. You will have to download Picassa.

 

8 Storing audio and video blogs.

 

9  Publishing Your Work

 

10 Working on projects with students from around the world, e.g. Argentina, Brazil, Hungary and the U.S.A..

 

11 Advertising a company, e.g.  an online IELTS course.

 

12  Storing information about the history of your family, with stories about each family member, photos, qualifications, video clips, a family tree and other other interesting information.

 

13  You can blog in many languages apart from English.

C   Blogging Your 162 Work

For the rest of the semester, you will be busy writing paragraphs, reflections on making your presentation, writing a research essay, and completing your presentation, before handing it in in book form.

Once you have finished your work and it has been corrected, you will be able to post it in your own blog, the international student showcase blog, and this one. 

D  Using Windows Live Writer

If you are using an edublogs blog, you can download Windows Live Writer into your laptop or computer, type your work, and then post tables, photos, videos, maps and documents into your blog.

 

1. If you check out http://jawischools.blogspot.com, you will find lots of links for work on all the subjects you are studying in school.

 

2. If you check out http://allwritejawi.blogspot.com, you will find examples of children’s work from some of the schools in the Jawi district, in Malaysia.

 

3. If you want some fun activities, you will find them in http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/ under just for fun. You will also find work for your little brothers and sisters here too, in kids corner.

 

1 Vocabulary

What do the following words mean?

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2 Contextual Reference

What do the following words refer to?

 

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3 Comparison

 

Read the passage and complete the following table by comparing ___________ and ___________. Then write a paragraph comparing them.

 

#  Topic   1            2

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4 Comparison Paragraph

 

Write a comparison paragraph based on the information in 3.

 

5 Classification – A Computer System

 

Study the following example, correct the mistakes, and then make a tree diagram based on the information in the text.

 

A computer system a group of parts working together to aid in operation of a computer. Computer systems can be divided into two main kinds according to whether they tangible or not. The parts which real and can be touched known as hardware, whereas parts which intangible called software. Examples of latter programs and data.

 

There three types of hardware in a computer system and these can be differentiated on basis of their functions. The first kind is type which sends information to computer or receives information from it. Keyboards and printers are examples of this kind of hardware and known as peripheral devices. Second kind is hardware which stores information and programs, and called memory storage, while last kind controls all devices in computer and functions as computer’s brain.

Hardware for memory storage can be further classified into 2 types, based on their location. The primary memory located inside computer, whereas secondary memory, which includes disks, tapes etc, located outside computer.

 

Finally, there two categories of primary memory which can be classified according to whether their information lost when computer switched off, or not. If computer does not retain information, this kind of memory called RAM or random access memory. Information can be written into this memory, or can be read from it. However, if computer retains information, this memory called ROM or read only memory. The computer can read information from Rom, but cannot put information into it.

Source:  ELU Science handout

 

6 Tree diagram

 

Use the information in the passage to make a tree diagram showing the important points in the reading.

 

7 Tree diagram

 

Make a tree diagram showing the information in the reading passage your teacher has given you. Then write a classification paragraph based on the tree diagram.

 

8 Classification Paragraph

 

Now use your notes in the tree diagram to write a paragraph

classifying a topic of your choice.

 

Title……………………………..

 

12 Researching

 

Choose one of the topics you are interested in today’s reading and search the internet to find 5 URLs about the topic. Make notes about your topic and present your findings to the class.

 

#          Topic          URL       Notes

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