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		<title>Links for CALL</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dot MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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   1&#160; Email
The university&#8217;s email system, found on KUMAIL. Login with your KU portal user ID &#38; portal password.&#160;&#160; You must have an email account and check your emails every day. You must also be able to read and send attachments. Please make sure you send your email address, name and section to [...]]]></description>
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<p>   <font color="#ff0000"><b>1&#160; </b><b>Email</b></font></p>
<p align="justify"><b>The university&#8217;s email system, found on <a href="http://kuniv.edu.kw" target="_blank">KUMAIL</a></b><b>. </b><b>Login with your KU portal user ID &amp; portal password.</b>&#160;&#160; <b>You must have an email account and check your emails every day. You must also be able to read and send attachments. Please make sure you send your email address, name and section to your teacher. </b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>2&#160; </b><b>Blackboard</b></font></p>
<p><strong><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Click on</font> </font></strong><b><a href="http://bb.kuniv.edu/" target="_blank">Blackboard</a>.</b><b></b></p>
<p align="justify"><b>Log in with your student number and the password &#8216;test&#8217; or &#8216;test 123&#8221;. You must also enroll for the 162 IELTS course or the 161 IELTS course.&#160; S</b><b>ome course documents will be displayed here.&#160; </b><b>Remember to change your password. 2009 &#8211; 2010 courses begin with 091 and the course id.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>3&#160; </b><b>Hands across the Oceans</b></font></p>
<p><b><a href="http://handsacrosstheoceans.edublogs.org" target="_blank">Hands across the Oceans</a></b><b></b></p>
<p align="justify"><b>Check out 161 IELTS, 162 IELTS and webquests. Some of your work will be displayed here. You may send essays, photos, videos and art work.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>4&#160; </b><b>Blogging</b></font></p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Blogger</a></b><b></b></p>
<p><b>Useful for online portfolios and advertising businesses.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>5&#160; </b><b>Kuwait University</b></font></p>
<p><b><a href="http://kuniv.edu.kw" target="_blank">Kwuait University</a></b><b></b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>6&#160; </b><b>ELU Science</b></font></p>
<p><a href="http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/" target="_blank">ELU, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University</a></p>
<p><b></b><b><a href="http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/" target="_blank">Kuwait University Online Language Learning</a></b></p>
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<p><b><a href="http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/" target="_blank">Dot MacKenzie</a></b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>7&#160; </b><b>Mind Mapping</b></font></p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.mind-mapping.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mind mapping</a></b><b></b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>8&#160; </b><b>KU Online E-learning</b></font></p>
<p><a href="http://onlinetrain.kuniv.edu/elearning/user/login/">KU Online E-learning</a></p>
<p align="justify"><b>Computer, English and business courses. Others may be added. It is possible to gain certificates if you complete the courses. Login with your student id and the password &#8220;welcome&#8221;. Remember to change your password.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>9&#160; </b><b>CD-ROM</b></font></p>
<p>There is a CD-Rom At the back of your &#8220;Objective IELTS&#8221; intermediate student&#8217;s book&#160; <b>You may use the CD-ROM at home for further practice. </b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>10 </b><b>International Project</b></font></p>
<p><a href="http://eflstudents.edublogs.org" target="_blank">EFL Students</a></p>
<p><b>You may post comments and add data to this site.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>11 </b><b>Voice Threads</b></font></p>
<p><a href="http://voicethread.com" target="_blank">Voice Thread</a></p>
<p><b>You may transform media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>12 </b><b>Presentations</b></font></p>
<p><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dottuta" target="_blank">Slideshare</a></p>
<p><b>Some of my students&#8217; presentations are stored here.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>13 </b><b>Research</b></font></p>
<p><b>You will be asked to carry out research using resources on the Internet.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>14 </b><b>Plagiarism</b></font></p>
<p align="justify"><b>Make sure that any work or files that you want to display on the Internet are your own work.&#160; You must not cut and paste work from other websites and put it in your website, or use photos that are someone else&#8217;s work.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>15&#160; </b><b>Help Desk</b></font></p>
<p><b>Extension 4444</b></p>
<p><b>The people working there will help you if you have computer problems.</b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>16&#160; </b><b><a href="http://sci-guide.kuniv.edu.kw/" target="_blank">Faculty of Science Guide</a></b></font><b></b></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>18 </b><b>ELU Science Wiki</b></font></p>
<p><a href="http://eluscience.pbworks.com/" target="_blank">ELU Science Wiki for teachers</a></p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>19&#160; Animoto</strong></font></p>
<p>You may use <a href="http://animoto.com/" target="_blank">Animoto</a> to turn your photos and videos into unique video pieces.</p>
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		<title>What Makes a Country Unique?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dot MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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What makes Brazil a unique country?
What makes Toronto special?
Multicultural Uniqueness
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<p>Examples may be found in</p>
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<p><a href="http://finally5b.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-makes-brazil-unique-country.html" target="_blank">What makes Brazil a unique country?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/toyo-gakuen-university-homestay-english.html">What makes Toronto special?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://multiculturaluniqueness.pbworks.com/Venezuela" target="_blank">Multicultural Uniqueness</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://cs89.clearspring.com/u/46928cc51133af17/4aec704ee671b49b" target="_blank">Maryam Khalid&#8217;s video &#8211; What makes Hawaii unique?</a></p>
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		<title>Ahmed Goes to Bahrain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dot MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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