applications

Applications in Technology in ESL Labs and Classes
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Facilitator: Stephanie Vera

For Faculty Use:
Hot Potatoes A free, downloadable software to create exercises for the web.
Description: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/

A Sample Crossoword: http://uk1.hotpotatoes.net/ex/13832/FKTAGAEX.php

Password: password

Low Threshold Applications

http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/lta/all.php
This is available via the a link in the MCC website. It is idea for "easy" uses of technology. A few that I find particulary interesting:

LTA #25 -- Creating Editable Forms in Microsoft Word
http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/lta/archives/lta25.php

LTA #45 -- Using Digitized Recordings to Respond to Student Writing
http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/lta/archives/lta45.php
LTA #24 -- Online Crossword Puzzles (Hot Potatoes)
http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/lta/archives/lta24.php

Color in Word

During class presentation, highlight specific areas of your document using color (ie, thesis statement, topic sentence, errors, etc.)
On the toolbar, click on the color icon.

For Student Use:

READING

Podcasts: Listen and/or read from the ESL podcasts. (Miami Dade)

http://a4esl.org/podcasts/

Book Conversation Group: Book discussion group - meetings and online conversation.

http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/bccreads.html

Accuplacer Reading Practice

Townsend Press - Online Exercises http://www.townsendpress.net/apps/tpexercises/bookmenu.php?bk=15
Brookdale Community College
http://www.brookdalecc.edu/fac/reading/mhurley/questions/Instructions.htm

WRITING

Sentence Sense (Miami-Dade)

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/sensen/index.html

A/B Paper Differences (Miami-Dade)

http://www.amarris.homestead.com/files/Difference_between_A_and_B.htm

Bellevue Community College Online Writing Lab (Miami-Dade)

http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/default.htm

Perdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Miami-Dade)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/586/01/

Various online writing explanantions/exercises.

Paragraph Punch (downloadable) (Also available - Essay Punch) (Miami-Dade)

http://www.paragraphpunch.com/

Microsoft Word Tutorial A free tutorial available on the net via the Baycon Group website.

http://www.baycongroup.com/word.htm (Miami Dade)

Clipart:

Language Teaching Clipart Library Images of basic vocabulary to be used in the lower levels of language teaching.
http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/clipart/

Discovery School Hundreds of original clip-art pieces and animations, organized by academic subject!
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/