Week#2 Overview
Week#1 Leftovers
- Join the Diigo Learning Call Group
- Complete an Entrance Survey.
- Create an account at Quizlet.com. Join the BUFS TTP Quizlet Class. Quizlet App here.
Hanging Out in the Google Universe
Add your classmates to a ‘circle’ (TTPClass#1 here, TTP Class#2 here)
Later, you can update your Google+ profile,
find
others to follow, and download the Hangout
app to use it on mobile devices.
In class, we will attempt to use a Hangout to text chat and video
conference.
Google+ Hangout Guide
Blogger Tweaks
Questions? Blogger Guide. To see some examples of what you can do with a ‘Blogger’ blog check out
the ones below.
- From former TTP Trainnes
SmartLearning, Humming English, Happy English w/Xena, Nayoung’s English - Collablogatorium
(by Carla
Arena – CALL practitioner extraordinaire) - ESLTeacher
in Korea (University instructor in Busan) - LearningCall.net
(this site)
To experiment with your new blog, try
- posting
a photo - posting
a video - adding
‘gadgets’ to the side of your blog - embedding a presentation from slideshare or Ted Talk or Quizlet
(using html mode)
Begin Exploring Activities, Games, & Quizzes
- Explore the Games & Activities Guide
- Creation Sites: Quizlet Proprofs Jeopardy , Jeopardy Kids
- Look at examples – Hot Potatoes ProProfs Quizlet Padlet (nice Google Doc usage here)
- Play a few online Word Games
To Do - Explore activity sites and use Diigo to bookmark your
favorite sites
Use our Hangout to share and comment on any interesting finds - Create something with Quizlet, Profprofs, or
Padlet and post it on your blog - Create other kinds of games using websites or downloadable
programs - Create a short blog post about your thoughts on activity
resources and using them in your teaching
Quizlet
Help edit this set by registering at
Quizlet (confirm your email), joining the BUFS TTP class
(wait for Jeff to accept your enrollment), and then edit the set.