August 13th: Class Prep

As discussed last week, we will have a quiz this week on Chapters 5 and 6 of our primary textbook (Empowering English Language Learners with Tools from the Web).  This quiz will be longer than usual (it covers two chapters) and will count double.  In addition to the reading, please view the file linked below, which was handed out last class.  It summarizes some of the basic ideas we discussed about online media sharing in TEFL.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxTF2n3M9Ex3NVZIS1pVMVlkWHc/view?usp=sharing

The final project will also be introduced this week.  I am attaching a link to the project instructions now so you can look at them before class tomorrow.  Please read through and see if you have any questions.  I will ask that you save your questions for class rather than emailing me.  The reason: your questions are probably relevant to the whole class, and other students may benefit from hearing them.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wdy0HTZ0FtCbaVxDeeQOVHsLG_oiRhnC6CI8gHn7VDQ/edit?usp=sharing

This week we'll close our discussion of online media sharing (visual media and videos) and you'll be given your final reading assignment.  You'll also be given your final blog post assignment.  Next week, the blog project wrap-up instructions will be handed out.  This "wrap-up" will involve a short writing assignment (1-2 pages), which will be worth 35% of your grade for the project.