Technology Today: What Leaders Need to Know and Do*
TESOL 2006
Tampa

Outline of Topics:

What you need to know: Computer literacy Basic tech tools Other options What you need to do: Communicate effectively Plan for tech decisions Provocative questions

 

 

 

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Resources:

Tools

Course Management Systems (CMSs)

Elluminate – real-time virtual classroom environment:http://www.elluminate.com/

Blackboard: http://www.blackboard.com

Desire2Learn: http://www.desire2learn.com/

WebCT: http://www.webct.com

Tech Tools

Audacity (audio recording software): http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

PureVoice (voice recording software) from Qualcomm): http://www.cdmatech.com/solutions/products/purevoice.html

Skype (real-time voice communication): http://www.skype.com

Yahoo Messenger (with voice in PC version): http://www.yahoo.com

HorizonLive/Wimba: http://www.horizonwimba.com/

Blogs: http://www.blogger.com/

Wiki: http://wiki.org/

Resources for Blogs and Wikis: http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/workshops/techspring06/blogs&wikis.html

Webcasts: http://www.learningtimes.com/

Podcasting: http://www.podcast.net/

Resources for Podcasting: http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/workshops/techspring06/podcasts.html

Resources for PowerPoint: http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/workshops/techspring06/ppt.html

Making a Web Page: http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/ling2148/webpage.html

Nvu (open-source HTML Editor for Macintosh, Windows, and Linux): http://www.nvu.com/

General References:

TESOL's Principles and Practices of Online Teaching Certificate Program:
TESOL Homepage: http://www.tesol.org (from the TESOL website, click on "Professional Development.)

International Society for Technology in Education: http://www.iste.org/template.cfm

National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators: http://cnets.iste.org/administrators/a_stands.html

"Netiquette" by Deborah Healey): http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/pci/netiquette.html

Epley, N., and J. Kruger (2005). When what you type isn't what they read: The perseverance of stereotypes and expectancies over e-mail. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 41, 414–422. Pdf file available at http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/fac/nicholas.epley/html/publications.html.

Workshop presented as part of the Evening Leadership Forum at the TESOL Conference on March 16, 2006 in Tampa

Last modified: May 27, 2006

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