CALL, THE NET & TECHNOLOGY - THE SESSION
Philip Milton

The Net as a Teaching Tool
Glossary
The Web
CMS (Course Management System)
CALL (Computer Assisted language Learning)
Portal (e.g. a gateway to links and systems within an organisation )
LMS (Learning Management System. e.g. WebCT)
CMC (Computer Mediated Communication)
Synchronous and A-Synchronous (real time / delayed)
WebQuests
Search Engines
Metasearches

Web Resources
Online EFL lessons @ http://esl.about.com
Treasure hunts @ http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Treasure_Hunts/
Web Quests @ http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
Webquest reading and training materials @ http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm
Peer rated teaching resources @ http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
Create crossword puzzles @ http://www.greeneclipsesoftware.com
A wonderful tool for designing ten different types of puzzles @ http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Sound Files @ http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/Weather.shtml

Search Engines
AltaVista @ http://www.altavista.com
Yahoo @ http://www.yahoo.com
Google @ http://www.google.com
Lycos @ http://www.lycos.com
Excite @ http://www.excite.com
All the Web @ http://alltheweb.com
MetaCrawler @ http://www.metacrawler.com
Mamma @ http://www.mamma.com
Dogpile @ http://www.dogpile.com
OneSeek @ http://www.oneseek.com
SavvySearch @ http://www.savvysearch.com
FindIt! @ http://www.itools.com/find-it
SavvySearch @ http://www.savvysearch.com
Search Engine Watch @ http://www.searchenginewatch.com
Ask Jeeves @ http://www.ask.com - answers questions asked in plain English, without requiring keywords or complicated search strings.
Graphics Search Engine @ http://www.ditto.com
Google Image Search @ http://www.images.google.com
Filamentality @ http://www.filamentality.com/ - web searching tips. Helps you pick a topic, provides guides to help you shape your ideas around specific goals, and then gives you your own Web page on the Internet (you can save it online for a year).
Snap @ http://www.snap.com
HotBot @ http://www.hotbot.com
Bookmark useful websites @ http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/

Puzzles & Word games
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/grammar
http://www.caslt.org/teachers/flashE/english/start.htm
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

Student surveys
Survey Share @ http://www.surveyshare.com/
SurveyKey @ http://www.surveykey.com/
SurveyMonkey @ http://www.zoomerang.com/ - Internet surveys

Marking student work
http://www.cict.co.uk/software/markin/index.htm

Science, Maths, Geography, Sociology
http://www.explorersweb.com/
http://www.sciencentral.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
http://www.officialcitysites.org
http://www.askanexpert.com
http://www.your-nation.com/

News
http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.gulfnews.com
http://www.cnn.com

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