The assignments on this page are designed to help in the investigation of educational technology as an effective means of teaching English.

The focus of these assignments is practical - the use of language-learning technology in the EFL classroom.

Preparing for the semester:

• Buy a portfolio folder and bring it to the first lesson.
• A ring-binder is a good idea for this, since pages can be moved and added.
• Post a message on the course Forum.
• Edit your Profile. Add a photo.
• Do the Course Quiz. Submit the course quiz, print out your answers, and put them in your portfolio.
• Check out the assessment schedule.
• Download the assessment forms, print them out, and put them in your portfolio:

Week 1, Aug 29, 31

• Begin recording yourself on your Speaking Journal.
• Have you posted your message on the Forum yet?
• Have you made your Profile yet?
• Have you added a photo yet?
• Begin your Speaking Journal
• Pre-Course Self-assess (in the "Assessment Sheets: Directory):
  • Do this interactively (interview a partner) and put your sheet in your portfolio.
  • Enter the score in the Class Journal
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• Begin your Speaking Journal
• Pre-Course Self-assess Do this interactively (interview a partner) and put your sheet in your portfolio. Enter the score in the Class Journal

Week 2, Sept 5, 7:

• Check out email penfriend sites
• Click on "Study links" on the home page.
• Select email-pal links.
• Find an email friend.
• This might take time, but don't worry - you will find someone eventually.
  
• Start writing to your email-pal.
• Print out a Portfolio Entry Sheet and put it in your portfolio.
• Continue with your Speaking Journal, and continue sending emails to your email-pal
• Check out the multimedia glossary (on the home page, left column)

Week 3, Sept 12, 14:

• Print out a Portfolio criteria sheet and bring it to class.
• Do one of the "Learning Activities" from Chapter 2 of TTELL (Technology and Teaching English Language Learners) (pages 48 & 49).
• Visit the websites on page 49 of TTELL.
• Add an entry to the Eng. Ed. Tech Glossary.
• Make sure it is automatically linked.

Week 4, Sept 19, 21:

• Print out a Review for the Portfolio Conference  sheet.
• Fill it in, and put it in your portfolio.
• Do one of the "Learning Activities" for Chapter 3 of TTELL (pages 78 & 79).
• Visit the websites on page 79 of TTELL.
• Start thinking about your project with others in your group.
  
• Continue writing to your email pal and recording your Speaking Journal.

Week 5, Sept 26, 28:

• Have a Portfolio Conference (1) with members of your group. Enter the scores in the Class Journal.
• Do one of the "Learning Activities" for Chapter 4 of TTELL (pages 110 & 111).
• Visit the websites on page 112 of TTELL.
• Print out your emails and responses and put them in the portfolio - every week!
• Continue recording your Speaking Journal.
• Continue preparing your presentation with others in your group.

Week 6, Oct 3, 5 (Chusok):

• Fill in an ongoing self-assessment.
• Put it in your portfolio.
• Mark the score in the Class Journal
• Do one of the "Learning Activities" for Chapter 5 of TTELL (page 159).
• This is a big Chapter, and the learning activities are difficult. 
• Don't spend too much time on this (unless you want to!). 
• Brainstorm in groups, and write down your ideas in your portfolios.
• Perhaps this assignment could turn into a project idea.
• You have been writing to a pen-pal for some weeks now.
  Print out your emails and his/her responses and put them in the portfolio - every week!
• Continue recording your Speaking Journal.
• Continue preparing your project with others in your group.

Week 7, Oct 10, 12:

• Hand in your Speaking Journal to the professor this week.
• Do one of the "Learning Activities" for Chapter 6 of TTELL (pages 184 - 185). 
• Print out your emails and his/her responses and put them in the portfolio - every week!
• Prepare your project with others in your group.

Week 8, Oct 17, 19:

• Print out a Review for the Portfolio Conference  sheet, fill it in, and put it in your portfolio.
• Continue writing to your email pal and recording your Speaking Journal.
• Prepare your project with others in your group.
• Add an entry to the Eng. Ed. Tech Glossary.
• Make sure it is automatically linked.

• Continue writing to your email pal and recording your Speaking Journal.
• Prepare your project with others in your group.

• Have a Portfolio Conference (2) with DIFFERENT people.
• Enter the scores in the Class Journal.
• Fill in an ongoing self-assessment.
• Put it in your portfolio.
• Mark the score in the Class Journal
Continue writing to your email pal and recording your Speaking Journal.
• Prepare your project with others in your group.