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Hey everyone - check this out: www.quizlet.com

A great way to incorporate ICT (and fun, competition, managing self... etc) in the classroom!

Cheers

Rach

PS I hope this site picks up now that webct is winding down :-)

Hi Annabel,

Um, I think I did a micro lesson on writing essays, but I think a few other people did too so don't want to assume anything!

Mine was a Powerpoint called "Tips for Stress-Free Essays" so let me know if that rings a bell and I'll post it up somewhere

Fraser

Hi Everyone, I wanted to share with you all that I had the good luck to be assessed during TE3 by none other than Mike kilty (yes he is the esteemed father of our great leader Jeremy), I thought it only fair to tell you that he is as enthusiastic as his son :-). Hope everyone is enjoying their placement I can't believe it is almost over, it will be good to catch up.

Tanya.

Hi Rebecca,

It's j.m.kilty@massey.ac.nz

Carol :-)

Hi everyone and anyone,

I have misplaced Jermey's email address, does anyone else have this? If so cld you please post it here or web CT. Would be a huge help! Thank you. Rebeeca. P.s. Sorry I didn't know where else to put a pst as I have tried webCT but to no avial.

Really cool variation on a shared reading exercise I saw in a History class today - easily adapted to any subject/topic, I'm sure... Cheers Mike

Our unit plan:



HI all: Here is the stuff from ESOL online:

Content and Language Learning Across the Curriculum
> **Principle 2:** Identify the learning outcomes including the language demands of the teaching and learning. > **Principle 3:** Maintain and make explicit the same learning outcomes for all the learners. > **Principle 4:** Begin with context embedded tasks which make the abstract concrete. > **Principle 5:** Provide multiple opportunities for authentic language use with a focus on students using academic language. > **Principle 6:** Ensure a balance between making meaning and creating meaning. > **Principle 7:** Include opportunities for monitoring and self-evaluation.
 * 1) **The Principles:**
 * Principle 1:** Know your learners - their language background, their language proficiency, their experiential background.

Hi everyone, have found a really good English site with loads of resources, activities and inspirational stuff:

http://www.teachit.co.uk/

although it's a UK site, and therefore works to the UK curriculum, it still has plenty of resources and help, which I think will be really useful. As long as you know that G.C.S.E. is roughly the same as NCEA 1, then you should be OK ('A' level is roughly NCEA 2/3).

Cheers Phill

Hi all - I found this cool site that has wee clips of authors speaking about their texts - http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1225.html! quick addition to a unit on a novel etc to make the author seem more like a real person - I am doing Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman for year 10. i might post the unit if it works well. Millie

Hi peoples I hope that teaching experience is going well! Remember to be enthusiastic and helpful but ruthlessly plunder resources as you find them.

Jeremy

Hi everyone! Some fabulous person ( and i can't remember who) did a great lesson on easy essay writing at our contact course. Whoever you are (and I apologise for my forgetfulness) please could you post the outline of your lesson here?, as I would love to use it with the Yr 13 english class I have next week Living in hope, and wishing you all the very best for your collective TE experiences, Annabel

. Hi All,

I know eveyrone's probably way too busy to play with anything new at the moment but when you have time check out the site below for a summary of the keynote address given at Mana-ota-Tikei ICT cluster's mini conference last week. The site has links to all kinds of useful online tools - you might just find what you are looking for: http://www.itvision.net.au/manawatu.htm

I heard really good reports from those who attended your sessions Jeremy. We have a couple of Argument Tennis inspired teachers! Carol.

Hi Everyone,

here's the link for Enhancing the English Curriculum - very cool site - thanks Jeremy for the link!

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/enhancingtheenglishcurriculum/

Cheers

Phill

Hi all! Thank you all for such a wonderful couple of weeks. I hope you all got something out of it. I'm at an e-learning hui for the next few days but will try to keep up with web CT and this. I am playing with a new online tool that has great implications for English teachers.

Check it out:

http://voicethread.com/#home

Jeremy

Hi All :) Thanks for a great couple of weeks with an outstanding group of people - so much knowledge, so much enthusiasm, so much fun! It was brill! :) I have created (cause I'm a geek who likes new toys) a wikispace for those of us who are also doing History and/or Social Sciences (Studies) and for those others who may be interested in cross-curricula literacy issues/information sharing: http://masseyhistory2008.wikispaces.com Post, share, enjoy...

Also, here are my typed notes from Senior English (Y11-13) - hope they may be of use to someone:

Cheers Mike

Hi Tanya, The weblink for argument tennis is: http://www.teachers.tv/clip/18149

I've also found a search link for Phil Beadle (teacher in argument tennis) on the Teachers-TV which gives all the videos that he is in. It is: http://www.teachers.tv/search/node/phil+beadle?page=0

Cheers Phill

Hi all, I have been trying to find the short documentary thingy we watched during senior English (about the teacher from the U.K. who got his class doing arguement tennis). I found teachers tv on the web but can not seem to locate that particular piece. Could someone with the ability to speak computer please find it for me and add the link on here. Thanks ...Tanya.



Write any new stuff at the top of the page!

Hi all!

Here is our wiki to store things like lesson plans and notes.

Our first post is the lesson planning sheet kindly drawn up by Mike: