Elizabeth Hanson-Smith--
Academic Writing Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/academic_writing
- A place to archive resources, references, Hot Potatoes exercises, etc.
- A place for students to discuss each other's paper topics
Buthaina al Othman--
Online syllabus
http://alothman-b.tripod.com/162student_workshop.htm
- Accessible anywhere, anytime
Buthaina al Othman--
EfS 162 Summer - Writing Assignment Blog
- Students free-write, formulate ideas, form groups and discuss goals and task-sharing
- Teacher or peer editors can comment on ideas or form
Aiden Yeh--
Discussion Forum:
http://dcyeh.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/
[This particular page is NO LONGER AVAILABLE; however, phpBB is a free online forum--there are many others, including those like WiZiQ that have live audio/video conferencing capabilities.]
- A controversial question which can be debated live or on a BB
- Virtual paper conferencing with live chat
Aiden Yeh--
Wiki for students to comment on each other's papers:
http://www.quicktopic.com/26/D/igcpWed429M.html
[Google Docs has emerged as a powerful tool for collaborative editing]
- Any number of people can comment on a paper--in this example, mostly on the sentence level, but could lead to larger discussions (see blogs, above)
- Teacher can comment on or correct paper
Buthaina al Othman--
Student Webproject - Marine Life in Kuwait
http://www.geocities.com/abdulrahman_efs/research.htm
- Student groups create a presentation--may include PowerPoint, Webpage, or both
- Use of multi-media and electronic + live oral skills in an authentic-like task
Dafne González--
Student Self-Evaluation
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/salgains/student/default.asp
- Self-evaluation may be formative or summative (at the end of the course)
- Raise level of student awareness about their own critical thinking and learning skills
