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= Week 1 A Course Overview & ICT skills = = 1. Course Description and Overview = = = = = = = = = = = = 2. ICT Skills Assessment = 1. Go to: ICT4LT Module 1.3: http://www.ict4lt.org/en/index.htm, 1.2. Click on [|ICT_Can_Do_Lists] document. Save the ICT Cn Do Lists document on your USB. Use the following scale instead of the scale suggested: Level of knowledge scale: 1 = Non Evident 2 = Basic 3 = Intermediate 4 = Advanced Assess your ICT skills in the following areas: Windows  Word  Browsers  Email software  PowerPoint  Excel  Anti-virus and security software  Web authoring software  CALL authoring software  CD-ROMs and DVDs  CD-Audio discs  DVD-Video discs  Image editing software  Audio recording and editing software  Video recording and editing software  Reference tools: electronic dictionaries and encyclopaedias  Concordancers <span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> Using a VLE: Moodle <span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) <span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> 2. Answer the following question: what is your understanding of copyright? 3. Email your ICT skills assessment to your lecturer. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> = 3. CALL Definition and Historical Overview  = __ Question 1: __ What do you understand when you read the acronym CALL? __ Question 2: __ Give the definition of: (a) CALL: (b) CALI: (c) CBLT: (d) CELL: (e) TELL: Which one do you think would be the most appropriate these days? __ Question 3: __ Give a brief Historical Overview / Phases of CALL. __ Question 4 __ : Give the general advantages and disadvantages of CALL. ** C. Brainstorm and write a list of what you can do in a CALL environment **
 * A. Warming Up **
 * B. Work in groups of 3 to 4. **
 * a. Read the following: **
 * 1) Buttler-Pascoe & Wiburg. (2003). Technology and Teaching English Language Learners, Introduction, page 3-5.
 * 2)  Computer Assisted Language Learning  http://www.terra.es/personal/nostat/
 * 3)  Mark Warschauer Computer Assisted Language Learning: an introduction  http://www.ict4lt.org/en/warschauer.htm
 * 4)  Linguistics and the Teaching of English as a Second/Foreign Language http://www.stanford.edu/class/linguist289/CALL1.htm
 * b. Answer the following questions: **
 * D. Discuss with the rest of the class. **
 * E. Email all of your findings (A to D) to your lecturer before the next CALL session. **