Girlies,

Give it a try!.

Hi girls!

Let’s try this listening activity for beginners.

Language: rooms, furniture, colors, prepositions of place

Instructions:
• Let students sign up and familiarize themselves with Gliffy before trying this activity(esp. floorplan and colors).
• Have them click on the link below to start the activity. Important: Ask ss. to open the site by placing the cursor on the link , clicking the RIGHT button and choosing “Abrir nueva ventana” , so that they can work with both applications at the same time (Podomatic and Gliffy)
Once in Gliffy
• Ss. enter their password
• Select New Document
• Name New Document (suggestion: Tim and Gabi’s floor plan) Click on floorplan
• Then Click on the PLAY button (Podomatic). Listen and help Sally put the pieces of furniture in her ideal living room.
• Finally, ss can share their plan with the teacher and other students
Let's see if it works!

Carla

Start activity : http://www.gliffy.com/gliffy/

Key: http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1012523/L

Hi girls!
Here we are, experimenting with this interesting tool, trying to apply it to our daily teaching practice.
We've devised a simple game for beginner level.
You'll find it at the following site:

http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1005613/L

Have a look at it and number the shapes according to the order in which they appear. Hope you have good fun!
Love,
Marina and Silvia.

Hi girls!!
I'm just experimenting with this new tool. Thanks for your invaluable help and support.
I hope I can manage to post this episode.
Love,
Silvia.

Hi, girls!

I'm just trying to post Rita's Audio File.

Try clicking on the play button below to listen to the audio.

Carla

Hi, girls!

I'm just trying to post Rita's Audio File.

Try clicking on the play button below to listen to the audio.

Carla

Hi, colleagues,

It's with regret that I need to say I cannot help but being disappointed by the lack of interest in keeping the profile of a SIG alive.
I can understand many different kinds of commitments prevent all of us from doing what we would like to do more often. But I believe we are all supposed to join a SIG group acknowledging what to be a member of a SIG group entails.

Nobody should take for granted that the Coordinator is a provider of information, for the spirit of the group is not that. We are all members with the same rights and duties, and we are all to profit from each other's contributions, queries and findings.
After our two first running meetings I feel that, save for the veteran members in the group, nobody has shown the will to collaborate, not even to post a word of apology.
Is there a reason behind this general attitude?

I am very sorry to be so outspoken, but would need to know what all members think about this.

I hope this time I will get everybody's response.

Rita

Hi, all members,

We had our monthly session last Saturday, and to let the absentees know about our work, as well as to leave a reminder for us all till we meet again, here goes a brief summary.

We visited Ruth Vilmi's International Writing Project at http://www.writeit.fi/sys/ and talked about the advantages of joining it with our students, and about conditions to comply with.

We reviewed Podomatic and its functions, and hands-on, saw how to join it, how to start a new episode and how to make a comment.

We explored Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com/) and commented on its possibilities for language learning.

We caught a glimpse of Skype to use it for free international phone-like calls worldwide.

So now I hope you can devote some time to revising all this new material and to honing your skills during this month to come. Please, do keep in contact, the spirit of a SIG is this: analysing, exploring, participating, helping each other, sharing. Again, queries and questions are all welcome!

I look forward to reading comments from all of you.

Rita

Hi, all!

How are you, girlies...? I haven't heard from those I don't see regularly at work..., and we are all heading through the last week before our second meeting, next Saturday. I hope you have all remembered to get a glimpse of our common task ..., to get ready to share findings ... (if not yet, you still have some days ahead...)

Thanks to Carla, we have our new meeting place, which looks ok. I've already been there and booked it for us all. It's Pellegrini 1156. We'll be meeting at 9, do you all agree?
Look forward to getting a hi from all,

Rita

Hi all,

Here´s the list of topics we dealt with during our first meeting, in April.
We are supposed to browse these sites to get acquainted with the wiki format and its functions, as well as with the differences there might be between what a wiki and what a blog can offer us for language learning. This will be our topic next time we meet, which will be held on the last Saturday of May (27th), at a different place. I'll let you know about the address as soon as it's confirmed.

Wikis:

http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiSandbox : to start trying/ practising/ learning

http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/augar.html
Teaching and learning online with wikis

http://www.pbwiki.com/
START A WIKI HERE

Best wishes for a good month!

R

Girlies,

This is the url for the Online Conference on May 3.
http://jchaupart.bloki.com/
You have all the info there, as well as the instructions to be able to participate, or just be a "lurker"
I hope you can make it to get the feel of the experience and also to give me some feedback afterwards.

If you have any queries, please, put them up, we'll try to see to them.
Happy start!

Welcome to our CALL SIG 2006!
I hope we will all find this nook the right place to learn more, share findings and enjoy being together in this search for further professional development.
Nothing is "right" or "wrong". Everything any of us adds will help the others get a richer insight about this tool and about using it with our students.