TESOL
2003
Electronic
Village Online
Session
Our
Syllabus
Session
Moderators:
Sandy Peters
Anne Davis
Julia Karet
Creating
an Online Magazine for Student Writing
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The Syllabus: What we will be doing in
this session
This syllabus will help you follow our
activities. Each week's plan will be introduced as we
progress through the session
Week One (January 20 - January
26): Getting Started
This week we will to get to know each other and our
YahooGroup site. We will also consider a justification for
publishing student work online by taking a look at what's in
it for both students and teachers.
Week Two (January 27 - February
2): Examining existing online magazines
We'll explore some existing online magazines that
publish student writing to see how they are organized and
what kinds of student writing, photos, and artwork they
include.
Week Three (February 3 - 9
): Linking classroom learning and web publishing through
project-based learning
We will explore ways web publishing can be integrated
with classroom learning goals and look at the role of
project-based learning. We will examine classroom projects
published in TOPICS Online Magazine and share ideas on how
to create projects for our own classrooms.
Week Four (February 10 - 16):
Setting up a web page using GeoCities
This is important for those of you who are newcomers to
web page creation because you'll learn to make a basic web
page. Those of you who already have your own web sites will
explore more projects.
Week Five (February 17 - 23):
Introduction to basic web site design
We'll look at web pages to explore elements of good web
site design and try setting up our own 'mini magazines' to
get a feel for the process of creating one.
Week Six (February 24 - March 2):
Adding interactivity
This week we will see how basic interactive features
provide opportunities for readers to interact with your site
and provide feedback to your students
Week Seven (March 3 - 7):
Wrapping it up
To wrap up, we will think about permission to publish
student writing and ways to promote your sites in order in
order to build readership.We'll also invite final comments
on the session.
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