W6: How to use email

Notes on MEI 6

Multimedia in English Instructions 多媒體輔助英語教學

Date: 3/26/2012

Instructor: Chin-Wen Chien 簡靜雯

Topic: How to use email

This week we reviewed the difference between the simulation and web-quest, use the activity called "gallery walk" to invite classmates to walk and give comment to each group. Besides, we also learnt about the benefits of using email and the rule of Netiquette. What's more, i have read some content (from textbook) about the overseas Netpals by a website called ePals (I also read one article about this in 竹縣文教第42期) 

Notes on ePals: 我的朋友在遠方 跨國交流在三峰 

• establish in 1996
• for K-12
• 200+ countries and 600 thousand users
• users are able to contact/share/learn/collaborate
• Tasks done at 三峰: self-introduction, habit discussion, e-Xmas card, the origin of name, school intro(all stuffs via email)
• Benefit: practice more including 4 skills(videotaping), increase motivation, learn the format of letter/document, learn to look up dictionary on the net, learn to use DC, blogs, photo softwares, build up "portable ability", use/communicate/share/team work, gain the interest with foreign kids/cultures, active learning
• Difficulty: time jet, internet connection, Netiquette 

task they did!!! so great~

I like Ning's group!! he shape of the pic are cute!

Rita's group

Our group!

Result of our discussion: 

The benefit of simulation

How learners cultural identify

• Simulation is the experience of walking into the story.

• Web-quest is the experience of reading a storybook.

• Simulation is to experience kaleidoscopic life.

• Web-quest is to listen to the other's narrative.

Benefits of Email

1. Keep in touch with other teachers

2. Help in professional development

3. Communicate with learners outside the 

classroom

4. Learners’ exposure to the target language

5. Real language interaction

6. Simple to use 

Task 1: Assess Your Abilities in Using Email

I like to use email because its convenience and efficiency. No matter when I email to others, they can check after they are available. I usually use email to inform my classmates to hand in the project, provides my students with the course notice/handout/mp3 files, and send email to teachers to interact. 

inform for meeting

interact with teachers

provide inform for my Ss

Class activity

Task 2: Jigsaw Readings on The Core Rules of Netiquette

1. Each one will receive a small number card.

2. Get together with your number group. Read 

the short passage and summarize the key points 

under each number.

3. Go back to your color/shape group. Report to 

your partner what you find. 

unfinished worksheet 

my article: I have three rules