Lesson on 26 March

We met again just after the trip to Turkey. We spent some time on discussing the trip, the meeting and the workshops and what everybody had learned during the trip.  We also looked at the exercises created in Quizlet.

The topics for the lesson included
1) sharing photos using Picasa web albums, and
2) uploading and editing videos on YouTube.

We have inserted the basic instructions for YouTube on the Instructions page of this blog. We will continue to work on YouTube in our next meeting in April.

Homework for next lesson: do the new Quizlet exercises, try out some of the listening activities on http://esl-lab.com, and experiment with videos on YouTube.

Meeting on 30 October

The course met again yesterday, 30 October.  We discussed what the participants had done in the four-week period between meetings. The groups made learning plans for the next four weeks and posted them in their group blogs. Some work needed to be done on the blogs, so groups concentrated on that for a while.

There were requests to discuss the use of Skype and Google Drive for group meetings and collaboration, so we briefly looked at those.  Johanna and Reeta also presented a free online tool for vocabulary work: http://quizlet.com.

Homework:

• Continue studying according to your group's plan
• Study the use of Quizlet and try to make a vocabulary exercise. Add your exercise to the "Improve Your English with PEOPLE" class. The instructions for Quizlet are on the "Instructions" page in the course blog.

Homework

Just a small reminder: during the next four weeks

- study the links to exercises, news etc. in the course blog
- share some exercises/news with others in your group blog by posting a link
- try the news at http://breakingnewsenglish.com
- keep working with your group according to your plan

If you have questions and/or problems, please post them in your group blog.

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 Pienenä muistutuksena: seuraavien neljän viikon aikana

- tutki kurssin blogista löytyviä linkkejä harjoituksiin, uutisiin jne.
- jaa joitakin harjoituksia/uutisia muille ryhmäsi jäsenille linkittämällä ne blogiartikkeliin
- kokeile http://breakingnewsenglish.com -sivuston uutisia
- jatka työskentelyä ryhmäsi kanssa suunnitelmanne mukaisesti

Jos sinulla on kysymyksiä/ongelmia, postaa ne ryhmänne blogiin.