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by marielle
Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:56 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Have you tried using widgets (pix of the day, etc.)?
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Have you tried using widgets (pix of the day, etc.)?

Has anybody tried to use widgets (small applications doing a very specific task) to support class activities? Not clear what I mean by widget? There is a gallery of widgets that could be used in a class context at: http://www.widged.com/widgets/ Not all are about ESL teaching but some of them could ...
by marielle
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:54 pm
Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
Topic: Infomatics -- what does this mean????
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Re: Infomatics -- what does this mean????

I'm supposed to be teaching an "Infomatics" class at a local university but have yet to discover what this entails. Two interpretations: (1) Informatique is the word used in French as a direct translation for "computer science". (2) When used in English, it tends to refer to a broad notion of manip...
by marielle
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:38 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: gallery of web-based activities
Replies: 0
Views: 968

gallery of web-based activities

I did set up a gallery of web-based activities at: http://projects.widged.com/exercist/gallery/ It may be useful to add. For sure some directory of resources already exist. The specificity of this one is that only learning activities are listed. You get direct access to ideas and inspiration. What I...