Students in Cartago, Costa Rica, 2006  

26 February: Handouts and Other Materials

"Shaping the Way We Teach English" material, produced bythe Office of English Language Programs
in Washington D.C. and the University of Oregon, are the focus of this digital videoconference (DVC) session.
The materials are available by request in hard copy from the Program Parners, as listed below. They are also
available online in digital format through the following web links.

• Videos: Videos are now available through YouTube-UO (use the word "Shaping" to search for them all at once). You can also click on the links on the Shaping support site to access them directly.
  Hint #1: Turn on closed caption if you would like to see what people in the video are saying.
  Hint #2: If the videos play too slowly online, you can download them by pasting the links in KeepVid
  and then saving them to your desktop.

• Manual.

• Readings.

• Supplementary Materials: Video transcripts, viewing guides, observation checklist, etc.

 

Additional handouts in PDF format in support of this digital videoconference (DVC) follow.

• Rock or Feather?

• Task-Oriented Question Construction Wheel, based on Bloom's Taxonomy. Permission is granted
  for use of this material, ©2004 St. Edward’s University Center for Teaching Excellence.

• Mass Media Ice-breaker / Survey.

• The Miniature Guide to The Foundation for Critical Thinking, reprinted for use in these workshops with permission from Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder.

 

28 May 2008 Session, Archived: "Tools and Tips for E-Learning"

An archived copy of the materials from the 28 May 2008 session is also available online:

• Video Content Server: University of Oregon, Media Services (you can search by the presenter's last name: Opp-Beckman).

• Slides: Tools and Tips for E-Learning by Leslie Opp-Beckman, with interactive tasks related to the handout for participants to do during the DVC.

• Handout: Tools and Tips for E-learning [PDF] by Leslie Opp-Beckman, originally authored for a TESOL 2008 Pre-Conference Institute in New York City.

 

Program Partners

University of Oregon is proud to work in partnership with Carmen Chinchilla and her associates in the English Language Office and with Nancy Szalwinski from the Cultural Affairs Office at the U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica.

 

Participants are welcome to contact Leslie Opp-Beckman with additional questions through email leslieob@uoregon.edu or through her CV web site.