Dear Participant,
Welcome to our "Becoming a Webhead,
(BaW)" EVOnline 2006 workshop!
You have just enrolled successfully in our six-week workshop and
are now ready to start engaging in the activities we have prepared
for you. The official session will start on January 16, but meanwhile
you can get familiar with our group and activities. Feel free to
contact us if you have questions.
As you know, there are two main communication modes throughout
this workshop: the asynchronous mode (email)
and the synchronous mode (chat). Our communication
center is our Yahoo Group (YG) that enables you to be in permanent
contact with all members through its distribution list (email).
There is also a Web page for the course at http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw-06/index.html
It is time to refer you to our Syllabus (http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw-06/content/syllabus.html
) where you will find a general plan of the session and direct links
to the detailed activities for each week, which you can also access
from the navigation bar on the left of this page.
Are you are ready to start? Well, here are the activities for Week
1 during which we will get to know one another and
get acquainted with our Yahoo Group:
1. introduce yourself by sending a message to the group either
through the Yahoo Group (distribution) list: baw-06@yahoogroups.com,
or the “POST”
feature (menu on the left) in the Yahoo Group Portal Page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw-06, with the following information:
a. your first and last name. You can include the name you would
like to be called,
b. Yahoo ID,
c. institution where you work or study,
d. what you do,
e. why you joined this group and the expectations you have,
f. any additional info you would like to share with the group;
2. Get on our Map. Place a pin to tell us where you
are:
Join our interactive BaW-06 map!
3. post a small picture to the “PHOTOS”
section (menu on the left) of our Yahoo
Group (YG) ;
You can see what's next for week 1 by clicking on
"week 1". You
will also find all this information in the Files
section of our Yahoo
Group.
Before moving on, we would appreciate if you took
some time to complete this exploratory survey to learn about your
experience (or not) using different web tools. You will find the
survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=284511446859
.
Well, now you are ready to continue exploring our
Yahoo Group. Once again, welcome! And best wishes
for the short, but hopefully gratifying, six-week journey through
the fascinating cyberworld of online communication Web tools and
their role in EFL/ESL!
Dafne Gonzalez and Teresa
Almeida d'Eca
PS: The links in the navigation bar do not work
on this document, please go to http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw-06/index.html
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