RETURN TO TEACHERS to TEACHERS INDEX ESOL Offline This page explains the project that brings the WWW to students who are in a classroom WITHOUT connection to the Internet. |
| English for Workforce Development “100 Web Sites for English Students Who Can’t Go Online in the Classroom” The goal of the “Best 100 Web sites” is to present to students in 9 weeks the web sites that will prepare them for the workforce. The ESOL program in Florida aims to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in a way that leads to making them able to participate in the Workforce. My classroom is in a mall in Broward County. There are 4 computers in the classroom but no online connection. I have 45 students and they are in their seats between 6:00 and 8:45 p.m. What can I present to them to prepare them for the workplace? The best information is on the web, but I can’t get to the web in my classroom. So I have created this project to get web sites on paper and placed in front of my students. They can read at home, they can read in the class and they can read on the bus. The format of the book will be similar to the computer screen and the students can page through the book, learning as they go… Very similar to the ONLINE experience. The students will eventually sit in front of a computer screen and visit each of these web sites as part of their homework. “Visit the same web site and write two sentences about another web page that you visited. Write the address of the web page and explain why the page is useful to you.” That will lead to the NEXT project of 100 USEFUL WEB SITES (an online-guide with links to these pages that students enjoy so much). THE NEXT STEP… I sent this email to organizations that have useful information for my students… I hope they will give permission to compile this project. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HERE IS THE LETTER THAT WENT TO WEB MASTERS… Dear WEB MASTER… a short request… from a teacher of English (in a public school) Hi, I’m a teacher in South Florida. I teach adults who want to learn to speak English. We don’t have a lot of money for books, so I would like permission to print this article (which appears on the web page cited above) and distribute it to my class of English students. They are adults and they do not have access to the internet in the classroom. Many have access to the internet at home. I believe that discussing the web page in my class will lead some of my students to learn more from your website. I need your permission to make photocopies of this web page for my class. I need your permission because the “fair use” doctrine for copyright protection says that I can’t make copies if I intend to avoid the purchase of a book. Well, I don’t have money for books for my classroom, so I need your permission to make multiple copies of this page from your web site. ALSO: I’m compiling a collection of 100 useful web pages for English students to study. I also need permission to make copies of your page so I can show your page to other teachers… and they will want to make copies, too. I’m compiling “BEST 100 Web Sites for English Students Who Can’t Go Online in the Classroom.” I think your organization will benefit because many of my students will see your organization’s web page on paper and might eventually visit the page, and they will view the ads on your web page. I agree to reproduce the page as it appears on my computer screen and to send you a copy of the final book when it is done. I plan to sell this list of web pages to other teachers and the profits (if any) will go to print more copies for my students. I hope you will support this project by emailing back with your permission. Thanks! FROM: Steve McCrea englishlesson@mail.com =========================================================== NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO REPLY: REPLY: PERMISSION TO REPRINT 1. Yes, I give Steve McCrea permission to print out a copy of a web page from your web site. 2. Yes, I give Steve McCrea permission to make a link to this web site (to be placed on this web page: www.oocities.org/teachers2teachers/esoloffline.html). 3. Yes, I give Steve McCrea permission to encourage other ESOL teachers to visit this web page. 4. Yes, I give permission to Mr. McCrea to put this web page in a book that will be sold to other teachers. Proceeds of the book will be used to pay for my school’s educational needs, such as making copies of more articles. I anticipate selling about 50 of this “BEST 100 Web Sites for English Students Who Can’t Go Online in the Classroom.” Please complete YOUR NAME: YOUR POSITION: YOUR EMAIL address: THE COMPLETED BOOK can be sent to: DEPARTMENT: POSTAL ADDRESS: CITY STATE ZIP OR save me postage: ( )"YOU CAN SEND A LINK TO A WEB SITE INSTEAD OF THE BOOK" Return to Steve McCrea at englishlesson@mail.com OR fax to 954 463 0158 (sometimes I'm online, so try again later) The LINKS of web sites that have signed this PERMISSION TO REPRINT Here's a list of WEB SITES that have given their permission to reprint one of their web pages in the "100 WEB SITES FOR ENGLISH STUDENTS WHO CAN'T GO ONLINE IN THE CLASSROOM" www.WhatDoYaKnow.com educational site www.teacherstoteachers.com educational site www.TalkinUSA.com educational site www.creatingthefuture.org A web site that offers long-term solutions for a short-term world www.futureoffortlauderdale.com the EDUCATION PAGE (a promotional web site) www.globalonlinedeals4u.com a web site for selling things REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO the following: www.bankrate.com A credit card web site that provides information about credit http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/19991101.asp#rates_and_news ---------------------------------------------------------------- SO, ARE YOU EXCITED? This project will help TECHNO HAVE NOTS.... you can participate. If you don't have a computer, you can get a CD with this information on it and go to a library to read the files on the CD. You can read the pages in the book (called 100 Web Sites for FOR ENGLISH STUDENTS WHO CAN'T GO ONLINE IN THE CLASSROOM) and use the infromation to prepare for the workplace. If you have an old computer that you don't need, please donate it to my school. Contact me and I'll arrange to pick it up. My classroom does not have a functioning computer for my students to use. If you want to contribute money to this worthwhile cause, please make a donation to the Global Awareness Institute and your support will be tax-deductible. You can find out more about GAI at www.gaiglobal.org The money will be used to print additionla copies of the ESOL WEBSITES text book for donation to the Broward County Public School system (which students can then borrow, take home, study, and take to the library and use computers to learn more). This project is a result of the excellent "Workforce Development" curriculum in Florida. All ESOL classes must prepare students for working in the economy. The curriculum prepares students for useful employment. This project connects specific web sites to each element of the curriculum. 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