TECHNOLOGY MANUAL FOR FACULTY
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION (May, 2000)
This manual is part of an initiative started by Alison Rice, Academic Director of the IELI, to promote faculty awareness and skills in educational technology. Without Alison’s support and interest, this project would not have started.
Several people at Hunter have been very helpful in the writing of this manual. Members of the Hunter College Office of Computing and Instructional Technology (OICIT), Clarence Feng, Frank Lopez, and Michael Nesbitt have all been patient, efficient and enormously informative. Nancy Guerrero of the Hunter College Reading-Writing Center responded to my questions, as always, knowledgeably and patiently. The IELI faculty have a true friend at the Reading Writing Center.
This manual, like almost everything to do with technology, is a work in progress. I hope that faculty will offer feedback and suggestions and news of new ideas so that future editions of this booklet can be cutting edge.
In this edition, I think that faculty will be relieved and delighted to learn of the vast resources of technological help and training that are available at Hunter. Those are described in Chapter one. Also of interest to faculty will be the use of WORD to comment on student papers that can then be returned to students by email or on diskette. Again, not state-of-the-art technology, but extremely helpful. That’s in Chapter 6.
This manual will be updated as often as necessary and will be on the World Wide Web at http://www.maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/
It will be found as a “course” called IELI000 (that’s IELI and three zeros). The password is ieli. It should be available on the Web by June 5, 2000.
Anthea Tillyer. May, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AT HUNTER
1. Services, help, and training
a. Hunter faculty computer help and training
b. Hunter College Technology Help and Advice
c. Help from Zabar interns
2. Hardware and computer services
a. Hunter College email
b. Hunter College web server for courseware
3. Places equipped for work
a. The Hunter College Faculty Resource Room
b. The IELI Faculty Room (10 East)
4. Software resources for faculty
5. IELI & ESL resource people who can help
2. LEXIS-NEXUS; THE BEST RESOURCE OF ALL
3. USEFUL URLS AND OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
A. URLS
a. News and statistics
b. Movies, songs, pop culture
c. Short stories
d. Literature
e. Prepared materials for ESL learners
f. ESL Writing materials/handouts
g. ESL Quizzes/tests
h. Resources for teachers (jobs, discussions, etc)
i. ESL Bibliography Sites
j. Articles online
k. Sites for downloading free ESL software
B. Other Internet resources
a. For teachers
b. For students
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4. USING/ADAPTING MATERIALS FROM THE
INTERNET
A. Downloading and formatting
A. Making exercises
C. Software for making quizzes/tests/exams
D. Copyright issues
5. Teaching with the Internet
Thomas Hunter labs
6. Using with non-Internet technology
Thomas Hunter Hall
Using “regular” software (MS WORD, etc)
writing comments on student papers
7. How to put your course/course materials online 1. Preparing documents in html
2. Putting your course description and course
documents online – where and how
3. Putting student papers/portfolios online
Some IELI sites to see
8. Getting/upgrading a computer and email/Internet service to use at home
1. Reasons for buying a computer
2. General guidelines for buying a computer
3. How and where to get a computer
4. Other things that you will need
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This chapter will focus on the locations, hardware, software, and personnel resources that we can use for preparing materials or tests and quizzes. It is divided into the following sections:
1. Services, help, and training
2. Hardware and computer services
3. Places to work
4. Software resources for faculty
5. IELI & ESL resource people who can help
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5/2000 Chapter 1 – Technology resources at Hunter
1. SERVICES, HELP, AND TRAINING
a. Hunter Faculty Training
Hunter holds frequent training sessions for faculty, and has a complete technology array of classes in the summer. To find out about the classes and to register, go to:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/oicit/
Michael Nisbett, coordinator of computer training 650-3443
HN C104
b. Hunter College Help and Advice Contact Numbers
Help Desk -- Problems, Work Requests, Central Information
HN 109 772-4636
Jim Barry Supervisor
c. Zabar Interns
Through a generous gift from Hunter alumna Judith Zabar and her husband, Stanley, the Office of Instructional Computing and Information Technology (OICIT) is able to provide Hunter faculty with assistance in learning how to integrate computers and Internet technologies into their curricula (such as how to create and put up web pages). A limited number of qualified students
interns, called "Zabar Interns" will directly assist faculty in learning how to create a course web page.
Faculty members who wish to work with a Zabar Intern are expected to be familiar with the Windows environment (Microsoft Windows 95/98), word processing and e-mail (Eudora, pine). One specific objective of the Zabar Intern program is to enrich the in-class experience by using the World Wide Web ("The Web") for posting effective information such as course descriptions, assignments, related web sites, class lectures, course topic discussions, notes, and course syllabi. For information on how to apply, see next page.
To apply for a Zabar Intern, submit a one-page proposal to Michael Nisbett, OICIT, Room 109N, stating your goals on the integration of Internet/WWW and related technologies into your teaching curriculum. If known, also please indicate the applications/tools that you will need, a
target date for your project completion and the projected number of hours you expect to need the assistance of a Zabar Intern (maximum 20 hours).
2. HARDWARE AND COMPUTER SERVICES
a. Hunter College email
To get a Hunter College email account, you need to have a “sponsor”. In our case, the sponsor is Don Linder. You need to get a form from Vicky Henriquez-Bernal at 68th Street, get it signed by Don, and then take it to Clarence Feng in HN 1001K. It might soon be possible for Don to submit the form by email, but it’s not an option right now (6/2000).
Clarence Feng 650-3270 HN 1001K
b. Hunter College web server for courseware (see chapter for details)
You can put your course materials up on the web. You apply to:
Clarence Feng 650-3270 HN 1001K
If you want to put your courseware on the web, you need to contact Clarence, who will give you an account on the ERes system. This is a system that is especially designed to help faculty to put things up on the web and makes it very easy to put things up on the Hunter web server. Clarence Feng will also give you some rudimentary instructions. You should also contact Mike Nesbitt (see above), who offers additional training and help.
CUNY and Hunter have bought the license to Blackboard.com, a well-developed system for putting courses online. It may be that the ERes system will not be used for much longer (after June, 20000). See Chapter 7 for information about Blackboard.com
3. PLACES EQUIPPED FOR YOU TO WORK IN @ HUNTER
The IELI faculty room is a good place for us to work, but there are lots of resources on campus too. However, perhaps the most peaceful place to work is at home, seated at your own computer (see chapter 8 for the skinny on buying or upgrading computers). There are also machines in the library and other areas of the school where there are machines just for Internet access or email. And there are machines in Thomas Hunter Hall (4th floor), in labs that are primarily for students and where there are often classes. This section of this chapter will focus on the best resources in terms of places to work on computers
a. The Hunter College Faculty Resource Room
Location: HN C104
Machines: 13 PCs and 1 I-MAC
Programs: Photoshop and Acrobat, Quark Express + all the usual
Internet access: Yes
Scanner: yes (2)
Multimedia Yes
Laser printer: yes (for both MAC and PC)
Color printing: Yes
Help/instruction: Yes, lots, all the time
Hours: 10AM – 8PM (M-F) No weekend hours.
Contact person: Mike Nesbitt (Coordinator of Technology Training
for Faculty and Staff 650-3443 HN C104
Notes: This room is wonderfully equipped and well maintained. It is seldom crowded and never noisy. There is usually lots of help available, especially if you call ahead of time.
b. The IELI Faculty Room (10th Floor, East Building)
The IELI Faculty Room (10th Floor, East Building)
Machines: 2 PCs
Programs: MS Office 97; Netscape, Internet Explorer, WordPerfect 8,
Telnet, TN3270, Hot Potatoes, RealPlayer7
Internet access: Yes
Scanner: No
Multimedia: No
Laser printer: Yes
Inkjet: Yes
Color printing: Yes
Help/instruction: Yes
Hours: 8AM to around 7:30PM (M-F) and 9AM around 2:30PM (Saturdays)
Contact person: Julie Falsetti
Contact number: 212 (628-3641)
Notes: a. The room is often extremely noisy and crowded, so it can be very
hard to concentrate on serious work
b. This room is shared by a lot of people, including some who are not
faculty, and it is not always possible to use the machines when
you want to
c. If you have work that demands serious concentration, this room
is not appropriate.
(See chapter 8 for information on buying a computer for home use)
4. SOFTWARE RESOURCES FOR FACULTY
Being a member of the Hunter faculty entitles you to use certain software for which the college or CUNY has bought the license. Many of the licenses are for use on-campus only, but you can use some of them at home for free too. The most valuable of these permissions are, for us, the Eudora email program and the McAfee anti-virus program, both of which can be used at home.
Also available for faculty is the chance to buy the right to use some software programs – including Corel products, but not Microsoft - at home at greatly reduced rates. To see the titles and the entitlements, go to
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/oicit/software/
The person to contact is about software licenses is
Frank Lopez Coordinator 650-3291 HN 116
As described above, the Office of Instructional Computing & Information Technology (OICIT) offers training in many kinds of software.
5. IELI & ESL RESOURCE PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP
At the IELI, Julie Falsetti is our point person for instructional technology and she will help. <>
In addition, Anthea Tillyer (the writer of this manual) will be happy to try to help, especially with web-page creation. <>
The people at the Office of Computing and Instructional Technology (OICIT) will also be pleased to help, but they are overloaded. See the sections 2 and 3 above.
Nancy (Enercida) Guerrero, the supervisor of the computer labs in the Reading Writing Center (Thomas Hunter Hall) is really helpful with issues regarding her labs and is happy to help with the software that is available in the TH labs. In addition, she has some lab techs (work-study students) who are often under-employed and can offer help in the labs. You need to contact Nancy ahead of time, though, either by phone (650-3952) or email (). Since many of our classes are scheduled in the labs, it is worth learning how to use the software that is on the machines there and to get help from those there who know how to use both the software and the machines. For a list of the useful software, see Chapter Five – non-Internet resources.
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It is a little known fact that all of us at CUNY have complete access to Lexis-Nexus, a fantastic news and law database that is completely free to CUNY faculty and can even be accessed from home once you get your loggin.
Nexus is a database of newspaper articles from all the major newspapers in the world for the last 20 years. And Lexis is the same thing, but for law journals and cases. Obviously, the Nexus resource is probably the most useful for us, but the Lexis one is fascinating too.
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IELI Technology Manual Chapter 2 – Lexis-Nexus (the best)
June 2000
If you know how to search a library catalog, you can use the keyword search system of Nexus. If you are at school, most machines, including the ones in the IELI faculty room, can access the CUNY Lexis-Nexus database, but if you want to use it from home, you have to get a special login and configure your Web browser to set up a "proxy server" on your machine. This sounds infinitely more complicated than it is. It is really pretty easy, and CUNY will send you the instructions when you get your Lexis-Nexus loggin.
Here’s how you access Lexis-Nexus from school:
If there is a Lexis-Nexus icon on the screen, click on it. If there is no such shortcut available, do the following:
Go to: http://libraries.cuny.edu/ then select “Licensed Resources” and then Lexis-Nexus.
After you have got your home loggin and have configured your browser, you will follow the same instructions to access Lexis Nexus at home. Here is how to get your access loggin: Send an email to:
Give your full name and social security number and say you teach at the IELI at Hunter. Of course, say that you want a Lexis-Nexus loggin.
They’ll answer quickly with the loggin, password, and your instructions for configuring your browser. Then you can embark on the most fascinating and time-gobbling activity on the web! See chapter 4 for ideas on how to adapt these materials for use in class.
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There is tons of material on the Internet, almost all of it in English, and lots of it expressly for teaching or learning English. This chapter will focus on
A. Places on the web that are good sources of material
B. Non-Web Internet resources for teachers and students
The resources on the World Wide Web are listed by their addresses, their URLs (pronounced U-R-L), which stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
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IELI Technology Manual Chapter 3 –
June 2000 Useful URLs and other online sources
A. ON THE WEB
The following are some URLs that are particularly useful to teachers of English as a second language. All of them are alive and working as of this date, June 2000, but life on the Internet is transient, so you might find some changes. You will also soon learn of new addresses and exciting professional venues. The following are organized by topic rather than by whether they are professional resources or sources of material for teaching. The URLs in this list are divided into the following sections: