| Examples of Class Web Sites |
| http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/dvanhand/2002deutsch103/ |
| http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/dvanhand/deutsch201/ |
| http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/dvanhand/germ211/ |
| http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/dvanhand/germ325/ |
| Interactive Web Exercises |
| Web exercises should be designed to test or
check students' contextual use of grammar and vocabulary, cultural concepts,
etc. Students are normally able to submit their answers online.
Many publishing companies are now making such exercises available on the
web site designed to accompany specific textbooks.
See RESOURCES FOR GERMAN for examples of such Web exercises! |
| Web Activities |
| Web activities are primarily information-gathering
activities. Many publishing companies have such activities as part
of the site for a specific textbook--e.g., Treffpunkt
Deutsch, Neue
Horizonte, Deutsch Aktuell).
For instance, instructors might have students put together a menu for a
German dinner by visiting some German restaurant sites, reading their menus
and deciding what to include on the menu they put together. These
activities very often include forms which can be submitted online.
See RESOURCES FOR GERMAN for examples of additional Web activities! |
| Discussion Boards and E-mail |
| Although chat rooms, E-mail and asynchronous
discussion boards don't fall under the category of "Web Exercises and Activities,"
it may be useful to discuss their use in the German classroom here.
I have made extensive use of E-mail and asynchronous discussion boards
in my German classes since their use has encouraged students to interact
and to collaborate with each other both within and outside of the classroom.
This has occurred among classmates and between my students and students,
instructors, or other native informants at different universities/schools
in the U.S. and in Germany.
My use
of E-mail and discussion boards in my classes:
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| THE CODING: How to Create a Web Site |
| If you wish to create a web site for a class(es),
your best bet is to use one of the many free (or not so free) editors on
the market. Newer editions of Microsoft Word also allow you to save
a file in HTML (the coding language of web pages) but you will likely have
to reformat and tweak the page. Here are some links that will be
useful to you, including a brief tutorial on HTML coding (for purists):
Tutorial on How to Use Netscape Composer Other WSIWYG ("What you see is what you get") editors "Learn HTML in 20 Minutes" (the basics of HTML coding) |
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