Tecnologias, Cultura e socializaçäo

TECNOLOGIAS, CULTURA E SOCIALIZAÇÃO, disciplina do curso de Especialização em Ensino de Línguas Mediado por Computador, Prof. Ricardo Souza. A leitura de base da segunda e terceira semana do curso  é a  obra A Cultura da Interface, publicada no Brasil em 2001, tradução do original Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate, de Steven Johnson.

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Steven Johnson

I'm a father of three boys, husband of one wife,

and author of five books.....

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by Steven Johnson

Magazine - Tools for teachers

deia - Tools and tips for online teaching

Create Your OpenZine

Tools and tips for online teaching

PLAYING FOR CHANGE

Scrolling, Clicking, and Reading English

Scrolling, Clicking, and Reading English:

Online Reading Strategies in a Second/Foreign Language

Neil J. Anderson 

The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal

 

Excellent source to read about L2 reading and L2 literacy. The current issue of September 2009 features on Effectiveness of Blogging to Practice Reading at a Freshman EFL Program Bertha Leiva de Izquierdo and Leticia Esteves Reyes.

4 -Cartoon Strip

Using one of the online sites make a two panel cartoon strips
based on what you have been reading.

make belief comics
stripcreator
toondoo

3- The Signalman

To read the short story and do the tasks suggested by the author click on the link below:


The Signalman



The Signalman is retold by Kieran MacGovern for eslreading.org illustrations by Nola Edwards.

2- Steam Train

Have you or someone you know ever traveled by steam train from São João Del Rei to Tiradentes, Minas Gerais ?

or Maybe from Ouro Preto to Mariana?


Have you heard any frightening story about the old Maria Fumaça
(steam train) in Minas?

Click to experience a steam train - Maria Fumaca
Share your experience with us!! You can post here or send to my e.mail.

1 - Ghost Story

Simplified Reading
Intermediate

Let`s start a fantastic trip to Charles Dickens` World!

‘The Signalman’ (1866) is partly based on Dickens' personal experience of a fatal train crash.

Before you read

Before you start reading Charles Dickens' short story, it is helpful to check what you already know about him and his stories:

You can read at :
Charles Dickens: An Overview
or
You can listen at:
Dicken's life

Reading Skill: Scanning    
Scan Dickens' biography and find the following information:

• Birth date;
• Important fact occurred in 1824;
• His occupation in 1827;
• First published Story;
• First biographer;
• Railway accident;
• Novels published between 1843 and 1861;
• Death .