Ways of using technologies at the English lesson

	Group A-beginner	Group B-intermediate	Group C-advanced
Word processing/desk top publishing	Making letters Making words Making signs Writing own illustrated books	Publishing - stories, poems, letters, brochures, reports, essays, signs, articles, reviews, recounts, biographies, diaries, journals, signs, information, arguments, illustrated books	Publishing - stories, poems, letters, resumes, brochures, reports, essays, signs, articles, reviews, recounts, biographies, diaries, journals, signs, information, arguments, illustrated books, scripts, research log
Internet for information	Information relating to themes Getting suitable images to illustrate work	Information about writers Search for song lyrics Search for any topic	Author information Topic searches i.e. "Shakespeare" English courses
Web Page Construction	Personal Web Page design	Personal web page on school site	Producing personal web site On-line magazine production
CD ROM information	Researching topics	Researching topics CD ROM interactive educational games or programs such as Professor Higgins	Researching topics Researching writers
Interactive book reading	Shared reading of interactive books for pleasure		A critical literacy approach to interactive books
Drawing	Drawing letters of the alphabet	Making book covers	Constructing cartoons Illustrating writing for effect
Digital image manipulation	Cutting, pasting and manipulating digital pictures to illustrate own writing	Placing appropriate photographs into document to promote ideas	Altering structures and features for effect - i.e. making a colour photo into a grey one to illustrate a sad poem
Sound recording	Recording spoken stories	Adding sound to published works	Interviewing characters from a novel
Graphic organising	The life cycle of an insect	Using a graphic organizer to show student's own family tree	Using Mind Man to show the relationship between characters in a novel
Games	Word building and spelling Games	Using spelling programs for drill and practice to broaden spelling	A study of the gender/violence aspects of games
Talking Books	Sharing 'talking books'		Producing own 'talking book' using Power Point type software
Chat lines	Probably best accessed on intra - net rather than externally - but many students spend a great deal of time 'chatting' to people all around the world. This could open up interview possibilities. I.e. interviewing a student in Dallas via a chat line about education there.
e-mail		E-mail friends E-mail for information	E-mail dialogue b/w teacher and student E-mail authors