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1. LaProf 0 pr E rre yen MR a A coo Un A WN a a a ee ee n ee ee eee MD 1 TE a hl EE ie Ea Ga So A A A A AL A S Coa 3 hh A A A A to Support det of Online WebQuests for Language Learning Manual of Tools LaProf Manual of Tools TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITIES USING WKI PAGES 1 2 5 2 1 2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS LOGIN E RENEACCO UN id taco cora i aces A TON A A O A A e E gare ee en ree rea RD TS Ta A ek ee A ee eee EAS Pa O paren rd ements ret even MA ea eee 2 3 2 4 205 2 6 EDIMING THEIR A A acacia SA O IN e a aaa CREATING AAC A A O O A A cc cano no oro rn US INC E E O E E E OS OS IS cr INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING EXERCISES cccoccccoccocccoooocconcconoocconnconoonconsnnnannrenanannrnnnas 3 1 3 2 ea S27 iZ 3 2 4 3 3 E SS a E E O O E RO oo dl as REATNG EXERGISES ph frees Sere femme A A OA A O A A A E How to create Filling station exar OS a a a a a a aa aaah OS a How to E ENESA AEE E A EEEE S E A O a Howtorere ata Softemexeiais Sn enm A O O a oa A How to Create EE KE EEEE S A O OE HOW TO ACCES TAPRORE ERE TT LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES ON THE LANGUAGE LEARNING PORTAL lt lt 4 1 4 2 4 3 OI GH Net EGS yee AA A A A A Rl Se O A tia es la SEAR HINGHEOR RESO WRCiS cla iaiss E Manual of Tools LaProf Manual of Tools La 1 Intoducti2. In order to Browse for Language Resources English 148 Arabic a resources select Browse rganizations Russian rene o from the Search option in Chinese About LaProf Project the Operations menu Lappish l Lithuanian 1 i Users 24 English 99 pe Resources 220 7 CEFR Classification os h j i won ee TEREE EE Al 37 Other Education 76 AD 105 Agriculture Hunting and Forestry 76 Bi 49 Computer and related activities 77 EZ o Password 1 ci o ce o Resource Type Register narrative text 19 figure 0 Forgot your password simulation 0 graph 0 Figure 4 7 Browsing by type option D Tag Cloud The most popular Animal Science Agriculture ke ywo rdsare Finnish language learning ae displayed in the Tag eee cones Cloud Selecting a agriculture food management term will guide you rca pubn to allthe resources beginners that include the Food Management respective keyword Crete honey agrotouristic sightseeing expressing opinions pasttense Greek language Agricultural economics and Management Figure 4 8 The Cloud tag option Po 43 Manual of Tools E Customized search I am Romanian and I want to learn Greek and work in the agriculture sector I am Hungarian and I want to learn Greek and work in the agriculture sector Figure 4 9 The Customized search I am Estonian and I want to learn Finnish and work in the ICT sector To facilitate the finding of r
3. Registered Visitor Role you can hoose between Registed Visitor Content Provider Register Clear and Content Provider Figure 4 4 The Register menu of the Web Portal e Asa Registered Visitor you can search and browse for resources add annotations or rate resources Additionally Content Providers can upload resources and descnbe them with metadata If you register as a Content Provider the Administrator needs to validate your status before you can start uploading content 40 Manual of Tools 4 4 2 Searching for resources The LaPorf content is organized under four main categones LaProf Units lists of multilingual language leaming units in the fields of IC Tand Agriculture LaProf Exercises lists of multilingual language leaming interactive exercises in the fields of IC Tand Agnculture Language Resources lists of online language leaming resources for Greek and Finnish language leaming Organizations lists of language leaming schools and institutions in Greece and Finland that provide language training To facilitate easy searching and finding of resources the LaProf Portal offers the following options A Browse by category LaProf Units Home Search ICT Language Learning Unit on Security Text Based This is the first English monolingual Unit in the field of ICT providing vocabulary and glossary on topics such as cybercrime Internet security and privacy types of
4. Bridge to Mobility http 2mobility eu http www be multilingual com 56 Manual of Tools La 6 References CELT Centre for Excellence in Leaming Teaching 2008 Blogs and Wikis in Teaching and Leaming http www Wikilingua le HelpGuides Retrieved August 13 2010 Hodgins Wayne amp Duval Enc et all 2002 Draft Standard for Lea ming Object Metadata Konieczny Piotr 2007 Wikis and Wikipedia asa Teaching Tool Intemational Joumal of Instructional Technology and Distance Leaming Vol 4 No l January 2007 Lamb Bnan 2004 Wide Open Spaces Wikis Ready or Not EDUCAUSE Review 39 36 48 http www educause edu pub er erm04 emo0452 asp Retrieved J uly 22 2010 LeFo net Helo amp Manual http www lefo net en html Retneved August 5 2010 Maroudas Axel 2010 LaProf Design of Web Portal LaProf project document 57 2 Manual of Tools q LaProf Education and Training 4 E Education and Culture DG Lifelong Learning Programme an This project has been funded with support from the European Commission This publication reflects the views only of the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
5. exercise By accessing the link a new page will open ae 29 Manual of Tools Horticulture amp Agricultural Biotechnology Exercise 1 Theme LaProf SUMMER SCHOOL Type Filling station Fil the textboxes with correct answers Mark the sentences as true T if the statement is in accordance with the article or false F if it is not Start the exercise Start Start in new window Top scores Figure 3 16 The Filling station interactive exercise A new interactive exercise page will open where users can insert in the blank boxes T or F If the answer provided iscorect the boxtums green Score 1943 Time 02 22 Pag Genetics behind those big tomatoes Pome 1 Thanks to genetic chagices in tomatoes we can now have plants much larger than little wild tomatoes in the pastT Continue 2 In the past people didn t know about genetics or breeding but they managed to introduce some genetic changes in tomatoesT Y The score and the time are displayed on the page kE Figure 3 17 Completing a Filling station exercise e All the questions of a group are displayed on the same page If you choose to include more groups these will appear on different pages Once the exercises on a page are completed the exercise takes you automatically to the next page 30 Manual of Tools uf La The process of creating a polling station exercise is similar to the one for the filling station
6. form Poe Manual of Tools e If you would like to share exercises with others and get support during the process register under the special Region LaProf and School name La Prof Summer School For any further information and support send an email to info laprof eu o Choose organization or send its name through Contact form if itis not listed gt A a MAA SS PE E ss Have you lost your password Enter the username below and we will send a new password to your e mail AA O UM send Me My new Password Figure 3 2 The Register menu on LeFo School name LaProfSummerSchool Figure 3 3 The Region and School name section in Register menu e After creating your account the Miksike LeFo page administrator needs to grant you Teacher Rights Only logged in users are able to create theirown exercises on the platform P9 Manual of Tools d q j gt LaProf 3 2 Creating exercises Once you have registered and received the Teacher s Rights you can log in and start developing exercises on the platform Follow the steps presented below Learningtolders xy ci 3 V v y Mainpage eWorkSheets My eWorkSheets Google Search Google _ v J Search Www Search lefo net eWorkSheets _ Oy Search GS i 3 eWorksheets free content rmai il Gi Tests and quizzes MentalScience language option from the Y de C m Ai 7 Mainpage FAME yA MentalLanguage MentalMath eXcitemen CAD E C
7. on the Portal Accessing a resource directs you to the actual resource short description its most important metadata set and a link to the resource s actual location 44 DO Manual of Tools The descnption of the resources provides the following a title j ICT Language Learning Unit on Security screenshot of the resource description language subject This is the first English monolingual Unit in the field of Description providing vocabulary and glossary on topics such as cyberg Internet security and privacy types of viruses and malware resource type keywords Language English Subject Computer and related activities cost Resource lecture Type copynght the link to the resource Q a 2 2 a Keyword internet Security cybercrime viruses malware ICT Cost no yes This resource can be freely acpeseed and reused Intell Copyright copyrights are retained by LaProf4 Users can htto wikiwagroknow grlaprof index php Unit 1 Security rate a resource review its history A i A A Lt EL ee Rating History add review Review History Add Review Figure 4 11 A desc nption of a resource 4 3 Uploading resources When uploading a resource you need to provide a descnption of your resource These metadata categones and data elements are listed and descnbed below in detail Some of these categones are mandatory others are optiona
8. the discussions page where other users can leave messages allowsthe modification of your site preferences profile skin files date and time editing recent changes search and misc lists the pages you are watching You can add a page to this list by clicking watch in the Tabs menu my seni veh contributions lists your contnbutions to the Wiki page 6 logout used to log out from the Wiki page Table 2 1 The description of the User links menu 2 2 2 The Tabs Figure 2 5 The Tabs menu The Tabs allow you to view and edit the current Wiki page Depending on whether you are an anonymous user a logged in user or the administrator of the Wiki page the tabs available here will vary Manual of Tools q gt LaProf the actualcontent ofthe Wiki page the talk page where users can leave comments on the content of the Wiki page and communicate with other users If the tab is red it means that no comments have been made al shows the Wiki markup the syntax and keywords 4 used by the Wiki software to formata page Wiki page s previous revisions including the date and time of each edit the usemame or IP address of the userand a summary of the edit By clicking ona previous version from the History list you can revert the page to an older version with a click on the Edit and Save buttons of the previous version you want to keep 5 edit the editing function of Wiki pages can keep tr
9. type While on the filling station type the users need to decide whether a statement id correct or not in the case of polling station exercises users need to fill in the sentences with the correct missing word 3 2 2 How to create Polling station exercises A polling station exercises on paper looks like this Fill in the gaps with the words given below whorls stems carpels sepals petals 1 Once flowering has been induced the shift from the formation of leaves and 5TEMS to the formation of the floral organs Changes at the menstem indude an increase in apical height and the initiation of floral organ differentiation which begins at the margin of the menstem 2 The floral organs form sequentially in WHORLS from the outside inward 3 SEPALS form first 4 This is followed by the formation of PETALS in the next whorl of stamens 5 The final products are CARPELS or ovary in the center based on materials provided by MAIGH Plant Breeding Genetics Figure 3 18 A Polling station exercise on paper In the case of Polling station exercises you can include Wrong answers it is the page If you include a word twice correct or wrong in different questions the word will show up twice Wrong answer 1 on th e p a g e Wrong answer 2 Question order Figure 3 19 Editing a question in the Polling station e
10. Browse wiruses and malware LaProf Units Language English Subject Computer and related activities More info LaProf Exercises A SA Language Resources The resources are avallable on the wee mating History Organizations main menu Contact Rewiew History About LaProf Project ICT Language Learning Unit on Social Networking This is the second English monolingual Unit in the field of ICT providing vocabulary e and glossary on topics such as social network services different networking sites sers and future trends eee Language English Subject Computer and related activities More info tt A pul a Le ie te Rating History Rewiew History Figure 4 5 Browsing by category option 41 Manual of Tools bx la Include the search word select the type of B Text based search reso urce and Click Search Search Figure 4 6 The Text based search C Browse by type The resourcesare classified according to the mother tongue of the leamer a the language that the resource teaches the language level addressed the field of the resources the type of resource 42 Manual of Tools q gt LaProf nop cin Hungarian 7 Italian 1 Home l Estonian 8 Greek 67 Search Russian 7 Finnish 56 Text Based Browse Any 39 Hungarian 1 LaProf Units 14 Swedish 1 LaProf Exercises Romanian Spanish
11. Tools Figure 4 15 The CER level field 2 Coverage This element describes the time culture geography or region to which the resource applies Fu United Kingdom Greece Finland Esthonia Romania Poland Hungar Figure 4 16 The Coverage field a Tile This represents the name given to the resource Greek Language Learning Unit on Food Management with English instructions Figure 4 17 The Tite of the resource Descnption A textual descnption of the content of the resource The description Should be in the language and tems appropnate for the users to decide whether or not the leaming object being descnbed is appropnate and relevant forthem 48 Manual of Tools This is a Greek language learning Unit in the field of Agriculture providing vocabulary and glossary on topics such as food management The instructions are available in English Figure 4 18 The Description of the resource Keyword This elements is a keyword or phrase descnbing the topic of the resource food management Greek Figure 4 19 The Keywords of the resource 2 Aggregation level optional This elements descnbes the functional granulanty of this lea ming object Aggregation Level Lesson Lecture Select Raw media or document Course Educational Figure 4 20 Aggregation level of the resource E Life cycle The category groups the features related to the current state of the resour
12. ack of the changes made to the Wiki pages you are interested in Nof option Descrpton prevents other users to Edit a specific page On a 7 protect protected page the Edit button appearsas View source 8 delete the delete function of Wiki pages Table 2 2 The description of the Tabs menu 5 Administrators can add or remove tabs thus not all Wiki pages contain the same tabs Go A d Manual of Tools a sai La The Sidebar gives access to the actual content of the Wiki page as well as additional functions such as Search Recent changes or Upload file The Sidebarcan be configured by the administrator of the Wiki 2 2 3 The Sidebar BEI lt 7 A The leaming resources a Main Page HF a Learning Units Unit Template The page where teachers can edit AA and upload their own teaching E WebQuests EXplore ma teria Is your mobile m Events Teachers page The search engine of the Wiki page m Help search The link to other Wiki pages that contain a link to the current Wiki Go Search page toolbox ET Special functions and Seog ot administration options pload file Special pages Figure 2 6 The Sidebar of the Wiki page 2 3 Editing the Wiki Editing Wiki pages Is easy There are two basic modes available on a Wiki page the Reading mode and the Editing mode generally available to logged in users only This section explores the Editing mode and its functions In order to start
13. age You can pee eas click SHOW CHANGES to see the differences Please note that all contributiong to Wikipedia may i before and after your edits You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION Summary El This y 5 a minor edit C Yatch this page show changes Cancel Editing help opens in new window Save page show preview Figure 2 12 The Preview and Save functions 2 5 Creating a table In Wiki formatting the symbols and Y represent the start and the end n of a table where rowsare separated by the characters P AS Manual of Tools ar The elements of the same row can be included vertically and need to have the single mark in front The following table shows the necessary editing on a Wiki page in order to create a simple table Radio Television Magazine Newspaper E mail E mail Chat Sie is Radio Television Magazine Newspaper Table 2 5 Editing a simple table A table with 3 columnscan be created with the following editing Editing mode Reading mode Radio Television Internet l o Radio Television Intemet Magazine Newspaper Brochure l dl a Magazine Newspaper Brochure lE mail Chat I Browser E mail Chat Browser Table 2 6 Editing a table with 3 columns 2 6 Uploading images Wiki pages can be ennch
14. anges in tomatoes we can now have plants much larger than little wild tomatoes in the past T Modify Delete Steven Tanksley is an American farmer interested in growing larger tomatoes F Modify Delete In the past people didn t know about genetics or breeding but they managed to introduce some genetic changes in tomatoes T Modify Delete Large tomatoes have more compartments inside than smaller wild tomatoes Modify Delete Fas is the name Peri Modify Delete The pants wttab After having edited all the questions in S22 Modfy Delete your group you can modify them if e pace were e ameer goes a LAE LE needed or continue adding more Select other questions question groups until you reach the number of groups stated in the exercise description Figure 3 14 The list of questions Horticulture amp Agricultural Biotechnology Exercise 1 2 gt 8 mada 08 08 2010 Modify Delete exercise After finishing editing the exercise you can access it by _ its link In order to get the link e _ page Ff ae ar on the bottom of the IN NA Clone start to unit the sa type of exercises Clone exercise Move t other directory Exercise link http www lefo net en atests html test 637 amp start 1 Exercise top performers http www lefo net en gtests html showtopof 637 Figure 3 15 The Modify function and the link of the exercise The link of the exercise is where the users students can complete the
15. ce and information about its creators 49 Manual of Tools a Y 4 La Existing entity new entity Here you can either select from a given list of entities or insert a new entity Once an entity is registered the system will memonze it and include it in the list of existing ones Charactenze it by completing the following categones some of which are optional Name Address optional County Telephone optional Email optional Select an existing entity or click the button to create a new one Existing Entities Select New Entity Poznan University of Technology 5 M Sk odowska Curie Square 60 965 Poznal Poland tel 48 61 8333881 poznan put pl Figure 4 21 The Creator of the resource E Technical This category includesthe technical charactenstics of the resource Format optional The format descnbes the technical datatype of the resource used to identify the software needed to accessthe resource 50 Manual of Tools Lal lL ee Select N A Excel Sheets Microsoft Word Documents POF Documents Powerpoint Slides Hash Files Ap Archive MP3 Audio Files WAY Audio Files BMP Image Files GIF Image Files JPEG Image Files HTML Files Plain Text Files AVI Video Files MPEG Video Files Rar Files Real Media Figure 4 22 The Format of the resource Size optional The size descnbesthe actual size of the resource in byte
16. e Exercise description Group count That amount of groups will be used during the exercise exerc ise Fill in all the fields and click Add Exercise continue editing the Teese clon die name of _the exercise that is listed in the Exercises list Group count That amount of groups wil be used during the exercise Public flag Not public Hidden No Figure 3 10 Editing a filling station exercise DIE Manual of Tools dd we LaP If you have selected to include more groups these groups need to be edited one afterthe other In the case of this exercise only one group was included Exercise name Horticulture amp Agricultural Biotechnology Exercise 1 Add group In the Information descnbing the question group and the number of questions that it includes Click Ada group Ask that many quesvions Genetics behind those big tomatoesi eer T Add groug ef EE Ask that many questions That amount of questions will be used during the test In the new window that opens you Can edit your fa question After clicking on Add question you can continue editing the next questions Figure 3 13 Editing questions in groups 28 Manual of Tools Y LaProf Questions list Exercise name Horticulture amp Agricultural Biotechnology Exercise 1 Group name Genetics behind those big tomatoes Thanks to genetic ch
17. e common forall the types of exercises Exercise name choose a name to identify your exercise Exercise description describe the exercise Here you can also mention the matenals you have used to develop it or include extra instructions forthe users Select random groups exercises can have more than one groups pages for e g an exercise with 3 groups will be displayed on 3 pages If the exercise contains more groups you have the possibility to show the groups randomly by selecting yes or in order by selecting no Time limit or Speed in some exercises you have the possibility to choose both the duration of the exercise time limit or the length of the exercise in seconds or different soeeds fa st slow very slow Public flag here the platfom offers 3 options a Not public your exercise will not appear publicly on the Miksike LeFo platform 25 Manual of Tools LaP b Locally public your exercise will be public to you and to all the registered users from your school c Globally public candidate your exercise will be public to all the site users For this option the administrator will check your exercise and contact you if changesare required Closed you can decide to close your exercise 2 Hidden you can decide to keep it invisible from other users 3 2 1 How to create Hiling station exercises This section presents step by step the creation of a filling station type of e
18. ed with the help of images In order to insert an image from your computer to the Wiki page you need to follow the steps descnbed below 18 ri q gt LaProf toolbox What links here am Related changes a Upload file Click on the Upload file button of your toolbox menu a Special pages Printable wersion Permanent link Figure 2 13 The Toolbox menu Upload file Use the form below to upload files to view or search previously uploaded images go to the list of uploaded files To include the image in a page use a link in the form Image file jpg Image file png alt text or Media Source filename C Users Mada Desktop MAICH jpg Destination filename MAICH jpg The logo of MAICh The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chan Summary Browse the file name it and be careful to remember its exact name You will later need it when inserting the image Y Watch t ge E Ignore a nA your Wiki page Click to upload the Upload file file Figure 2 14 Uploading an image on the Wiki page Go to the Wiki page where you want to insert the image click the Edit button and type the fomula Image MAIC H jpg right This will place the image on the nght Figure 2 15 Inserting an image on the Wiki page 998 Of the page Ho Manual of Tools article discussion edit history move watch Unit 1 Food management Con
19. editing a Wiki page you need to create an account and log in You can either create yourself and edit a new page on the Wiki or you can just edit Wiki pagescreated by other users E In orderto start editing go to http Wiki agroknow gr laproft Pale Manual of Tools gt LaProf article discussion Editing LaProf You ve followed a link to a page that doesnt exist yet To create the page start typini browsers back button Figure 2 7 Editing a new Wiki page E Ifyouwantto edita page that already exists article discussion edit history move watch Unit 1 Food management Orclick here to Contents hide EDIT on ly a 1 Unit Objectives Sp ec ifiC sec tio n 2 Unit Outcomes 3 Exercises 3 1 Unit 1 A2 Level Click here to EDIT 3 2 Unit 1 B1 Level the Wiki page 4 Glossary Unit Objectives edit a To practise reading listening and writing skills a To learn and practise vocabulary connected with a post graduate MSc programme offered in the broader area of agriculture agrotouristic businesses in Crete and a To practise and revise grammar structures and word formation in context a To learn the professional vocabulary in the context of Greek agriculture Unit Outcomes At the end of the unit students will Figure 2 8 The two editing options on the Wiki page P ze Manual of Tools uf gt La E By clicking the Edit button a new editable page will open article discussion edit
20. esources for the target groups of the LaProf project a customized search is available Due to this type of search users can easily retneve the resourcesfrom a specific field that are available ina theirown language and practice a specific language F Latest resourcesfrom toolbar LaProf Units LaProf Exercises Language Resources Organizations Finnish bNoguage Learning Unit onN CT Security wit Russian instructions This is a FinnishNanguage learning Unt in the field of ICT promding vocabulax and glossary on opics such Ws ICT SecurityN he instructions are available in Kussian Language FPNgsian SO gject C ar and rated activities More ins Finnish Language Learnin Lint on Eea Estonian instructions This is a Finnish language learning Unit in the field of ICT providing wocabulary and glossary on topics such as ICT Security The instructions are available in Estonian Language Estonian activities More info Subject Computer and related Finnish Language Learning Unit on ICT Security with French instructions This is a Finnish language learning Unit in the field of ICT providing vocabulary and glossary on topics such as ICT Security The instructions are available in French Language French Subject Computer and related activities More info Figure 4 10 Browsing by the latest resources option On the home page of the Portal users Can access the latest resources uploaded
21. et list social networking social networking o o Twitter MySpace o MySpace dynamic content dynamic content metadata Numbered list metadata user participation user participation freedom Openness 1 freedom 2 Openness Mashup Aso definition 1 Sito al Definition list folksonomy Folksonomy 3 Cerla ron 2 definition 2 2 definition 2 1 definition 2 2 Single indent Single indent Definition listto Double indent indent text Multiple indent Double indent Multiple indent Table 2 4 The description of text formatting options 16 Manual of Tools x l In orderto sart a new paragraph leave an empty line You can force a line break within a paragraph by adding lt br at the end of the line 2 4 Always Preview before Save Unit Objectives To practise reading listening and writing skills To learn the professional vocabulary in the context of Greek agriculture Unit Outcomes At the end of the unit students will lt br gt Image 011 jpg lett Be able to use new vocabulary in the professional context Be able to recognize main grammat Learn about agrotourism inf Cret mip 9 Before SAVING your work do not forget to Improve their reWfing skills in the click on SHOW PREVIEW button in orderto see Be able to broaden their Fnowlercige Familiarize with a post draduade aga NOW your article will look like After Previewing do not forget to Save your p
22. g in create account Dont have a login Create an account Lo g In If YO u a Ire a d y ha ve YouWnust have cookies enabled to log in to Wikipedia an account on LaProf Wiki page Log in E mail password Agure 2 2 The Log in menu on the Wiki page f Manual of Tools 4 J Log in create account e By crea ting an account Create account and logging In the Wiki page Already got an account Log in enables you to use the Edit Usemame function of the Wiki to edit a etype password and modify content E mail Real name Remember me Create account Figure 2 3 The Create account menu 2 2 Navigation Any page on a MediaWiki includes three main navigation menus the User Links on the top right comer the Sidebaron the left of the page and the Tabs ontop of the page 2 2 1 The User Links The User Links allow the logged in user E to edit their userpage Wiki preferences E to accesstheircontnbutionsto the Wiki E to log out Figure 2 4 The User Links menu If you are an anonymous user without an account on the Wiki you have here accessto the login option and linksto your IP address Manual of Tools ly 1 gt FE a ae f i mLa A E ail j _ Y A A gt tj f l r tf L y pj fo fy f I J pj D ES The table below descnbes what each section of the User Links menu is used for links to the user page where you can edit information about yourself links to
23. ging to the destination countries and professional sectors In summary LaProf will produce a A language learning framework that will outline the background topics working culture and relevant terminology of the targeted sectors and destination countries b A variety of multilingual language learning exercises at least 20 that will be translated and adapted to English French Romanian Hungarian Estonian and Russian These will be publicly available and accessible online c Supplemental learning resources such as a Learner s Guide containing information about the proficiencies learners should have before taking the language learning exercises culture aware resources to facilitate their preparation for immigration in the destination countries as well as pedagogical guidelines and tips for the language teachers d An online environment the LaProf Web portal where learners can search for and access all the above learning resources and methodologies LaProf is expected to encourage innovation in the development of effective and high quality language learning and teaching tools for the two targeted sectors teachers education and professionals vocational education Through the developed pedagogical approach and learning materials LaProf assists targeted user groups by easing the transition to their destinati countries More information about LaProf can be found here http www _laprof eu Figure 2 1 The LaProf Wiki page Lo
24. hem at once and then start editing them one by one or add a group and edit it then the second and repeat the process 36 Manual of Tools Current images New image CAUserslMadalDesktoplhoe pc Browse Question What does the illustration represent EA hoe Figure 3 30 Adding questions in the exercise The exercise in the example contains 4 groups with one question each Question groups Exercise name Food Management Match the illustrations to the words below 1 Match the illustrations to the words below 1 Match the illustrations to the words below 1 Match the illustrations to the words below 1 Figure 3 31 The Question groups of the exercise In order to visualize the exercise on the platform go back to Exercises click on Modify and access the link at the bottom of the page The interactive Imaged station exercise will look like this Score 1650 Page Match the Wustrations to the words below 1 What does the illustration represent Figure 3 32 The interactive Imaged station exercise _37 Manual of Tools La 3 3 How to access LaProf exercises Generally exercises on LeFo are available for users if their creator has decided to make them Publicly available or Available in his her school There is also the possibility to hide exercises and thus keep them invisible from other users All the exercises created under a school are available for use
25. history move watch Editing Unit 1 Food management BARA yaa Use the EDIT TOOLBAR to edit the text nit Objectives To practise reading listening and writing skills To learn the professional vocabulary in the context of Greek agriculture Figure 2 9 Editing a Wiki page E Which are the Functions of the Edit Toolbar Editing a Wiki is easy due to the functions of the Edit Toolbar that automatically formats the text for you However you can also leam the symbols and manually edit the text without the help of the Edit Toolbar The table below illustrates the functions of the Edit Toolbar The first and the second columns represent the symbols on the Toolbar and their names the third column shows how text can be manually formatted and the last column represents the text after editing EE Manual of Tools di gt In Editing Mode z Italic II ia DECO ies lar http www example com NS gr LaProf i http www laprof eu La prof Section ie edi Ta i o En ail Ed Insert image Pulso leo ce Media LaProf ogg Mathematical formula lt a soe iat ae abc LaTeX Ignore Wiki A A ea lel i n Mada talk 21 21 19 J uly 2010 UTC Horizontal line Table 2 3 The description of the functions of the Edit toolbar E Whatisan Intemal Link and how to create one Intemal links are a very common feature of the Wiki pages Intemal links represent a navigation element of a
26. l while others are automatically entered by the system itself 45 Manual of Tools q gt LaProf Home Search Brows 2 Resources Contact Text Based LaProf Units LaProf Exercises Language Resources Organizations LaProf Language Content Upload LaProf Unit Upload LaProf Exercise Other Language Upload Content Upload Organization Resource Translations Edit My Details On the home page of the Portal users Can access the latest resources uploaded on the Portal Figure 4 12 The Operations menu Figure 4 13 Uploading resources 46 Manual of Tools La The medata categonesthat you need to fill in are described below E General This category includes the general information that describes the resources asa whole Mother tongue of the leamer The Mother tongue of the leamer element represents the language used within the lea ming resource to communicate to the intended user English Greek Finnish Estonian Romanian Polish Turkish Swedich Italian Lithuanian Arabic Chinese Russin Figure 4 14 The Mother tongue of the lea mer field Language the resource helps you leam This element descnbesthe language that the resource helps you leam o CER level This element descnbes the level of the resource according to the European CEFR Common European Framework of Reference for Langauges _47 Manual of
27. n exercise p Eeo Manual of Tools j Page Choose the right answer 1 The final products are 0 OF OVary in the center which begins at the margin of the meristem 2 Once flowering has been induced the meristems shift from the formation of leaves to the formation of the floral organs Changes at the meristem include an increase i 3 The floral organs form sequentially iWHORLS from the outside inward 4 This is followed by the formation of in the next whorl of stamens 5 form first Ma ao Users have to click and drag the correct answer to the blank boxes If _ the answer if correct the boxtums green Figure 3 23 Completing the Polling station exercise 3 2 3 How to create Sorter exercises In the Sorter type of exercises users need to group the words given in different categones sroup the following words under the headings nouns verbs adjectives Some words may be classified into more than one group Then use the words in the sentences below one word in each gap You will not need all the words enormous affordable support food industry consumer edible awareness assurance fingerprinting respond competition prerequisite residual provide increasing quality includes preservation management achieve postgraduate analvtical concentrates study focuses metabolic conduct research study focuses concentrates conduct respond achieve includes provide e
28. normous affordable edible residual increasing postgraduate analytical metabolic Figure 3 24 A Sorter exercise on paper mole Manual of Tools aG La In order to create the exercise above on the platform you need to create one group with 3 containers Each container represents a grammatical category nouns adjectives and verbs In each container the corresponding list of words will be included e g the container Nouns with include the words food industry consumer etc All 3 containers will be displayed on the sa me page Exercise name Food Management Exercise 1 Group name Sort the following words into groups PTA E me rbs ef a Figure 3 25 Editing the Containers of the exercise In order to start editing the Nouns container you need to click on Nouns Complete the Inside box with one noun from your list and click on Modify container To add more nouns in the container you need to click on Nouns again and repeat the process asexemplified below ouns 3 e ME OOO Modify container A BAR industry A Modify container Ca Figure 3 26 Completing the Containers After completing all the containers the number of words included in each one willappear between round brackets 34 Manual of Tools Time 182 Adjectives analytical increasing Nouns ge 1 respond management SUY affordable edible enormous focuses includes achieve fingerp
29. on The present Manual of Tools aims to provide guidelines for teachers and trainers on the implementation of language leaming activities with the help of tools avallable on the Intemet More specifically the Manual of Tools introduces and explores the use of a Wiki page available at http wiki agroknow gr laprof Miksike Lefo a platfom for designing interactive language leaming exercises at http www lefo net and a language Leaming Portal available at http www language leaming portal eu Chapter 1 provides guidelines on how to edit content with the help of a Wiki page Chapter 2 explains how interactive exercises can be created on the LeFo platform Chapter 3 focuses on the searching and uploading of digital educational resources on an educational Portal Finally the guide includesa list of useful resources for further research The method presented in this Manual follows the LaProf project methodology which focused on designing language leaming activities such as WebQuests and exercises and making them available on the Intemet with the help of some easy to use tools The present Manual is complemented by the Teachers Guide for the Development of Online WebQuests for Language Leaming that focuses on the process of developing language leaming activities l LaProf is a Multilateral Project financed by the European Commission that aims to promote language awareness to immigrating workforces in two particular sectors ICT and agricult
30. ontact About Us Figure 3 4 The Mental Language option on the Main Page EN Learningtolders ney A Y ye Y Mainpage eWorkSheets My eWorkSheets Services Contact Settings UA Main page General rules Exerdses Statistics Create exerdse IMENTAL LANGUAGE InEx language learnin _ Language learning exercises are waiting for You Take a look at them and play If you have teachers rights You can make the exercises Yourself Sample exercises NEW COMPETITION ADJECTIVES is opened until 31st of August Prizes bonuspoints Click on Create COMPETITION PRONOUNS is over stuart and evi got 10 bonuspoints E exercise to start COMPETITION ALICE IN WONDERLAND is over Stuart got 10 bonuspoints COMPETITION SPELLING is over meerila and mailiisp got 10 bonuspoints Figure 3 5 The Create exercise option Bone Manual of Tools ly la The Mental Language menu includes the following sections a Main page with lists of news such as competitions taking place General rules of working with the exercises Exercises with lists of the latest exercises created by other users and a list of exercises organized by Themes a Statistics with lists of winners from past competitions Create exercise with lists of the types of exercises available and complete instructions on how to design them eWorkSheets My eWorkSheets Services Contact Settings Create exercise Create exercise The e
31. page to another page of the same web site ordomain 14 Manual of Tools La Editing Unit 1 Food management B 7 Ab GA MaE Ssh eee Internal link In order to create a piece of text into an intemal link select 1 A2 Levelpas the text and press the Intemal Unit 1 B1 Level1 link button of the Edit toolbar Figure 2 10 Creating Intemal links After Saving the changes you can click on the Intemal link and edit the new empty page that opens Unit 1 B1 Level Or just include the text between double square brackets Figure 2 11 An intemal link of the Wiki page L It is IMPORTANT to remember that if you CHANGE the title of an Intemal link the the content hoste don that page will be lost In order to get the conted back you can either click Back in your browser or load a previous version of the page E How to Format text In order to edit text on a Wiki page and organize paragraphs you need to use some easy formatting When you start wnting on a Wiki page remember not to leave empty spacesatthe beginning of the line The table below illustrates how formatting in a Wiki page looks like and how the results willappearafter editing and saving the page 15 Manual of Tools wy econ inEdingmode in Reading mode Heading of different levels e Introducing four 4 or more headings automatically creates a table of contents Wikis gt viki l 2 lod blogs Bull
32. resources such as leaming units exercises extemal language resources that have been collected descnbed categonzed and stored asdigital training content 4 1 Log in Register E The Portalisavailable at www lanquage leaming portal eu ER biveni n asd Cuius DG Lifelong Learning Programme Pan uN Food management Agriculture internet ET ae Fe a agriculu ra food management Greek Hungarian beginners verbs a sario Un l um TET ri miih Mirra lerem roue Greek language avin vorw hilary and gioprarp on tops murch ma 1 having Eerurh y Tha incitan sra available in Rinim Greek language H Course Sees occa AUER Crota Thestacen GIGGCe Finnish Larne learnisa Uni ma ET Brcurtdy miih teni bere Lees Figure 4 1 The Main page of the LaProf Web Portal The LaProf Portal is available in English Greek Romanian Estonian Finnish Hunganan and Polish Figure 4 2 Portal languages 39 Manual of Tools ly Username To log in type your usemame and password and click Login If you do not have an account click Register Register Forgot your password Figure 4 3 The Log in menu of the Web Portal Register Username Password COTO Email madalina ungur gmail com o e In order to Register you l need to fill in your name S RE a Bea password and email and a language of Role Select Y preference In the section ee ee
33. rinting preservation residual postgraduate research preprequisite concentrates assurance metabolic study consumer Figure 3 28 Completing the interactive Sorter exercise At this point the editing of the exercis iscompleted On the interactive platform the containers will appear as illustrated below To complete the exercise the users need to first click on a container box and then select the examples that fit there If one word doesnot fit in a container the word will tum red 3 2 4 How to create Imaged station exercises In this kind of exercise users need to match images with words The exercise below was first created on paperand consists of 5 images If you want each image to appearon a different page if the interactive platform yeu need to create 5 groups Each group will contain one image ee L Manual of Tools TN La Exercise 5 fe pictures to the Bbels given below PEST PLANT Figure 3 29 An Imaged station exercise on paper In order to upload an image on the platform you need to click the Browse button and select an image form your computer Each image can be presented with a question such as What does this image represent While creating the exercise you can provide the correct answer to the question together with 2 wrong answers The users will have to select the correct one and labelthe image If you select to have more than one groups you can either add all of t
34. rs registered under that school If a user wants to access exercises from other schools he she needsto be granted access The exercises created by the LaProf project can be accessed either from the LaProf Language Leaming Portal www language leaming portal eu or from the LaProf Wiki page http wiki agroknow gr la prof 1 On LaProf Portal To access the LaProf exercises on the LaProf Portal www language leaming portal eu you can either search for them through the different types of Searching options available or click directly on the LaProf exercises option from the Operations menu Multilingual descriptions of all exercises are available together with links to the LeFo platform 2 On LaProf Wiki On the LaProf Wiki you have the possibility to complete the exercises by follow the LaProf Leaming Units http wiki agroknow qr laprof index php Leaming_Units These are organised in two modules ICT and Agnculture with each module compnsing of 5 Units The Wiki includes a wider vanety of LaProf exercises including Listening Writing and Speaking that are not supported by the Miksike Lefo platform 38 Manual of Tools dl En Pa E i mLa A E ail K Pf ES ah A f gt tj f l pd j py fod fd I id pj D ES 4 Language Leaming Resources on the Language Leaming Portal The Language Leaming Portal www language leaming portal eu represents the main point of access to the LaProf project s educational
35. s if known Educational This category groupsthe educational characteristics of the resource Resource type The Resource type descnbesthe specific kind of the resource Resource Type graph index slide table narrative text exam expenment self a probl Figure 4 23 The Type ofthe resource 51 Manual of Tools UND La 2 Context The context refers to the prncipal environment within which the leaming and use of the resource is intended to take place O tt higher education other ary Figure 4 24 The Context of the resource Rights The category descnbes the intellectual property nghts and conditions of use forthe resource Cost This category specifies whether the use of the resource requires payment Figure 4 25 The Cost of the resource Copynght The Copynght category specifies whether copynght or other restnctions apply to the use of the resource Figure 4 26 The Copynght of the resource Descnption This category comments on the conditions of use of the resource _52 Manual of Tools UD This resource can be freely accessed and reused Intellectual copyrights are Figure 4 27 The description of the Rights of the resource Classification The category situates the resource in relation to a particular Classification system a Classification This category describes where the resource falls within a particular Classification sy
36. stem For LaProf the following classification applies Computer and related activities Other Education Figure 4 28 The Classification of the resource To finalize and upload your resource click Register Figure 4 29 Registenng the resource on the Web Portal After uploading resources need Administrators approval in order to be listed among the other resources on the Portal E Manual of Tools LaProf Manual of Tools dy s y LaProf 5 Explore more resources Edublog Awards http edublogawards com http eleammag org subpage cfm section artic le s amp a rtic le 29 1 Heam Magazine Web 2 0 amp Language Leaming i www youtube com watch v F1IRkq bU Web 2 0 Activities in Secondary spp School http jcal info web 2 Working the Web for Education http ozline com entry http chnm gmu edu essa ys on histo ry new med la essa ys Center for History and New Media MediaWiki http www media Wiki o rg Wiki Med la Wiki Blogs Wikis Podcasts and other ie powerful web tools for classrooms PI AO http educationalWikis Wikispaces com Exam ampie sl fs ples of educational Wikis Wikis and Leaming 60 Resources http elea mingtec h blogspot com 2010 07 W Ikis a nd lea ming 60 reso urc es html The User Manual http www lefo net en html ie Manual of Tools Ca ameme ja OOO European Projects ONENESS http www oneness vu It E
37. te language awareness to immigrating workforces in two sectors ICT and agriculture The main goal is to provide access to language learning resources that will help familiarize candidate immigrants with the terminology and cultural issues in their sectors through developing and disseminating language learning exerc The pilot user communities addressed are a ICT teachers living in Estonia and the Baltics in general who want to move and work in Finland and b agricultural professionals living i Romania who want to move and work in Greece The project s focus encourages European citizens from Estonia and Romania to learn official European languages such as English French Finnish and Greek to help them better understand the working environment and culture of the targeted countries i e Finland and Greece To achieve this LaProf will raise the awareness of available language learning activit develop and disseminate language learning materials LaProf will develop and promote language learning methodologies and resources to motivate the language learners and enhance t capacity for language learning so that the targeted user groups have greater ease acquiring language and cultural familiarity and to raise awareness for the targeted languages LaProf will develop a wide variety of language learning exercises for its defined user groups These will focus specifically on learning the targeted languages but will also attempt to refle cultural context belon
38. tents hide After Saving the changes the TEA picture will be displayed on 2 Unit Outcomes 3 Exercises the Wiki page 3 1 Unit 1 A2 Level 3 2 Unit 1 B1 Level 4 Glossary edit Unit Objectives To practise reading listening and writing skills To learn and practise vocabulary connected with a post graduate MSc programme offered in the broader area of agriculture agrotouristic businesses in Crete and honey production Figure 2 16 The image displayed on the Wiki page 20 Manual of Tools La 3 Interactive Language Leaming Exercises Interactive language leaming exercises can be implemented online with the help of the Miksike LeFo platform http www lefo net Four types of exercises are introduced in this chapter Polling station Filling station Imaged station and Sorter from the first steps their development on paper to their final interactive form 3 1 Log in Register E To start creating exercises go to http www lefo net The platform is avallable in 6 languages English Estonia n Russian Lithuanian Latvian and Slovenian REGISTER to create a new account here if you already have an account on LeFo Figure 3 1 The LeFo Main page When you register you have the possibility to choose the Class the Region your country the School name you can either choose your organization if listed or suggest it to be included through the Contact
39. ure It is a pilot project of 24 month duration which started in January 2009 The project is coordinated by the University of Jyv skyl and involves 8 partners from 5 European countries LaProf aims to assist and ease the cultural integration of the user group and to encourage innovation and development of high quality language learning and teaching tools For further information you can visit the project s website www laprof eu Manual of Tools LaProf Manual of ol iy gt LaPro 2 Language Leaming Activities Using Wiki Pages The LaProf Wiki page hasbeen developed in the context of the LaProf project and is available at http wiki agroknow arlaprof The Wiki platform is powered by Media Wiki http www media wiki org wiki Media Wiki 2 1 Log in Create account E In orderto start editing go to http Wiki agroknow qr la prof OF http wiki agroknow gr laprof index php Main_Page w MO Y LaProf Main Page Learning Units Unit Template Online Resources WebQuests Explore your mobility Events Recent Changes Random Page Help Bearch Go Search oolbox What links here Related changes Upload file m Special pages im Printable version f Permanent link Use the Log in create account button on the top right side of the screen to 2 188 24 0 49 talk for this ip article discussion edit history Main Page LaProf is a Multilateral Project that aims to promo
40. xercise e Make sure you mark the place of the missing answer with 4 dots and not more otherwise the empty box will be placed at the end of the sentence and not inside the sentence le Manual of Tools ds LaProf The questions can be organized in one or more groups thus showing on one or more pages After introducing all your questions click on the Exercise list and select Modify in orderto accessthe exercise link Polling station Everdses Figure 3 20 The list of Polling station exercises ex 3 2 gt 5 mada 08 08 2010 Modify Delete Horticulture amp Agricultural Biotechnology Exercise 2 1 gt 5 mada 08 08 2010 Modify Delete Mada2 2 gt 4 mada 03 08 2010 Modify Delete INN EEN Select Modify next to the A Strada NAME of your exercise and Group count ret avant e gg mile es ars ve see TOllow the link that appears no the bottom of the page vevew Jefo net en atests htmittest 6408start 1 vewew Jefo net en atests htmi shovs Figure 3 21 The Polling station exercise link Horticulture amp Agricultural Biotechnology Exercise 2 Theme LaProf SUMMER SCHOOL Type 42 Polling station Drag the multiple choice answers to right places with mouse The exercise is based on materials provided by MAICh Plant Breeding Genetics Click on Stat to complete the exercise Start Start in new window Figure 3 22 The interface of the Polling statio
41. xercise In the case of Filling station exercises leamers need to read a number of statements and whether these are True or False by filling in the blank soaces with the letters T or F The exercise below wasfirst developed on paper 1 Thanks to genetic changes in tomatoes we can now have plants much larger than little wild tomatoes in the past T Steven Tanksley is an American farmer interested in growing larger tomatoes F gt In the past people didn t know about genetics or breeding but they managed to introduce some genetic changes in tomatoes T 1 Large tomatoes have more compartments inside than smaller wild tomatoes T iE Eas is the name given to a tiny wild tomato F The plants with a special gene with a large mutation get weaker signals telling them to stop making compartments and their fruits are bigger T Figure 3 8 A Filling station exercise on paper In order to create this exercise on Miksike LeFo log in click on Mental Language section of the Mainpage then choose Create exercise and 26 cu 6 Manual of Tools La select Filling sta tion Pick the La Prof SUMMER SCHOOL Theme and fill in the form below Filing station Exercises Exercise name Horticulture amp Agricultural Mark the sentences as true T if the statement is in accordanse6 t You can have one or more groups Each group will open on a different sheet of th
42. xercises combining Guide Course works Modify exercse Not public Public in local shoo Global candidates Globally publi Exercise types List of all the types of exercises with links to ee of Help instructions Help Teachers menu with links to teaching resources Figure 3 6 The types of exercises available on LeFo Exercises can be first created on paper and then transferred to the Miksike LeFo platform or developed directly on the Miksike LeFo platform In order to start developing exercises you need to decide on the type of exercise that you want to create and click on its name For each type of exercise a list of Themes and Subthemes is available as shown below You have the possibility to select from the list the Theme and Subtheme that best charactenze your exercise DA Manual of Tools 4 J Create exercise Help The exercises combining Guide Combined exercises 1 Subthemes 3 Subthemes 6 Subthemes 4 Subthemes 4 ASSIST examples 2 Subthemes Fun Subthemes 3 LaProf examples 7 Subthemes LaProf exercises Subthemes 9 LaProf SUMMER SCHOOL Subthemes Peer Leadership 2 Subthemes Figure 3 7 The Themes available for Polling station exercises L You can select the LaProf SUMMER SCHOOL Theme to host your exercises After selecting a Theme you can start developing the exercises A new window will open with a number of sections that need to be completed Most of these sectionsar
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