Memrise

Another useful vocabulary site/app
Memrise.com   Memrise app:  Android    Apple

Guides:

• Course Creation Guide
• Using Memrise - creating a course for your learners (video)
• Amy Kim's Guide to Memrise

Full-featured sets

• SAT Comprehensive
• 1500 Advanced English Words
• Advanced English for Native Speakers
• Australian Slang 'Strine'

TO DO:  
Log in to Memrise.com (using your Google account)
Please join the TTP2017 Memrise Group
Then click on each set below and learn at least a few words.  Then feel free to explore the full-featured set above or browse for others.
TTP Memrise Sets:

• TTP 2017 Vocab
• TTP TEPS Practice

Session#2, Week#1: UQ Prep, Mapping, & More

Pre-CALL Administrivia

This week, we need to start preparing for the overseas portion of TTP.

	Please add the passport romanization of your Korean name to this shared document
	UQ Application Forms Please save the form below and open it with Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader.  After completed it, re-save it adding your romanized name to the end of the filename (e.g. EMPTEnrolmentForm-Kim-Yuna.pdf)   sample here  Email the completed form  and your passport scan to jefflebow@gmail.com by April  28. Download the UQ Program Enrollment Form here
	Decide your homestay pairing.

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Topic#1 this week: MappingComing Soon:
The TTP in Brisbane Guide including the TTP Down Under Map.

To Do: 

Check out Mapping Tools Guide for information on how to use maps.

 Add at least two personal places of interest to your Collaborative Class Map.
                    Blue Map      Red Map    Green Map

 Create your own Google Map or choose one from the Map Gallery and embed it on your blog.

Week#7 - Social Networking

Social Networking

Take a look at the Social Networking Guide and watch the Social Networking Screencast.

Explore some of the ELT groups and communities on Google+, Facebook, Diigo, LinkedIn, and elsewhere .

Join ones of interest, bookmark them with Diigo, and/or create a blog post about any interesting discoveries.

If you're feeling ambitious, join twitter, find some people to follow and send out your first tweet.

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New Discovery (thanks to Jinju): Zoomit  (download)

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Feed Me! with Feedly.com
   Download the TTP2017 Opml
    (slightly out-of-date screencast here)

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Task:  Post an 'End of Session#1' Goodies on your blog.  Share or reflect on any recently discovered resources (photos, videos, social networking groups, etc.)

Week#6 - Google Forms, Word Clouds, Odds & Ends

Odds & Ends

• Writings folders
• Random.org

Google Forms

• Guide   General Screencast  Quiz Screencast
• Save as Doc Chrome Addon
• TTP Session#1 Feedback Form
  (please leave feedback this week)
• TTP Demo Quiz

Word Clouds

• Tagul  (Wordle Screencast)  Site Building Tools

More Text-to-Speech Options ( Screen Readers )

• Amazon Polly 
• Read & Write for Google Chrome 
• Speakit: Chrome Extension 
• Voice Instead
• List of options

Dictionary Extension
 Google Dictionary

These can be useful for quickly checking the meaning and pronunciation of words online. 




Up Next:

Feed Me! with Feedly.com
   Download the TTP2017 Opml
    (slightly out-of-date screencast here)