Possible Projects for Student-Made Websites
The examples given are student-made websites, with varying degrees of input from the instructors. Some are individual and some are group pages. Some are examples of how NOT to make a website. All were accessed on October 22, 2003.
Self-Introductions
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/sounds/us.html
Photos, positions, and comments by members of the project, "Japanese Sound Collection," in Tom Robb’s seminar at Kyoto Sangyo University.
http://www.vcu.edu/cspweb/,962/,96290/stu96200.html
"Meet the Students [at Virginia Commonwealth University]." Text only. Photos are separately posted at http://www.vcu.edu/cspweb/,962/,96290/gallery.html
Introductions to Countries (History, Culture, etc.)
http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/tourwithfour/
Designed by students of Diana Satin’s class at Jamaica Plain Community Centers’ Adult Learning Program in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Links to students’ pages on North Africa, Egypt, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia.
http://www2.freelance.kohoku.yokohama.jp/yoko/recipes-e.html
"Recipes from Japanese Cooking" by Yoko Ito, graduate of Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio.
Reports and Reviews
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/index.html
"Famous Personages in Japan" by Tom Robb’s students at Kyoto Sangyo University.
http://www.topics-mag.com/projects/restaurants/project.htm
"Restaurant Reviews" by three Japanese students in Christine Bauer-Ramazani’s Advanced English Class in the Intensive English Program of Saint Michael’s College, Vermont.
Reports on Personal or Class Trips
http://www.geocities.com/danielapatruno/cancun.html
A trip to Cancun by Daniela, a student at Universidad Central de Venezuela.
"Heidelberg College Japan at an Amusement Park," a page by CA Edington and her students.
Diaries and Journals
http://www.bangkokpost.net/education/site2003/groc2103.htm
"Gor’s World: Nattawud Daoruang is a typical Thai teenager from Samut Prakan in Thailand. However, in one important way, he is not like any other Thai teenager. For the past four years, he has been chronicling every detail of his life on the Internet. He’s Learning Post’s teenage columnist."
http://www2.freelance.kohoku.yokohama.jp/yoko/news-index-e.html
Photo essays and a journal in both English and Japanese by Yoko Ito.
Student Newspapers
http://www.student-weekly.com/
Bangkok, Thailand: The Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd., 2003.
Resumes
http://www2.freelance.kohoku.yokohama.jp/yoko/profile-e.html
Profile of Yoko Ito, MBA from Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio.
Graffiti Wall
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/wall.html
At Dave’s ESL Cafe (on 10/22/03 that wall was down for repairs).
References
Meloni, Christine. Web Pages Created by Students. TESOL Matters, Vol. 11, No. 4 (September/October/November 2001). http://www.tesol.org/pubs/articles/2001/tm11-4-02.html
Robb, Thomas N. Web Projects for the ESL/EFL Class: Famous Japanese Personages. CAELL Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Winter 1995/1996). http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~trobb/projects.html
Thalman, Linda. (Director). Internet Projects for Learners and Teachers of English. WebFrance International. http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/inetpro.html
Prepared by CA Edington for the JALT Hokkaido CALL Workshop, October 25, 2003.