Steve Miller, english teacher in UK, shows us in this presentation how to use Chamilo for teaching english. This talks belongs to the event organized by the Chamilo Association: "Celebrate the end of the year with Chamilo" that was held online on the 29th of december 2012.

1. Using Chamilo as a platform
for teaching English online.
What can it do?
Steve Miller

2. I’m Steve, and I support Chamilo!
 Teacher by profession
 Interested in teaching English
 Interest in online learning/teaching
 A learner – not an expert!

3. Where to start?

4. We kne w we ne e d e d …
 An organisational tool
Calendars, gradebooks, records
 An authoring tool
Media, SCORM, programmes of study
 A social tool
forums, chat and conference facilities
 A single tool…???

5. We a ls o wa nte d …
 An accessible tool
affordable, user friendly, flexible
 A dependable tool
stable, lasting, secure
 A supported tool
quality documentation, active forums
 A flexible tool
configuration, customization, integration

6. We d is c o ve re d …
 Chamilo …
 Open Source…
 The future…

7. As te e p le a rning c urve …
 How to set up a learning website?
Hosting? Servers? Installation? ftp?
 Webpage design?
html? css? rich editors? embed codes?
 Course design?
Agendas? Learning paths? Documentation?

8. Autho ring with Cha m ilo LMS
External Tools
 Freeware
 Open-source
 W3 schools
Chamilo Tools
 Chamilo editor
wysiwyg/html
 Chamilo modules
Nanogong, SVG Editor,Pixlr

9. Re a d ing

10. Lis te ning

11. Writing

12. Ta lking

13. Le a rning Pa th

14. M p rio ritie s fo r s up p o rting Cha m ilo
y
 Supporting improved documentation
 Supporting improved online help
 Supporting improved user forums
 Supporting Chamilo groups