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= **ID2-124: English for Architecture and Urban Planning I** = = **Week 2: Introduction to the Course/ Personal Profiles & Course Expectations** =

Let's know about each other, and about our course!
=It's time to start working!=



PLEASE IDENTIFY EACH EMAIL CONTENT IN THE WINDOW OF "Asunto"
Example: "Asunto: Personal Profile" "Asunto: Course Expectations"

Be careful at the moment of saving and naming your documents and files. Always include your name or at least your initials. Example: Leticia_Esteves_PersonalProfile or CourseExpectations_LE

1. Student-teacher introductions 2. Course Introduction: 3. Getting a Yahoo ID 4. Registration in [|Moodle] (Postpone till Week 4) 5. Writing Profiles and Expectations to later upload them to Moodle. 6. Adding a picture to Students Profiles. 7. Creating a Yahoo Avatar (Optional)
 * Week 2 Objectives:**
 * Welcoming Words in [|Wetpaint]
 * Getting to know Wikispaces
 * Learning how to navigate the site
 * Learning what each page in our wiki was created for

NOTE: Students may need a review on the use of the verb "to be", definite and indefinite articles, use of other verbs in the simple present form, verbs "like & dislike", "I expect to..." What I expect from this course is to..." and other structures necessary to create a Profile and write expectations.

First Hour

 * Introduction to the Course. Please read EVRYTHING concerning Course Introduction, Course Description, Timetable and Evaluation Plan)
 * Overview of Wikispaces (Click on all the pages and links in the navigation bar: green space on the left of this page)
 * (Course Description, Timetable , Assessment , Weekly Activities , On-Line Exercises and Useful Links ).
 * Get a [|Yahoo ID] now!!! (VERY IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY)
 * [|Yahoo Avatar Creation] (OPTIONAL but FUN and recommended)
 * Students' registration in Moodle. Follow instructions in this [|tutorial] (Wiil be done in Week 4)
 * Contact List in Moodle (Week 4)

Second Hour (Will be done in Week 4)

 * Students will explore Yahoo messenger as a tool for academic chatting.
 * Students need to add their teacher as a New Contact in their Yahoo MSN main window. Remember my Yahoo ID is "letisoles"
 * Students must also add the rest of the class to their contact lists in Yahoo Messenger.

[[image:http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/00/57/27/110_F_572752_mlHRj2Yr9xk3MIFgdQsA7PrIbXzHEf.jpg align="left"]]Profiles and Expectations (Writings 1 & 2: 3 points)
**JAN-MAR Students (Send this assignment to teacher by email)**
 * Creation of Profiles (in Moodle ) When you get to this page, click on your name, and then on the "edit profile" tab. Don´t forget to "save".
 * Creation of for the course (in Moodle )
 * Revision of Profiles (in Moodle )
 * Addition of photographs to students' profiles.

JAN-MAR Students (Send this assignment to teacher by email)
 * INSTRUCTIONS TO WRITE COURSE EXPECTATIONS:
 * Answer this question in less than 5 lines
 * WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM ID2124?

JAN-MAR Students (Send this assignment to teacher by email)
 * INSTRUCTIONS TO WRITE PERSONAL PROFILE

**USEFUL LINK FOR WRITING A PERSONAL PROFILE:**
 * [|How to write a personal profile]

Personal Profile Guidelines:

HOMEWORK: If time does not allow to finish the activities, whatever is left behind will be assigned as homework to be corrected on Monday Week 3