Advocacy Public Private Dialogue Toolkit
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2011
The goal of this toolkit is to provide advocates with a practical guide to create and manage advocacy campaigns. It also focuses on skill building in public-private dialogue as a means for promoting and implementing the campaigns and strategic planning skills including monitoring and evalution, management and budget creation. An example of a Public- Private Dialogue Business Plan is provided in English.
The Role of School Journalism in Socialization and Enhancing Democratic Awareness
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This curriculum focuses on school journalism in socialization and enhancing democratic awareness. The first of five sections explains the concept of school journalism and its role in enhancing democracy. Additional sections focus on the four dimensions of school journalism: media, administrative, educational and artistic. Examples are provided for each dimension, and proposed models of radio broadcasting in schools are presented.
The Role of School Journalism in Enhancing Democratic Awareness
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This instructor's curriculum presentation for educators focuses on the role of school journalism in enhancing democratic awareness. The curriculum includes six topics related to journalism in schools: introduction to journalism; the art of media in educational activity; journalism investigation; editing; press management and editing; and radio broadcasting skills.
Linking Evaluation to Coaching and Mentoring Models
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2011
This presentation on teacher training walks readers through the effective teacher development.
How to Use Flickr
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This manual provides an overview of Flickr, a website used to host, share and save photos. It describes how the site is widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs within social media and blogs.
10 Social Fundraising Tools for NGOs
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
The “Ana Digital” project published this manual to assist civil society organizations and social activists. The manual includes 10 of the most important websites that provide social tools for fundraising, advocacy and disseminating these ideas through the Internet.
Introduction to Podcasts
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This manual provides reasons for civil society and non-governmental organizations to use podcasts, tips for recording and downloading podcasts and how to "publish" them. Podcasts are a type of digital multimedia file (either audio or video) that can be downloaded on a computer or any other device.
All You Need to Know about Blogging Manual
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This training manual on blogging aims to raise the efficiency of media personnel who cover environmental topics. The manual also seeks to increase public awareness and public participation on environmental issues.
Effective Website Design and Integration of New Media for Outreach
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This presentation from a two-day training focuses on new media campaigns and using the Internet as a tool for enhancing readership and promoting messages. Three proposed goals are: answering why, improving relevance and increasing activity. Examples of types of content, design, delivery and an action plan are included.
Action and Monitoring Plan (Social Marketing)
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2011
This template accompanies the presentation on social marketing and provides a sample action and monitoring plan.
Social Marketing - Curriculum
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This curriculum on social marketing gives definitions and describes the role of social marketing in enhancing corporate social responsibility. In addition, the curriculum discusses the relationship between the consumer protection and social marketing. An accompanying slide presentation is available.
Social Marketing - Presentation
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This presentation is linked to the Social Marketing curriculum resource. It focuses on the definition of social-marketing, its importance, ethics and common problems in cause-related marketing. The presentation provides examples, exercises, and an action and monitoring plan on social-marketing.
Module 2: Basic Media Training
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource provides an outline for a four-week online training session that aimed to enable fellows to learn how to choose characters, conduct and film interviews and select soundbites, with dual goals of respecting the interviewees and exposing viewers to alternative perspectives. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.
Module 1: Basic Facilitation Training
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource provides an outline for a five-week online training session that aimed to enable fellows to learn active listening and how to ask good questions, and to help them recognize their own biases and uncover other people’s biases. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.
Module 3: Outreach Training
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource provides an outline for a three-week online training session that aimed to enable fellows to learn how to build a constituency, outreach to people outside of their circles and build a long-term engagement plan. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.
Module 4: Social Media Engagement Module
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource provides an outline for a four-week online training session that aimed to introduce social media, creation of a social media strategy and constructive online dialogue. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.
Hope for Hurting Families: A Guide to Co-Located Services in the Middle East
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This manual focuses on establishment of Family Justice Centers (FJC), or Family Safety Centers, which provide services in one location for victims of family violence and their children. The manual includes lessons learned in Jordan and provides a road map for future Centers in the Middle East. Tips are provided for coalition building, strategic planning, getting buy-in, volunteers and more.
Types of Questions Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout gives definitions of Bloom's "question categories," which should be utilized when asking students questions
Sample English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL) Syllabus: Utah State University
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This sample syllabus can help English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL) teachers to format and write syllabi for their own classes.
Alumni Follow-On Grants Workbook
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This workbook is from the Student Leaders Program website, which provides help on submitting applications. It gives 10 steps for developing and practicing writing a proposal.
Help on Submitting Applications
Language(s):
Published: 2011
This website from the University of Delaware's MEPI Student Leaders Program provides guidance on submitting applications, such as a sample timetable, sample budget and a step-by-step video guide.
Bloom Taxonomy Grid Activity
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This activity helps teachers develop a syllabus by encouraging them to outline their goals and objectives.
Steps in Creating a Course Syllabus
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout reviews each step a teacher should take when designing a course syllabus.
Improving Lectures
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This article from Center for Faculty Evaluation & Development examines ways that teachers and professors can improve their lecture skills.
Day Five Trainer Plan
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the fifth day of the Phase two training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. It focuses on writing and formatting syllabi.
Trainer Plan Day Six
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the sixth day of the Phase One training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. The focus of this curriculum is teaching vocabulary.
Class/Lecture Skills: Questions and Suggested Actions
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout provides a list of questions for teachers or trainers to ask themselves in the classroom. The questions focus on preparation and organization, delivery, and post-class activities and evaluations.
Trainer Plan Day Four
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the fourth day of the Phase One training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. The focus of this curriculum is linguistics.
Find Someone Who Handout
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This exercise encourages teachers to ask other teachers questions about their backgrounds, their interest in the English language and their use of technology when teaching classes.
Experimental Language Cycle (ELC) Diagram
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This diagram lists the steps for a successful Experimental Learning Cycle (ELC) lesson. The steps include: providing a sample English Language Learner (ELL) lesson, a description of the lesson, analysis of the lesson and a plan for action.
Prediction within a Sentence Exercise
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This exercise helps students with their reading comprehension skills.
Circles Handout
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This diagram helps to explain the relationship between the teacher educator, the English teacher and the student.
Trainer Plan Day One
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the first day of the Phase One training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. Included are a list of objectives, orientation activities and instruction to develop and teach language competence.
Language Analysis Grid
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout is helpful for English students to map out and understand the form, meaning and use of specific words in the English language.
Guiding Principles for Teaching English in Algeria
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This document explains teaching principles and corresponding competencies necessary for teaching English to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) students.
Sample Lesson Plan: Speaking
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This lesson plan suggests a series of exercises designed to encourage students to speak about every day activities and expand their vocabularies.
Trainer Plan Day Eight
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the eighth day of the Phase One training session for the Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Development Course. The focus of this curriculum is on giving valuable feedback.
Day Three Trainer Plan
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum for the third day of the Algerian Ministry of Education Faculty Course focuses on teaching listening skills to English students.
How to Do Informal Testing Handout
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout explains the value and process of conducting informal testing in a classroom. Informal tests utilize methods like peer testing and concept questions in order to encourage students to track their progress and motivate themselves.
Moodle Site and www.algeriatesol.org Orientation
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout introduces teachers and trainers to the Moodle website. The website helps teachers find sample lessons, teacher competencies, the meaning of English language teaching terminology, and other useful teaching related material.
Trainer Plan Day Seven
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the seventh day of the Phase One training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. The focus of this curriculum is planning a teacher education series.
Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts Questions
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout accompanies "Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts." It provides a list of questions for teachers to ask when administering the activity.
Listening Problems ELL Students Have Studying in English University
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This is a list of problems that English Language Learners tend to have when learning how to speak and listen in English.
Sample Lesson Plan: Grammar
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This sample lesson plan focuses on teaching grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.
How to Activate Vocabulary Handout
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout suggests ways that teachers can most effectively "activate" new vocabulary words in their learners. Included are exercises, questionnaires and creative activities.
Phase Two: Day One Trainer Plans
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the first day of the Phase Two training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. It also gives recommendations for "getting to know you" activities.
Day Four Trainer Plan
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the fourth day of the Phase two training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. It focuses on developing lecture/speaking skills.
Pre-During-Post Task
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This activity accompanies the "Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts." It encourages teachers to ask themselves what they believe students will and will not know about a text before reading to it.
Listening Strategies
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This is a checklist for teachers or students to ask themselves after a lecture or conversation in English, with the goal of increasing listening comprehension.
Reading Strategies Exercise
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This exercise asks teachers to identify reading strategies and determine if they should be utilized in the pre-reading phase, during-reading phase or post-reading phase.