Cyber English:
Bridging Old School
&
New School Literacies

The Past

Simple Technology still Rules
I still use SOFTWARE I either developed or modified in the 80's. These are DOS based software packages that allow me to input my own material. They were the foundation of Cyber English before the WWW and now serve as the foundation for cyber school. It is not a circle, it is a spiral and Cyber English is the pedagogical driving force. The key to these DOS applications is that I control the content. It is a simple matter of deconstruction, like what we do in class.

The Present

The webpage is crucial. It is the anchor, HOME for all the links and the place where work is collected and displayed. The owner controls the webpage and then uses "Google" to share documents. Use all the other applications, via links from the webpage, a blog, bookmarks, pictures, a wiki, and more to accomplish your goals. These tools provide more diversity for the webmaster. It all starts with the webpage and ends at the webpage with lots of little stops along the way.

Link to Cyber English, more on the practice and the theory.

Here is a webpage that demonstrates how the webpage is an anchor to the body of work of me. It can be the same for anyone, especially our scholars. Notice the domain name: tnellen.com. I own this domain and others: tnellen.net, tnellen.org, and others. I love the sound of that, your own domain.

The Future

Links to other tools:
A Blog a place to have a discussion.
A Wiki a place to coauthor work.
two dot zero links, more social networking tools.

Hope this has been helpful.

tednellen