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Technology-EnhancedTaskEngagementinEnglishLanguageInstruc8on
1. Toincreaseunderstandingofcharacteris8csofengaginglanguagetasks
2. Toraiseawarenessofhowtechnologyusecansupportengagement
3. Toprovidesampleengagingtechnology-supportedlanguagetasks
GoalsofSession
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WhatIsaTask?
Task
• Cleargoals• Processformee8nggoals• Specificbeginningandend
Ac8vity• Anyclassroomeventorac8on
Reflect
Haveyoueverfeltboredor
frustratedinlanguageclass?Whyorwhynot?
Ifyes,whatcouldyourteacherhavedonetoinvolveorhelpyou? "Me" by markuz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
WhatisEngagement?
Engagementisthelevelofinvolvementinatask,rangingfromnotinvolvedatalltoexperiencingdeepinvolvement.
Thisinvolvementcanbebehavioral,cogni8ve,and/oremo8onal.
Op8mallyengagedUnengaged
1.TaskengagementcandecreasetheeffectofvariableslikenothavingbreakfastorgeSngenoughsleeponstudentoutcomes.
WhyFocusonTaskEngagement?
(Christenson&Reschly,2013;Fraser,1986)"March 21, 2018" by osseous is licensed under CC BY 2.0 "sleepyhead - March 10th" by lisibo is licensed under
CC BY-SA 2.0
Taskengagement
Achievement
(Christenson&Reschly,2013;Csikszentmihályi,2014)
2.Taskengagementcanleadtogreaterlearnerachievement.
WhyFocusonTaskEngagement?
SixCharacteris8csofEngagingTasks
• Basedontheliterature
• Changewithstudent,task,andcontext
• Supportedbytechnology
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SixCharacteris8csofEngagingTasks(andHowTechnologyCanSupportThem)
1. ThetaskisinteresDng.(excitescuriosity,isappealing)
2. ThetaskisauthenDctolearners.(hasreallifevalue)
3. Thereareopportuni8esforsocialinteracDon.(communica8onwithotherpeople)
4. Thereisachallenge/skillsbalance.(thetaskisneithertoodifficultnortooeasy)
5. Autonomyandstructurearebalanced.
(learnershaveasmuchfreedomastheyneed;theycanmakechoices)
6. Supportandfeedbackareimmediateanduseful.
(includeresources,peerandexpertfeedback)
SixCharacteris8csofEngagingTasks(con8nued)
ReflectWhataresometechnologiesthatyouhaveusedorwouldliketouseinyourclassroomtopromotestudenttaskengagement?
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SampleTechnology-EnhancedTasks
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Voicethreadisacollabora8veonlinespacethatusesavideo,podcast,graphic,ortexttostartadiscussionorpresenta8on.
Voicethread
UsingaVoicethread
hbps://wsu.voicethread.com/share/12972367/
Crea8ngaVoicethread
1. Registerorloginatvoicethread.com
2. Onthetopmenu,click“Browse”touseaVoicethreadcreatedbysomeoneelse,orclick“Create”tomakeyourown.
3. Addyourmediabychoosingoneoftheop8onsthatwillpopup.
OR
4.ChooseseSngs.
5.Clickonthe3-lineicontoshare,edit,ormove.
FinalProduct
Alterna8ves
Bulle8nBoardwithNotes
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FocusedWeChatorWhatsAppGroup
"Language" by Stanislav_b7000 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
EngagementCharacteris8csofaVoicethreadTaskWhichcharacteris8csdothesetasksmeet?
• Interes8ng• Authen8c• Socialinterac8on• Challenge/skillsbalance• Autonomy/structurebalance• Supportandfeedback
Reflect
Forwhattask(s)mightyouuseVoicethreadinyour
classroomtoengageyourstudents?
Whatmightsomechallengesbe?
Greenscreentechnologyallowsteacherstouse,orstudentstopresent,infic8onalenvironments.
Learnerscanusetheirtablets,phones,oradigital
videocameratofilm.
Threesteps:plan,create,publish
GreenScreenVideos
"Student Storyboard" by mrmayo is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
"Storyboards" by Indy Trendy Skits is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
PlanningwithStoryboards
Greenscreenvideosarefilmedinfrontofagreenbackground
(“Actors”shouldn’tweargreen!).
Crea8ngtheVideo
Edi8ng
UsingsolwaresuchasthefreeOpenShotVideoEditor,thegreenbackgroundisreplacedwithaphotoorvideo.
Findstepbystepinstruc8onsforusingOpenShotat:hbps://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/teachers-corner-technology-tools-students-and-teachers
Details
SuperstarSinger
GreenScreeninTeacherEduca8on
hbps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzvDrU9QOvM&feature=youtu.be
hbp://technologyed.weebly.com/class-video-fall-2018.html
Alterna8vesSimplecellphonevideowithnarra8on
Slideswith8ming
Forfreeofficesolware,tryOpenOffice:hbps://www.openoffice.org/
EngagementCharacteris8csofGreenScreenTasks
Whichdoesitmeet?
• Interes8ng• Authen8c• Socialinterac8on• Challenge/skillsbalance• Autonomy/structurebalance• Supportandfeedback
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Reflect
Wouldyouusegreenscreenvideowithyourstudents?
Forwhattypesoftasks?
Awordcloudisanimagemadefromatext.Tomakeawordcloud,1. Decidewhichtextyouwilluse.2. Pasteoruploadthetexttothecloudmaker(trywordart.com).3. Click“visualize.”4. Customizeitanywayyouwant.
WordClouds
Task1:Whatcanyoulearnaboutme?
wordart.com
Task2:Whatwillthispassagebeabout?
Findthreewordsthatdescribepeople/theseSng/themood/thetheme.
Task3:Whichfamousplayisthisfrom?
MoreWaystoUseWordClouds
• Discoverwaystoconveyalearnedconceptoridea.• Analyzefrequencyofwordusageinawri8ng.• Compare/contrastwordcloudsmadefromfic8onandnonfic8on.• Copyandpastevariousauthors’andwriters’stylestoseewhatcanbelearned.
• Iden8fypartsofspeechtoseenumbersofadverbs,adjec8ves,etc.• Compareandcontrastpersuasivewri8ngusingwordclouds.
Adaptedfrom108waystousewordcloudsintheclassroom
Reflect
Howmightyouuseawordcloudtasktoengageyourstudents?
Addi8onalThoughtsaboutEngagingLearnerswithTechnology
• Youdon’thavetoknowitall;letlearnersteachyou.
• Focusontooluse,notjustthetool.• Don’tbeafraidtoexploresimple,innova8vetoolslikevirtualrealityandothertoolstoengagelanguagelearners.
• Don’tuseitifitsuseisn’twarranted.
Conclusion
Characteris8csofengagingtasks,integratedthroughoutthelanguagetaskandsupportedbyappropriatetechnologyuse,canleadtolearnerachievement.
Engagingtask
Appropriatetechnology
useLearner
achievement
ReferencesChristenson,S.L.,Reschly,A.L.,&Wylie,C.(Eds.).(2012).Handbookofresearch
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Csikszentmihályi,M.(2014).FlowandthefoundaNonsofposiNvepsychology:ThecollectedworksofMihalyCsikszentmihalyi.NewYork,NY:Springer.
Fraser,B.(1986).Classroomenvironment.London:CroomHelm.