Technology in the Language Learning Classroom
Angelika Kraemer
Dennie Hoopingarner
Scott Schopieray
FLTA Orientation 2011
Introductions
Angelika
Dennie Scott
Warm-up task
• Complete the following task online athttp://clear.msu.edu/mashups/10825
How did we do this?
Rich Internet Applications
• Developed by CLEAR
• Free tools to help use technology in language teaching
• Designed to make it easier to add interactivity to language classes
• http://ria.clear.msu.edu
Why, when, how, and what kind of technology should I use?
Guidelines for using technology to support
language teaching:
1. Technology is a tool, not a teacher.
2. Integrate technology into your teaching; don’t separate technology from teaching.
3. Put technology into your teaching, don’t shape teaching around technology.
Technology can be used in many ways
• A common lesson plan format is “Presentation - Practice - Production.”– Technology can be inserted in any stage of the lesson.
• Input and output are necessary for language learning. – Technology can be part of both.
• It is common to create tasks around texts (print and media can be a “text”).– Technology can facilitate tasks at all levels (pre-,
while-, post-reading framework)
=> Use technology to make your teaching better.
Technology is great for collaboration
• Students work together
• Teachers work together
• Teachers can work with students
• Technology can allow collaboration that is not possible without it
• Above all: You can access technology from anywhere
Some ideas for using technology in your class
• Make recordings for your students to listen to. Add a task to make it more useful.
• Add “speaking homework” as a regular part of your course.
• Have your students keep digital portfolios.• Use digital writing tools for group
work/projects.• Assign video as homework and use class
time for interactive activities.
Some ideas for using technology to extend your class• Students can create a word bank for
vocabulary
• Students can create presentations
• Students can create reference resources linking directly to information online
Rich Internet Applications
• http://ria.clear.msu.edu
• Free, interactive tools to help use technology in language teaching
• Tools for speaking, listening, writing, and reading
Using RIAsTask Tool Collect students’ recordings Audio Dropboxes (put into a
Mashup, your own web page, or your institution’s course management system).
Students respond orally to an audio-video cue
Conversations
Demonstrate writing Scribbles
Create an audio or video recording for your students
ViewPoint
Combine media and text onto a web page
Mashups
Audacity
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Free application for recording and editing sound
• Needs to be downloaded
Using Audacity
• Record your voice for instructions or practice
• Create podcasts for listening comprehension
• Have students create recordings and podcasts for speaking practice
Google Apps
• http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/
• Google Docs
• Google Spreadsheets
• Google Presentations
• Google Calendar
Excellent Overview of Google Apps
Using Google Apps
• Administrative work– Collectively create and edit tests and quizzes– Share your work with your supervisor– Maintain your own portfolio of teaching documents
• Teaching– Go “paperless” by having students turn in homework
digitally– Easily give students feedback on their work via
shared documentsFor word processing-based activities, see Claire BradinSiskin’s webpage: http://edvista.com/claire/wp.html
Google Apps Tutorial
Visit the Tutorial Site
Google Maps
• http://maps.google.com/
• Customizable, editable online maps
• Map, satellite, globe views
• Can be edited collaboratively or individually
• Allows for “map mashups” - useful in teaching and learning
Using Google Maps
• Demonstrating where places are• Annotating a map of a certain place• Have students collaboratively label a map• Use to support individual work focusing on
certain areas• Have students create “tours” of a place in the
target language• Ask students to investigate cultural products,
practices, and perspectives
Jing
• http://www.jingproject.com/
• Snap a picture of your screen
• Record video of onscreen action
• Share instantly over the web, IM, email
Here is an example:
Instructions on how to access the final exam
(http://screencast.com/t/MGU3NTA4NWM)
Using Jing
• Create videos of what’s on your computer screen in order to share it with students.
• Record anything that is happening on your screen, from a PowerPoint lecture, to using your course management system or other websites, to using software specific to your field.
• You can even use a screencast to capture portions of a video on the screen.
More ideas for using Jing
Jing Tutorial
More help tutorials
Group task
Design two “speaking homework” activities:
• one for a beginning-level class,
• the other for an intermediate-level class.
Use this picture to design your activity.
Task sharing and feedback
Thank you and enjoy your FLTA year!
Feel free to email us with questions
Angelika: [email protected]
Dennie: [email protected]
Scott: [email protected]
