Using new technologies in language learning

Using the internet and/or technologies in language learning

Julie Wallis

Angela Matheson

Innes Paland

Richard Brown

Naglaa Saurer (Gigi)

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In this workshop we aim to;

• enhance face to face learning

• motivate self study

• facilitate collaborative learning

• save time

• involve learners in the choice of content, the process and the outcomes

• liven up a traditional activity

The process

• Step by step guides to a few

useful tools

• Development of a lesson plan

using a new tool

• Sharing know how

Output A wiki that you can use to;

• train your accademic staff

• check anything you didn’t quite catch today

• Look at more tools

• Source resources

• Link to useful websites

• Find some ready made lesson plans

• Share resources

The tools

• Google forms

• Flubaroo

• Abcya

• Edpuzzle

• Snippet tools

dvolver

• Tool for producing

short animated

videos with speech

bubbles

• very easy to use,

simple layout

• free of charge, no

sign up needed

dvolver

1. Click «Make a

movie»

2. Select a

background and

sky for your 1st

scene.

3. Click «Next»

dvolver

1. Choose one of the

four types of

scene.

2. Click «Next»

dvolver

1. Choose your

characters.

2. Click «Next»

dvolver

1. Now you are

ready for the 1st

dialogue!

2. Be creative ;-) but

mind limitations: 100 text characters

per line; only 3

responses

3. Click «Next»

dvolver

1. Choose a

background

music for this

scene.

2. Do you want to

add a 2nd scene?

3. Click «Add new

scene»

dvolver

1. Once again…

2. Choose

background & sky

3. Choose scene

4. Choose

characters

5. Write dialougue

dvolver

1. Finish your movie

by adding a title

and your name

2. Don´t forget to

choose a design

template for your

dvolver

1. Send the movie

link to your

teacher / your

classmates…

2. or just to yourself!

• Practice short Q&A in a fun way

• Storytelling

• Working in teams

• Awards for the best film

• Google Forms

Objective: Learn and discuss how and why to use Google Forms in

your class

• What are Google Forms & How can you use them in your courses ?

Presentation by Angela Matheson – Adana Gündoğdu College/Turkey

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What are Google Forms & How can you use them in your courses ?

• Don’t want to use class time to quiz students?

• Want to find out what students understood from your lesson? (quick polls)

• Want a good way to let your students tell you what was not understood?

• Looking for new ways to engage the student with technology?

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Google forms can help save time

• Google forms creates a link you send to the students

• Get results in spreadsheet or graphs

• Use Flubaroo for grades

No sign in is

necessary!

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How do I start a new Google form?

• Go to docs.google.com & sign in

- or -

• Open g-mail-Documents from

your main mail page

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Go to “create new” and “form”

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The form looks like this to start

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Type in your questions. Different question types are available

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Add each new question by clicking on “Add item”

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Here are the choices of types of questions

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Here is a quiz that uses every type of question available:

Short answer box

Multiple choice- one answer

Checkbox – more than one

answer

Long answer box (essay)

Answer by grids

Give a date

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You can change the look of the form easily

Click here to

change the look of

the Form

Here are the

choices of

format

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Here is the form changed It can changed back by clicking “cancel”. Click “apply” if you like it.

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This is the spreadsheet produced by the Google Form

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Here is a completed spreadsheet filled in with

answers for an exam-

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TIP: Use the “form” menu to open the live form. You can see how many responses

you got.

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Once you have created the form (test, quiz) here is what to do

You will need to open the form and answer it to create

the correct answer key for scoring purposes

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Use Flubaroo to compute your grades: Go to the “insert” menu, scroll down to “script”, choose “education”,

or type in “Flubaroo” and “search”…and click “install”

You must install the software – but it’s

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From the “tools” menu of the spreadsheet- How to find “Flubaroo” in the Scripts Gallery

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Grading the Assignment: Let Flubaroo do the work

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How to find the grades- they are now on their own spreadsheet

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Flubaroo lets you know which questions were answered wrong by 60% of the students- so you can throw out a question that might have been misunderstood

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Regrade easily if you’ve thrown out a question. Also, you can email grades

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View the histogram and e-mail it to yourself

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Richard’s menu

• Using smartphones for

interaction

• Compare 2 methods – hands on

• Learn some basics

2 methods

• Questions about geography

• Feedback about that quiz

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1. Geography

• Work alone if possible.

• Visit www.socrative.com/student

• C W I F M G A U G

See performance

2. Feedback

• Work in pairs

• Visit www.govote.at

• Enter code

Quick tour of Socrative

• Room code

Manage Quizzes

New Quiz

New Question

Save & Exit

Dashboard

Choose your quiz

Navigation; Launch

See performance

Podcasts & Learning

PodClub and other apps

Gigi Saurer

Time is money. Seize learning opportunities

Podcasts & Learning

Gigi Saurer, Coordination of the Migros Club Schools, naglaa.saurer-enan@mgb.ch 56

Podcasts and learning

• Podcasts

• Ready-made short units

• Make your own

• Get learners to produce

• Use in class / for self-study

• Entertaining & educational

• Useful links

• Creating podcasts:

• http://www.audiopal.com/

• https://audioboom.com/about/for-podcasts

• http://www.opinionpodcasting.com/ (as website or iOS app)

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spreaker.android.

studio (also on Apple app store)

• For bloggers: http://create.blubrry.com/resources/powerpress/

• Podcasts:

• http://podclub.ch/fr/

• http://www.linguistica360.com/ http://languagepod101.com/

• Tips for teachers & learners (F/G/I):

• http://podclub.ch/fr/podcast-service/apprendre-avec-podcasts

A few more quickies

• Snippet tools

To get snippet tools

• Click start button

• Programmes: accessories

• Click snippet tools

• This will remain on your drop

down menu when you click start

• http://screencast.com/t/2oJ1TPer

Word clouds

http://screencast.com/t/leZD7xpVQEZg

How to Use ABCYa! Word Clouds

• Go to http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

• Copy and paste, or type the text that you would like to use into the box underneath the heading that reads “type or paste text.”

• Click the arrow icon towards the bottom right of the screen.ABCYa!

• Make changes by utilizing the bar at the toolbar

• Save or print if you have logged in or grab it using the snippet tool

• Others:

• http://worditout.com/

• http://tagcrowd.com/

• http://www.wordle.net/

• https://tagul.com/

Jing https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Storyboardthat • https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator

Others

• https://storybird.com/

• https://www.storyjumper.com/book/d

ocreate/-1

• http://www.fotobabble.com/

• http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/C

• https://edpuzzle.com/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzl86IjTpHI

Let’s get started….

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The public reaction:

Thank you for participating!

jwallis.director@gmail.com

naglaa.saurer-enan@mgb.ch

richard@guidedelearning.com

angelamatheson@gundogdu.k12.tr

paland@deutsch-uni.com

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