Technology in the Language Learning Classroom Angelika Kraemer Dennie Hoopingarner Scott Schopieray FLTA Orientation 2011
Technology in the Language Learning Classroom
Angelika Kraemer
Dennie Hoopingarner
Scott Schopieray
FLTA Orientation 2011
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
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.
Thank you and enjoy your FLTA year!
Feel free to email us with questions
Angelika: [email protected]
Dennie: [email protected]
Scott: [email protected]