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 at http://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 RIAs Task Collect students’ recordings Tool 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 documents For word processing-based activities, see Claire Bradin Siskin’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 Google Maps Tutorial Google Maps Tutorial Site 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 beginninglevel 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: kraemera@msu.edu Dennie: hooping4@msu.edu Scott: schopie1@msu.edu