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
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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
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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
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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
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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