app snaps - 20 apps in 30 mins
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Presentation at the IATEFL Pre Conference Event, Glasgow, 2012TRANSCRIPT
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IATELF LTSIG Pre-Conference EventGlasgow
March 2012Paul Sweeney
App Snaps
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Overview
• What’s in a device?• Survey• Lots of apps• Finding apps• Questions & demos
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What’s in a device?
• Smartphones• Tablets• eReaders• Laptops and netbooks
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What’s in the ‘appmosphere’
Stand-alone self-study
Adjunct to classroom learning: homework, catch up and extension
Games (entertainment apps used in education )
Reference
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DICTIONARIES
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Cambridge Advanced Dictionary (Audio)
• iPhone / iPad / Android• Audio• UK / US• Basic functionality
• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audio-cambridge-advanced-learners/id309442435?mt=8
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Macmillan English Dictionary (HD)
• iPad / iPhone• UK• Audio• Added value sections:
common words• Learner self study
features: personalisation, lists, tests
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Oxford / Collins Cobuild Advanced Learners
• iPad / iPhone / Android (‘made with Diodict’ software)
• UK / US• Audio (on Android)• Learner friendly (fuzzy
logic)• Learner self self-study
features: flashcards, tests
• Dictionary + phone functionality (uses phone voice search)
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Other examples
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PRONUNCIATION
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Phonetics Focus
• Cambridge English Online
• iPhone / iPad• Teachers resource
package: chart; posters; flashcard creation; typewriter
• Student resource: recognition, practice,
• Award winning (!)
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Sounds
• Macmillan• Paid for (Limited free
version available)• iPhone / iPad / Android• UK / US• Student features (record &
playback, practice, quiz, typing)
• Integration with coursebooks (buy wordlists)
• www.soundspronapp.com/
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Clear Speech
• Paid for• Cambridge• Basic & Intermediate
game based student focus
• Sounds, syllables, word stress
• Related to book but stand-alone
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Other examples
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VOCABULARY
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Premier Skills / My Wordbook 2• Word sets• Audio• Self study features• British Council
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‘Vocabulary’ apps
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Dictionary plus?
?Developing
personalisation and extra study functionality for dictionaries would be more interesting than developing vocab apps.
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EXAM PRACTICE
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IELTS Trainer
• Representative of exam support trend with apps
• Familiarisation, tips and exercises
• Lots have listening practice
• Different levels• Also PET, FCE, CAE in
series• Paid for• Cambridge
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IELTS VOCAB
• Vital Englsh• Generic vocabulary
practice for students• Audio – UK• Self study tools
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GRAMMAR
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Grammar in Use (Tests)
• Cambridge• Paid for• iPhone / iPad• There are pairs of apps in
this series• Content / practice apps
called ‘Activities’ • Tests apps (much better)• Elementary,
intermediate, Advanced
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iGE (Interactive grammar of English)
• University College London
• Paid for• ‘Grammar reference
and advanced practice book in an app’
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Are grammar apps only about practising grammar?
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LISTENING
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Big City Small World
• British Council• Free• ‘App meets podcast’• Transcript synchronised
with audio• No exercises /
exploitation
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At work & on holidays• Red River Press• Skills practising
language in context• Lower levels• Paid for
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READING
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News sites
• NYT is only one example (iPhone only + paid for)
• Authentic materials with ELT exploitation
• Self study
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Simplified readers & children’s stories
• Simplified readers• Children’s nursery
rhymes and fairy stories (native speaker)
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COURSE APPS
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Edmodo
• iPhone / iPad / Android• VLE / community site
for Primary & Secondary students
• Fits with existing website
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Moodle
• ‘Official Moodle app’• Needs Moodle 2.1• Download resources to
work offline• iPhone / iPad• Not Android but there
seem to be Android Moodle apps
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Pebblepad - ePortfolio
• ePortfolio app as part of pebblepad.com site
• iPhone only (but necessary for use?)
• Very popular in the UK but paid for
• https://mahara.org/ is an open source alternative. Unclear if there is an app for this
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Other examples
• Blackboard• Busuu
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NON-EFL APPS
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Amazon Kindle
• Device (Kindle Reader)• App (iPhone / iPad /
Android)• Software (Mac / PC)• Free to set up• Leisure reading,
professional development• Email docs & pdfs to your
Kindle account• Project Gutenberg just got
interesting again
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Evernote
• ‘Productivity’ app (Microsoft OneNote + ReadItLater + bookmark & docs sharing
• Group by notebooks, tags
• iPhone /iPad / Android
• Free + Paid for
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Dropbox.com
• Great way to share any files between PC <> PC and PC <> mobile device
• iPhone / iPad / Android• Starter account is free
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Pages
• Writing• Note taking• PDF annotating
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Keynote
• Main presentations app for iPhone / iPad
• Quickly assemble presentations based on images & video
• Great to present from
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Talking cartoon characters (Rex / Tom)
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FINDING APPS
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iTunes app store (but which one?)
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Google Play (formerly Google Android)
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www.chomp.com
A website and app to help you find apps!
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Thank you!
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