little tech for big results
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Slides for a presentation done for Virtual Roundtable Conference on March 26, 2011. Live links to all of the resources and examples can be found on my wiki: http://teachingvillage.wikispaces.com/TRANSCRIPT
Little Tech for Big Results
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto@barbsaka
Tech tools should enhance language lessons…
…not be the main course.
A little bit of tech can:
expand classroom boundariesextend
create
connect
reinforcedeepen
contact time with English
performance & publication opportunities
students with the world
language practiceunderstanding
Expand a lesson beyond classroom boundaries
Page from Let’s Begin (OUP)
Learn and practice in low tech ways, too.
Make an alphabet word book.
Voicethread.com
Ask for help
Connect students with the world
Build on the basic language in a lesson
Page from Let’s Go 1 (OUP)
Start with low tech practice to build accuracy & fluency
Tools like Jing can help you get more mileage from worksheet art
www.wordle.net
Paste results from a class survey into Wordle to create a word cloud
Frequency determines the size of words
Extend the amount of contact time with English and personalize the language.
Create something that can be shared with family and friends.
glogster.com
Use the Internet to find resources for lessons.
www.morguefile.com
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Cut the sections apart to encourage expansion.
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Add one additional sentence to each section.
Transfer pictures and text to slides and add narration to create a digital picture book
A little tech can deepen understanding of language
Students choose five objects and build a mystery story incorporating them.
1st lesson:AnswerWho?What?Where?When?How?
Focus on meaning and organization first (save grammar & spelling for last)
Organize the story into beginning, middle and end, and expand with details as necessary.
Finally, focus on the grammar and spelling.
After a LOT of writing and working with a story … the reward!
toondoo.com
Listening becomes a model to personalize a conversation
Xtranormal characters say EXACTLY what students type
www.xtranormal.comDownload “State” version to work in classes
without an Internet connection.
It’s easy to practice introductions, but it’s hard to find a “real” context with a class of students who already know
each other.
Self introductions as performance
For a copy of this presentation, and links to the online tools and projects, go to:
http://teachingvillage.wikispaces.com/