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 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

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 beginning-level 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