The Instructional Technology Piece for CCLC!

• help students learn more about technology itself, learning and communicating in the target language;

• help students learn more about technology itself, learning and communicating in the target language;

• motivate shy students to participate more in a “safer“ environment.

• motivate shy students to participate more in a “safer“ environment.

We need to use technology to...

• provide situations with provide situations with more opportunitiesmore opportunities to practice the language; to practice the language; • provide situations with provide situations with more opportunitiesmore opportunities to practice the language; to practice the language;

• allow students the freedom and independence to practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

• allow students the freedom and independence to practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing. • learn more about students‘ interests and learning styles; • learn more about students‘ interests and learning styles;

Using Google Tools to Support Using Google Tools to Support Afterschool Afterschool

• Google Docs (Excel, Word, Spreadsheet, Forms, Templates)

• Google Maps• Google Books• Google email

Google Resources

Three BIG ideas

• Focus on Learning

• Build a Collaborative Culture

• Focus on Results

Google DocsSpreadsheetsForms (survey – quizzes)PresentationsDocs

Google Doc Forms

Google Calendar

http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=oc&gsessionid=40qzNf9r8p8Nltl2zmCiMQ

Google Calendars

Group Membership

Membership Options

Google Resources

• Google Docs Tour: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html

• New Features: • http://www.google.com/google-d-s/whatsne

w.html

More Resources

• Google Docs for Educators

• Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Doc

s

• Google Docs in Plain English

Writing Sites

http://corkboard.me/

www.google.com

Photostory 3http://faculty.coe.uh.edu/brobin/TLA/pages/03.htm

Educational uses of digital storytelling.

Reading Sites

QR readers/generatorsTurn a paper based book into an interactive book with QR Codes

Watch/know/ and learn!

Graphic Organizers https://sites.google.com/site/sphsliteracyleaders/graphic-organizers

Literacy Sites http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/912sites.htm

High School sites http://www.sweetsearch.com/sweetsites/categories/high-school/students

http://www.qrstuff.com/

Paris!

http://www.incredibleindia.org/

Thailand

Listening Sites

http://www.voki.com/create.php

http://imtranslator.com

http://www.manythings.org/el/

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://www.pearltrees.com/#/N-p=21486657&N-play=1&N-u=1_234100&N-fa=2642568&N-s=1_2642568&N-f=1_2642568

http://www.efl.net/caol.htm

Speaking Siteshttp://www.fotobabble.com/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

http://www.uic.edu/depts/tie/coolsites.htm

http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/pubspeak_cmk_071307/

http://portaportal.com

Assessment Sites

http://cueprompter.com A teleprompter

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

Color Sheets

Fun Sites

Build a family tree. Wordle

http://applian.com/freecorder/download.php

http://bighugelabs.com/ and http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/

http://www.usingenglish.com/

http://moodle.bedfordk12tn.com

‘‘and what is the use of a book,’ thought and what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice ‘without pictures or conversation?’Alice ‘without pictures or conversation?’

‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’

Where do you want to go with afternoons with technologygo with afternoons with technology?