INNOVATIVE USES OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING ORAL SKILLS
Panelist: Kristi Reyes, [email protected] College, Oceanside, CA
Web 2.0 Tools for Student Oral Projects Video sharing sites Slideshow sharing Blogs Wikis Podcasting VoiceThread Glogster Handout and PowerPoint at http://snipurl.com/krtesol09
Video sharing sites
YouTube, TeacherTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, blip.tv
blip.tv allows uploads of 1 GB video max.
Sample Commenting by text
Online slideshows
authorSTREAM Upload PowerPoint
presentations with narrated slides or inserted audio
Sample Commenting by text authorSTREAM directions Sample Past Tense Regula
r Verbs with audio
Common Irregular Past Tense Verbs with audio
Blog
Blogger Audio files uploaded to
other sites can be embedded; Many blogs allow direct uploading of video (100 MB on Blogger.com, for example)
"Speaking with the Stars" team project pre- and post-taping
Mock Job Interview Team Project
Commenting by text Blogger directions
Wiki
Shared class Web page; students can have their own wiki pages; with most wikis, uploading a video file straight to a wiki page will take up a lot of space, so consider first uploading to a video sharing site (YouTube, TeacherTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, blip.tv, etc.) and then embedding on a wiki page
Sample student video with comments on student wiki page of class wiki, using Wikispaces
Commenting by text but audio and video commenting possible
Podcasts
Web-based audio broadcast, but many podcast sites now permit posting of video
PodOmatic Upload video files or record
with webcam, upload audio files or record with computer microphone, upload images; audio/video media files up to 350 MB; 500 MB total storage with a free account
Sample of Mock Job Interview Project (second taping) on class podcast page
Commenting by text PodOmatic directions
VoiceThread
Upload images, documents (PowerPoint, PDF, Word, Excel), or video files and narrate or comment by text, voice (computer microphone, phone, uploaded audio file), video (webcam)
VoiceThreads are saved on the site but can be emailed or embedded on a Web page or blog
Sample
VoiceThread
Others found through site search using "ESL":
Class Basic Conversation Basic vocabulary Intermediate vocabulary Pronunciation of vowels Pronunciation of consonants
Speaking practice for a class Talking about the news Tell a story about a picture
Student oral responses to pictures 1 and 2 Pronunciation of /l/ through song Class interviews with instructor feedback 1 and 2 (video)
VoiceThread directions VoiceThread Manual VoiceThread Tutorials
Glogster
Multi-media online scrapbook pages: posters that combine uploaded user images, video (uploaded from your computer, hyperlinked, or embedded from video sharing sites like YouTube), and audio (music, sound effects, voice recordings) with text and designs
Each “glog” is saved to the site but can also be emailed or embedded on a Web page or blog
Sample Student Project 1
Glogster
Glogster edu provides master accounts for teachers, integrating all student accounts and keeps accounts private
Sample Student Project 2
Commenting by text Glogster directions
Any Questions?
Feel free to email me
kreyes@
miracosta.
edu
Thank you!
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