Webinar The Tipping Point Pete Sharma November Ideas for using Technology in language courses
Sheffield ‘Steel City’
EAP lecturer Reviewer Learning Technologies SIG Director of training at PSA
Overview 10 Teaching ideas – Technology affordances – Pedagogy – Practical idea Blog
The Tipping point
Pedagogy Value to language learning Idea Language teaching Technology Affordances
Practical ideas – part one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling
Prezi
PEDAGOGY Driven by the real world Encourage creativity IDEA Planning / A3 Complex topic - environment / culture TECHNOLOGY Zoom in and out Non-linear option
Wiki Writing course Falling numbers Class wiki
Wiki PEDAGOGY A & B – writing an essay Time + distance History button – process writing IDEA Refutation “Pros and cons of censorship” TECHNOLOGY What? Editable website Allows multiple authorship
Interactive whiteboards Mimio E-beam Do you teach with an Interactive whiteboard?
IWB PEDAGOGY Memorable presentation Better review Saveability Kinesthetic students IDEA Handwriting recognition software “Beat the tool” TECHNOLOGY Dual users
Learner voting devices
Learner voting devices PEDAGOGY different outcomes with anonymous voting surprise element debate IDEA Controversial issues TECHNOLOGY
Digital blank canvas Toggle
Toggling PEDAGOGY unite power of publisher-produced software Personalisation IDEA Create a parallel, customised course TECHNOLOGY Active book Teachers’ Area Digital blank canvas Customise
New Inside Out Digital Heads up Vaughan Jones
End of part one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling
Practical ideas – part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes
Task Do you have a Smartphone? What about your students?
Apps – some useful distinctions Different operating systems – e.g Android / Apple IOS Classroom vs ‘On the move’ (Hockley) Authentic vs ELT Free vs cost Free-standing – Internet essential
IELTS Reading
IELTS app PEDAGOGY Motivating! Autonomous IDEA Demonstrate - learning to learn TECHNOLOGY Affordance - Disappearing text
Dictionary apps
Word frequency PEDAGOGY Frequency *** 2500 ** 5000 * 7,500 Black Productive vs receptive IDEA Select five words from different categories TECHNOLOGY Dictionary apps
Word frequency
Interactive phonemic charts
ELT J (2012) 66 (3):
Sounds PEDAGOGY Learner autonomy Pron practice done ‘privately’ IDEA Lesson monitor sheet TECHNOLOGY Pronunciation app
Dragon – naturally speaking
Dragon – speaking naturally PEDAGOGY We speak faster than we write Can create a willingness to practise IDEA Student drafts writing through speaking TECHNOLOGY Speech-to-text app
QR codes
PEDAGOGY Motivating ‘Digital paper!’ IDEA Treasure hunt TECHNOLOGY Quick Response code Scannable barcode ‘Digital destination’ e.g. Website Text Power Point
End of part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes
Q & A
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