Effective Uses of Technology for English Language Teaching by Mary Ellen Butler-Pascoe Hufstedler School of Education Alliant International University San Diego, California

What Can Technology Do to Support Second Language Teaching? 1. Provide interaction, communicative activities, real audiences and authentic materials 2. Supply comprehensible input and output 3. Support cognitive abilities –critical thinking skills 4. Utilize task-based and problem solving activities

What Can Technology Do to Support Second Language Teaching? 5. Provide sheltering techniques to support language and academic development 6. Facilitate focused practice for development of reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills 7. Be student-centered-- promote student autonomy 8. Use multiple modalities to support various learning styles and strategies

What Can Technology Do to Support Second Language Teaching? 9. Support collaborative learning 10. Meet affective needs of students- increase motivation and self esteem 11. Foster understanding and appreciation of the target and native cultures 12. Provide appropriate feedback and assessment 13. Connect to the home and community

Frequently Mentioned Uses of Technology in ESL/EFL Teaching BlogsPodcasts PowerPoint with multimedia Webquests: Task-based lessons using the Internet and multi-media VoiceThread --Slideshows with voice Interactive websites and software for focused- practice of skills

Voicethreads: A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos images, documents, and videosimages, documents, and videos Allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). comments in 5 ways comments in 5 ways ShareShare : A VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Share

VoiceThreads

VoiceThread VoiceThread

VOICE THREAD VOICE THREAD

VoiceThread: TESOL students at work

VoiceThread Classroom Applications Book reports and digital stories Cultural snapshots of a country Cultural Traditions from around the world Grammar practice Prompts for Speaking and writing Pronunciation and Vocabulary Practice How would you use VoiceThreads in your class? Pair/triad worksheet

WebQuests for English Learners: Inquiry- based learning--- Critical thinking Web-based projects—Collaboration Templates for various stages Developed by Bernie Dodge

Topic and Name Page Topic and Name Page

Introduction Introduction

The Task The Task

The Process: Googling to Identify Website Resources The Process: Googling to Identify Website Resources

Evaluation Evaluation

QuestGarden is an online authoring tool and hosting service that is designed to make it easier and quicker to create WebQuests.

WebQuest Template WebQuest Template

WebQuest Classroom Applications 1. Group projects in all subjects 2. Provides collaboration 3. Improving writing skills—brochures, written reports 4. Improving oral skills—PowerPoint presentations; interviews; oral histories 5. How would you use Webquests in your classroom? Pair /triad worksheet

Vocabulary Development

JCROSS

Hot Potatoes Classroom Applications 1. Vocabulary Development --cloze exercises of current classroom readings; matching for difficult words 2. Grammar and syntax practice with points of grammar being studied—scrambled sentences 3. Warm up games—vocabulary that you have or will be studying in current lesson 4. How would you use Hot Potatoes in your classroom? Pair /triad worksheet

Making a BLog

Name Your BLog

Starter Template Provided

Start Posting

TESOL Class Blog

Blog Classroom Applications 1. Class blogs –writing prompts, class assignments, materials for students 2. Student and teacher feedback through comments 3. Daily electronic journals 4. Student blogs about subject matter issues 5. How would you use blogs in your classroom? Pair /Triad worksheet

Making Podcasts with Podomatic

Easy Start Steps for Podcasts 1. Go to home page and register. 2. Click on Publish button at top; Choose “make a podcast” from the menu. 3. Go to Audio/Video file button and choose ”Record using a microphone “. Record your message. 4. Click on Photo and upload a picture from files on your computer. 5. Click on Publish and you can review your file. 6. Promote by sending to friends via .

Add pictures or videos to your podcast

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Podcast Classroom Applications 1. Into –Through-Beyond projects; interview lesson 2. Reading and commenting 3. Oral practice with daily or weekly journals reflecting on what they learned that week 4. Pronunciation practice with teacher feedback 5. How would you use podcasts in your classroom? Pair /Triad worksheet

Websites to Explore Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab USA Learns –Free multi-level; all skill areas; adult level Lexical Tutor –Vocabulary Words in context TESOL/TESL/TEFL Links—Links to all skill areas; teacher and student resources Breaking News English Hot Potatoes

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Vocabulary Development

JCROSS

Hot Potatoes Classroom Applications 1. Vocabulary Development --cloze exercises of current classroom readings; matching for difficult words 2. Grammar and syntax practice with points of grammar being studied—scrambled sentences 3. Warm up games—vocabulary that you have or will be studying in current lesson 4. How would you use Hot Potatoes in your classroom? Pair /triad worksheet

USA Learns

Lexical Tutor —Online Concordancer

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links: TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links:

Resources Directions for all technology applications and the PowerPoint presentation are located at the following website for you to download.

References Blogs: Blogger Podcasts: Podomatic Audacity Audacity Webquests: WebQuest.Org QuestGarden QuestGarden VoiceThreads: VoiceThread Exercise Generators: Hot Potatoes USA Learns: Free online program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Concordancer: Lexical Tutor

Thank you! Thank you! Dr. Mary Ellen Butler-Pascoe Dr. Mary Ellen Butler-Pascoe Alliant International University Alliant International University