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Webinar The Tipping Point Pete Sharma November 2012 10 Ideas for using Technology in language courses
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Sheffield ‘Steel City’
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EAP lecturer Reviewer Learning Technologies SIG Director of training at PSA
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Overview 10 Teaching ideas – Technology affordances – Pedagogy – Practical idea www.psa.eu.comwww.psa.eu.com Blog
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The Tipping point
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Pedagogy Value to language learning Idea Language teaching Technology Affordances
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Practical ideas – part one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling
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Prezi
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PEDAGOGY Driven by the real world Encourage creativity IDEA Planning / A3 Complex topic - environment / culture TECHNOLOGY Zoom in and out Non-linear option www.prezi.com
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Wiki Writing course Falling numbers Class wiki
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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
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Interactive whiteboards Mimio E-beam Do you teach with an Interactive whiteboard?
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IWB PEDAGOGY Memorable presentation Better review Saveability Kinesthetic students IDEA Handwriting recognition software “Beat the tool” TECHNOLOGY Dual users
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Learner voting devices
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Learner voting devices PEDAGOGY different outcomes with anonymous voting surprise element debate IDEA Controversial issues TECHNOLOGY
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Digital blank canvas Toggle
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Toggling PEDAGOGY unite power of publisher-produced software Personalisation IDEA Create a parallel, customised course TECHNOLOGY Active book Teachers’ Area Digital blank canvas Customise
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New Inside Out Digital Heads up Vaughan Jones
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End of part one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling
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Practical ideas – part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes
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Task Do you have a Smartphone? What about your students?
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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
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IELTS Reading
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IELTS app PEDAGOGY Motivating! Autonomous IDEA Demonstrate - learning to learn TECHNOLOGY Affordance - Disappearing text
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Dictionary apps
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Word frequency PEDAGOGY Frequency *** 2500 ** 5000 * 7,500 Black Productive vs receptive IDEA Select five words from different categories TECHNOLOGY Dictionary apps
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Word frequency
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Interactive phonemic charts
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ELT J (2012) 66 (3): 407-409
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Sounds PEDAGOGY Learner autonomy Pron practice done ‘privately’ IDEA Lesson monitor sheet TECHNOLOGY Pronunciation app
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Dragon – naturally speaking
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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
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QR codes
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PEDAGOGY Motivating ‘Digital paper!’ IDEA Treasure hunt TECHNOLOGY Quick Response code Scannable barcode ‘Digital destination’ e.g. Website Text Power Point
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End of part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes
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www.psa.eu.com Q & A
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Blended Learning - updates Macmillan website
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Webinar The Tipping Point Pete Sharma November 2012 10 Ideas for using Technology in language courses www.psa.eu.com Thanks for attending!
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