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1 Webinar The Tipping Point Pete Sharma November 2012 10 Ideas for using Technology in language courses

2 Sheffield ‘Steel City’

3 EAP lecturer Reviewer Learning Technologies SIG Director of training at PSA

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5 Overview 10 Teaching ideas – Technology affordances – Pedagogy – Practical idea www.psa.eu.comwww.psa.eu.com Blog

6 The Tipping point

7 Pedagogy Value to language learning Idea Language teaching Technology Affordances

8 Practical ideas – part one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling

9 Prezi

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12 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

13 Wiki Writing course Falling numbers Class wiki

14 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

15 Interactive whiteboards Mimio E-beam Do you teach with an Interactive whiteboard?

16 IWB PEDAGOGY Memorable presentation Better review Saveability Kinesthetic students IDEA Handwriting recognition software “Beat the tool” TECHNOLOGY Dual users

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18 Learner voting devices

19 Learner voting devices PEDAGOGY different outcomes with anonymous voting surprise element debate IDEA Controversial issues TECHNOLOGY

20 Digital blank canvas Toggle

21 Toggling PEDAGOGY unite power of publisher-produced software Personalisation IDEA Create a parallel, customised course TECHNOLOGY Active book Teachers’ Area Digital blank canvas Customise

22 New Inside Out Digital Heads up Vaughan Jones

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24 End of part one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling

25 Practical ideas – part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes

26 Task Do you have a Smartphone? What about your students?

27 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

28 IELTS Reading

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30 IELTS app PEDAGOGY Motivating! Autonomous IDEA Demonstrate - learning to learn TECHNOLOGY Affordance - Disappearing text

31 Dictionary apps

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33 Word frequency PEDAGOGY Frequency *** 2500 ** 5000 * 7,500 Black Productive vs receptive IDEA Select five words from different categories TECHNOLOGY Dictionary apps

34 Word frequency

35 Interactive phonemic charts

36 ELT J (2012) 66 (3): 407-409

37 Sounds PEDAGOGY Learner autonomy Pron practice done ‘privately’ IDEA Lesson monitor sheet TECHNOLOGY Pronunciation app

38 Dragon – naturally speaking

39 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

40 QR codes

41 PEDAGOGY Motivating ‘Digital paper!’ IDEA Treasure hunt TECHNOLOGY Quick Response code Scannable barcode ‘Digital destination’ e.g. Website Text Power Point

42 End of part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes

43 www.psa.eu.com Q & A

44 Blended Learning - updates Macmillan website

45 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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