1. TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND HOW THEY AID LEARNING Deborah Healey and Robert Elliott dhealey@uoregon.edu robert@uoregon.edu sites.google.com/site/technologytoolsforlanguage/

2. Overview Section 1: Easy time-savers Breaking News English Word comments Section 2: Google suite Docs Forms Sites Section 3: Interesting teacher tool Visuwords

3. Ready-made lessons/exercises Breaking News English: www.breakingnewsenglish.com Variety of topicswww.breakingnewsenglish.com Pre-reading Reading Listening (mp3 + gap-fill) Follow-up Pair and group work Word and PDF format 11+ page handout to adapt as you like

4. www.breakingnewsenglish.com

5. http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1101/110131-chocolate_drought.html

9. Use the.mp3 file

16. Word features Word options for Teacher Feedback Insert Comments Track Changes

17. Insert Comments Open the essay that you will comment on. Find a place where you want to comment. Highlight the word that will anchor your comment. Review ribbon – click on New Comment Office 2003: Pull down Insert to Comment. Type your comment.

18. Sample with Insert Comments

19. Track Changes

20. Compare Documents Good for process writing – see what changes students made.

21. Section 2: Google Tools Google Docs Google Forms Google Sites

22. Sharing with Google Docs Share files easily Collaborative writing tool Simultaneous editing Set who can see the shared documents Anyone Anyone with the link Only people you specify http://docs.google.com

28. Sample: http://tinyurl.com/sampletablehttp://tinyurl.com/sampletable

29. Google Forms http://docs.google.com => Create Form http://docs.google.com Create a survey (no limit and free) Get the results (only the creator and others with permission) Create graphs

32. While editing

33. The final version

34. Available for use Sample form: http://tinyurl.com/4ujhm84http://tinyurl.com/4ujhm84

35. Spreadsheet view

36. Graphical view

37. Google Sites http://sites.google.com Create a space to share files, photos, ideas Users can be editors or viewers Teacher/editors can see who did what - versions are named Four basic formats for pages Web page Announcements (blog) List with defined categories File cabinet to upload files easily

39. Easiest to use

41. Types of pages

45. Sharing

46. Section 3 Visuwords: http://www.visuwords.comhttp://www.visuwords.com Another way to explore and learn vocabulary