September 22, 2016 Reus, Spain WHAT DO WE MEAN BY TECHNOLOGY? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

September 22, 2016 Reus, Spain

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY “TECHNOLOGY”? Advancements in the methods and tools we use to solve e pr probl blems ems or ac achie ieve e a g a goal al. What you use depends fundamentally on what you are trying to accomplish.

TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP YOU  Onl nline ine collabor laboration ation tools ols - Google Apps  Presen esenta tatio tion n softw tware are – PowerPoint  Table lets ts linked to computers, projectors and the cloud  Cour urse se managemen nagement t tools ols - Canvas  Clic icker ers and smar artp tphones hones  Lecture ture-capt apture ure tools ls – Panopto: http://panopto.com/free-trial/?lcg=eu

TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION Beginner’s Guide to Using Twitter for Professional Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqUu2aIhU4 1. Tweet about upcoming due dates, coordinate assignments . 2. Set up a foreign language news stream . 3. Post supplementary materials . 4. Facilitate discussions. 5. Connect classrooms. 6. Sync with a blog @WorldofLanguage @ALL4language PublicTwitter list of ELL/ESL/ELT Teachers created by Larry Ferlazzo

BLOGS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

DIGITAL TOOLS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

WORDLE.NET: R – L – W - S  Vocabulary activities :  Guess the topic  Predict texts , characters…reconstruct the text (words-> phrases)  Word Family  Find the Odd One Out  Discover phrasal verb/idioms  Grammar activities:  Revise a grammar point: question words, conditionals, etc.

VIALOGUES: L – W - S http://educade.org/teaching_tools/vialogues Upload a video - from YouTube or from the site 1. collection Once you’ve created a vialogue, encourage 2. thoughtful conversations by posing questions, adding polls, and replying to comments. Embed a vialogue into your website, LMS, or blog 3. Make your vialogues public or private 4.

WIZER: R - W  Interactive assignments, including writing and reading assignments  Multiple choice quizzes  Labelling assignments. You can distribute your Wizer activities to your students through Google Classroom or through the use of a link and pin system . http://app.wizer.me/ Demo: https://youtu.be/CeLQAjrixQU

CREATING ONLINE LEARNING GAMES  Class Tools http://www.classtools.net/ EXCELLENT L earning activities in arcade games’ formats  Philologus http://www.philologus.co.uk/index.php Recent television games shows as templates  Jeopardy Labs http://www.purposegames.com/ - Lets teachers and students create their own online games of Jeopardy.

QUIZIZZ: Vocabulary and Grammar  QUIZIZZ : previously- created or your own “quizzes” DEMO: https://youtu.be/NDgcY4Vzlkw  EDUCAPLAY http://en.educaplay.com/ O Riddles, Crosswords, and WordSearch Puzzles O Fill in the texts, Matching O Dialogues O Dictations O Jumbled Word and Jumbled Sentence O Quizzes O Maps

TOOLS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS Pronunciation : simple text-to-speech tools  Cepstral Voices: http://www.cepstral.com/en/demos  Oddcast: http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_tran_example. php  Voz Me: http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en Antonyms and Synonyms:  Visuwords http://www.visuwords.com/  Lexipedia http://www.lexipedia.com/

TOOLS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: DICTIONARIES  Beginning and Early Intermediate ELL – The Language Guide. http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/  Intermediate ELL -> Harcourt’s E-Glossary http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/esl/  Intermediate and Advanced ELL -> Answers.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/answers-com  PlayPhrase: http://www.playphrase.me/en/search?a=1&q=Let%20me%20get%20this %20straight

OTHER TOOLS FOR ELL  The English Game - a British-oriented video interactive site for learning English: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/watch/the- english-game?utm_source=twitter- google+&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc- teachingenglish  Everyday Life: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife  Tip of My Tongue: http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/  Rhyme Zone finds rhymes, synonyms, definitions: http://www.rhymezone.com/

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION  Olena Bilozerova Reus, Spain international@domspain.eu Tel. 0034 660115104 To know more about the DLEARN programme of webinars: http://dlearn.eu/training/