JALTCALL2009

Web 2.0 Technologies in Teaching EFL Writing: Class Blogs with Text to Speech (BlogCast) for Oral Presentation and Process Writing
YASUDA, Masami,
Kwansei Gakuin Univ.,
Myasuda[at]kwansei.ac.jp
Theme: Expanding learner potential ー it's your CALL! JALTCALL SIG 2009 Toyo Gakuen University, Hongo Campus , Tokyo, JAPAN. June 5, 2009 JALTCALL SIG 2009 Toyo Gakuen Univ., Hongo Campus , JAPAN E-Learning at KG Univ.

2. Introduction - L2 writing
Dichotomies/Dilemmas
Fluency and accuracy
Contrastive rhetoric debate
Process vs. Product debate
Assessment
Feedback and error correction
Casanave, Christine Pearson. (2004). Controversies in second language writing. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Univ. of Michigan. Cornor, Ulla (2002). New directions in contrastive rhetoric, TESOL Quarterly, 36(4) , pp. 494-510. Hyland, Ken, & Hyland, Fiona. (Eds., 2006). Feedback in second language writing: Contexts and issues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Sachs, Rebecca, & Polio, Charlene. (2007). Learners' uses of two types of written feedback on a L2 writing revision task, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 29(1) , pp 67-100. Zamel, V. (1985). Responding to student writing. TESOL Quarterly, 19, 79-101.

3. BlogCasting ** : Weblog ☆ Projects – 2006 ～ 2008 Paper Pencil Email /ML Blog /RSS Text to Speech * * Text to Speech (Assistive Technology) + ☆ We blog ** BlogCasting = Word-Processor ★ Word Processing  ★ Local  Thin Client  Web editor  Cloud Computing ★ ◎ × ◎ ○ ▼ 2006 - ○ △ ○ ○ ▼ 2007 - B. E. D. C. A. Years / Spec’s △ × × ◎ ○ - 2005 △ ◎ ○ ○ ▼ 2008 -

. Past and Current Project: Email Grading
E-mail work
Video - Separate video output (OHC)
Audio Recording
1) Yahoo site 認証必要 2) Mirror site (infoseek): some years with index only

5. Past Projects: Video Narrative Project
Video Narration –
Student’s audio in Final Project
Student audio in MP3-shrt
Local: audio file
Web site: VoiceBlog site
Past Presentations:
PPT in SWF
3/5/2007: Local file: KG030507-3.swf
(3/5/2007): Drive HQ published folder
http://myasuda-foseek- bbs100106-s.html

6. Weblog Projects: since 2006  BlogCasting
Weblog Projects:
http:// advcomp.wordpress.com /
Advcomp.wordpress.com/ RSS FEED mixer-project-2007/
Students Weblogs and comments
Privacy protection with PINs
Advcomp.wordpress.com tag=classblog
myasuda - my.land.to /treebbs/tree.php?n=470
Skip to 2007 Skip to 2008

. RSS ( Rich Site Summary) Readers
RSS Readers
My Intro of RSS and Podcasting for Students:
Web site - Podcasting with RSS & WEB 2.0
Local file: Podcastingrss.html
What is RSS ? Video
dotsub.com /films/ - Captioned video site (ENG, FR, GER, JPN, etc.)
Skip to 2007

. Web log Projects – 2006 : How to read students’ Blog threads: via WEB Portal Page http://protopage.com/ : SPA ( CNET Single Page Aggregators )

. Additional Benefit: BlogCasting by RSS Mix & Podcasting
Forum BBS in PHP
attb – myasuda
“ Feed2Podcast” – 2006
RSS mixing and audio generation
How to register RSS?
Registering my WordPress blog site
New feed (XML) to be created
http://atbb.jp/myasuda/?infoseek
But, No Longer Available! - 2007
Out of service! “Feed2Podcast”
Click to browse screen shots

10. Text to Speech
Text to Speech
One of Assistive Technologies
Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe, at TED Conference
Ted Conference site
YouTube
Filmed Feb., 2008.

11. Text to Speech Online Tools
1. vozMe:
Type or copy-paste the texts to convert to ‘Create MP3’ at a click!
2. Expressivo – You can listen to books, messages, RSS feeds, articles or even e-mails. You can easily create audio books on your mp3 player. Purchase needed
3. Cepstral - The text to speech conversion to the text into a WAV file. Purchase needed .
Six Online Tools - Text to Speech tools you would not want to miss
TechDune - Tech News, Software & Hardware Reviews, Internet, Humor
vozMe Skip to 　RSS Mixing

12. Text to Speech Online Tools (2)
4. Ivona Speech Synthesizer –
Text to speech conversion tool online
5. SpokenText - SpokenText.net Converts & records to speech automatically:
PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files,
RSS news feeds, emails and web pages.
6. Talkr –
Converts RSS feeds into MP3 files
Text to Speech tools you would not want to miss (2)
TechDune - Tech News, Software & Hardware Reviews, Internet, Humor
Notes: ‘ MacinTalk ’ on Macintosh – has a longer history on Text2Speech ! Skip to 　RSS Mixing

. BlogCasting : RSS Mixing and Podcasting
“ Feed2Podcast”
No Longer Available! 2006
Out of service! “Feed2Podcast”
Configuring Widgets: Still i mages posted at PHP Forum site in 2007
Reactivated but gone again. Feed2Podcast setting images
Skip to 2007

. RSS Mixing (2): Podcasting with Vocal Fruits Show time : Join05210700005.avi Show time : Join05210700008.avi Next slide

. BlogCasting: (1) Web log Projects - 2007
RSS mixer with Text2Speech
“ Odiogo.com”
“ Talkr” (unstable)
My memos:
PHP Forum site
Back to 2006 Skip to 2008

Students’ WordPress Blogs, via Odiogo.com
HTML: iTunes and other RSS feeds via Odiogo.com: Podcasts-html.php with Audio JAVA icons
Memos: PHP Forum: thread 313#313
Yes! Not only MP3 but also ----
Jet Audio - Lyrics!! embedded in MP3
Play & view, on Jet Audio , iTunes , and iPods! - Awesome

MP3 with Lyrics!!
Jet Audio - Embedded in ID tags via Jet Audio
Play & view, on Jet Audio , iTunes , and iPods! – Awesome!!

RSS mixer with Text2Speech
“ Odiogo.com”
The WordPress plug-in instructions can be found here .
My memos: PHP Forum site
Local image file Back to 2007 Back to 2006

KGLaw BlogCast 2008
“ Odiogo.com”
KGLaw BlogCast: Portal site
Local image file Back to 2007

KGLaw BlogCast 2008
Local image file
Samples of text2Speech audio
Advcomp – Education course
kglaw f 81 – Freshmen 1st
kglaw f 82 – Freshmen 2 nd
kglaw s 81 – Sophomores
Next slide

21. Feasibility : tasks & class size: Reflections from BlogCasting ** : Weblog ☆ Projects – 2006 ～ 2008 * Text to Speech (Assistive Technology) + ☆ We blog ** BlogCasting = ★ Word Processing  ★ Local  Thin Client  Web editor  Cloud Computing ◎ ○ ○ ◎ ▼ Feasibil-ities > 200 人 < 30 人 < 150 人 > 50 人 < 20 人 Class size Writing for Small classes and Presentation for large classes Writing for Small classes Writing for large classes Writing and Presentation Writing Tasks/ Skills ◎ ○ ○ △ ★ ▼ 2006 ～ 2008 E. Text to Speech * D. Blog /RSS C. Email /ML B. Word-Processor A. Paper Pencil Techno-logies

. Summary: BlogCast with RSS Mixing and Text2Speech RSS Mixer with Text to Speech Playlist, Feed, New XML iPods, iTunes, Presentations, Other PodCasting sites Next slide?

23. Technology in Language Teaching and Learning
Figure 1 Range-of-Use Technology Chart
Szecsy, Elsie M. "Technology in Language Teaching and Learning." Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education. 2008. SAGE Publications. 29 Mar. 2009. < http://www.sage-ereference.com/bilingual/Article_n313.html >.
Source: EnGauge . Available from http:/ / www.ncrel.org / engauge . 　  Broken Link Copyright © 2006 Learning Point Associates. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.

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