Atesol Presentation

ESOL blogging & podcasting Reading & Writing Listening & Speaking T E A C H E R S T U D E N T S

Why Blogging & Podcasting?
natural progression from computer lessons (Word, WordArt, search the net)
enables students to use their English in an authentic context
Enables students to communicate with the online community in English.
to assist students with continuous independent learning outside the classroom.

Class blog content
Course related
Units of Competency: Read and respond to simple/routine English texts; Use English to write simple/routine texts. Draft edit & publish; Develop literacy using technology; Operate in a diverse study environment
Topics: chosen by students in needs analysis sessions
Report Writing: Reports: Information Texts
Postcard writing: Writing postcards Topics elicited from needs analysis: car
Read simple English texts: Walk Run Swim , WRS worksheet , Obesity & Skin Cancer
Something around us
Health Expo : students create Surveys, quiz, article for St Ass newsletter
Harmony Day
Facilitate communication with other bloggers
P2p X EFL/ESL X (Dekita)
Oz quiz created by the students for a Portuguese P.S. class
Comments from teachers around the world, like Teresa D’Almeida from Portugal
Competitions, quizzes, games
Webquest
What country is this?

Student Blogs Content
Teacher Directed posts
Related to Units of Competency as before
Report Writing: Aborigines
Postcard writing: Jie’s
Giving your opinion: forum (next slide) or response to podcasts ( Helen’s response to Emile’s podcast)
Respond to readings set up in class blog or handed out in class ( Twins )
Cultural differences (operate in a diverse study environment)
Something around us:
Harmony Day
Health Expo Surveys,e.g. Alternative Medicine & Alternative Medicine Results
Sculptures by the Sea & How to get to Bondi Beach
Personal posts:
Voicethread slideshows, like Winnie’s visit to the zoo
Personal texts, Sharon
Personal digital stories or podcasts, Robert
Communicating with others Comments in classmates’ blogs
Global contacts comments from and for ESL teachers and students from Australia and all over the world
Project exchanges: Kogarah & Liverpool wiki with Ana Koorey’s class (beginning stages)
Participating in forum: classroom forum, forum shared with another St George Class, forum shared with Liverpool TAFE class

Class Podcast Content
Related to TAFE/ course syllabus
Units of Competency :
Listen and respond to simple/routine English texts
Develop literacy using technology
Operate in a diverse study environment
Teachers:
Orientation to TAFE: Patricia , Jennifer
Teachers’ personal stories: Liz in Afghanistan , Emile around the world , Andrew: Nut & Nun
OutsideTAFE
Sydney People
Carole: Constant Movement
Nikki: Creativity

Student Podcasts
Units of Competency:
Use English to participate in simple/routine spoken texts
Develop literacy using technology
Operate in a diverse study environment
Something around us:
Health Expo: Interviews with health providers and Student Association staff
Steve Irving’s death
Robert’s Interview with Djimi (digital story)
Connecting with others:
Questions and answers for High School Portuguese students: Hideki’s
Hello from Down Under
Oz Quiz created for New Zealand ESOL students
Radio programs:
Anna: Movies
Sharon: Dreams
Harjit : Cultural Differences
Marcela: Love and Marriage

Assessment & Evaluation
Assessment:
Individual events (e.g. writing a report; giving opinion in writing or speaking) are assessed following normal class assessment tools:
cover sheet
class marking grid
student assessment task
feedback to reflect on their performance
Blog rubric to assess progress in a more holistic way (e-portfolio)
Evaluation:
student feedback forms
Student feedback on blogs (comments) & emails
Student feedback on their assessment
Colleagues feedback (also ongoing team work)

Results
Extend students learning: English and computer skills
Extend teacher’s learning
Shift of roles: teacher becomes more of a collaborator, facilitator and mentor
Students become mentors
Students create own content & learning
Extend context of learning
Facilitate contact and dialogue with others

What would you recommend?
Elicit content from students as much as you can
Relate content to curriculum, classroom activities & local events
Explicitly address OH&S, copyright and privacy issues
Get signed permission from students to use their photos
Be creative
Be flexible
Be patient
Be explicit & clear
Be ready to learn from the process and the students
Join networks like Webheads and Edna groups

Tools used Check this post from my blog: Making this blog
Blogger
Word processor
Paint or Adobe
Podomatic
Audacity
Ourmedia and SpinXpress
Wikis (pbwiki, wikispaces)
Time4English
Quicktopic
CaptureCAM-PRO
Mpe3 player
Photos: digital camera,flickr, picasa
Slides (with voice recording facilities):
Bubbleshare, Frappr
Voicethread
Digital strories:
Movie maker
Photostory3
Photobucket

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