Engaging students eltai 19july2012 stevens

ENGAGING STUDENTS WITH TECHNOLOGY IN WEB 2.0 ENGLISH CLASSES Vance Stevens A Virtual Presentation from HCT/CERT Abu DhabiSlides: to the ELTAI Conference,http://slideshare.net/vances India, July 19, 2012Writeup:http://vancestevens.posterous.com/a-small-research-project-on-student-attitude

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? First-year male college students One-to-one laptop setting Enrolled in “Academic Communication” (presentation) course Tasked to research and produce academic presentations Facilitated through the following Web 2.0 tools 1. Prezi http://prezi.com to mount online presentations 2. SurveyMonkey http://surveymonkey.com to gather data in online surveys 3. Google Docs http://docs.google.com to negotiate content and language interactively 4. Jing http://jingproject.com to capture charts from SurveyMonkey 5. Slideshare http://slideshare.net where students display their PPT slide shows online 6. Blog http://blogger.com to reflect on what students had learned 7. Wiki http://acommunication.pbworks.com to serve as a portal to display student work

TASK-BASED PROJECTCOMPONENTS1. Textbook Present yourself2: Viewpoints by Steven Gershon2. Students created Prezis on mottos/slogans for the environment 1. Link to student Prezis at wiki portal http://acommunication.pbworks.com http://acommunication.pbworks.com/w/page/52696874/earthday22april#SeewhatyourfellowstudentsaredoingforEart hDay 2. Earth Day connection, April 22, 2012 http://www.tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej61/int.pdf3. Teacher modeled use of SurveyMonkey to poll reactions to Prezi http://vancestevens.posterous.com/a-small-research-project-on-student- attitudes4. Students created surveys using SurveyMonkey http://acommunication.pbworks.com/w/page/55088316/Weeks16- 19#HerearesomeSTUDENTsurveysyoucantakeinSURVEYMONKEY 1. Captured charts using Jing 2. Preview them in Google Docs, say what they mean, explain them to class 3. Create PPT presentations, upload them to Slideshare, present results formally

WHY PREZI? Piques student interest, challenges them to learn something new Mind-map approach similar to that adopted by Gershon: Viewpoints See this Prezi http://prezi.com/dsmfwjggmhvz/prezi-why-and-how/

MODEL PRESENTATION CHARTSGENERATED FROM SURVEYMONKEY

CHARTS IN SURVEYMONKEYCAN BE CAPTURED USING JING

STUDENTS LIKED PREZIAND THOUGHT IT WAS EASY TOLEARN

THEY FAVOREDTHE MIND-MAP APPROACH

THEY’D USE PREZI AGAIN AND THINKWE SHOULD TEACH IT TO OTHERS

THEIR BLOG POSTS SHOWAPPRECIATION FOR PREZIAll student blogs:http://acommunication.pbworks.com/w/page/53399451/week8#SeewhatblogsyourfelThis blog:http://nc13striver.blogspot.com/2012/05/during-my-school-time-i-did-many.html

THANK YOU Vance Stevens HCT / CERT / Naval College, UAE July 19, 2012Slides:http://slideshare.net/vancesWriteup:http://vancestevens.posterous.com/a-small-research-project-on-student-attitude

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