Digital Tools for Language Development

D I G I TA L T O O L S F O R
L A N G U A G E D E V E L O P M E N T
N I K P E A C H E Y
Nik Peachey - Trainer | Writer | Consultant | Co-founder PeacheyPublications.com

Nik Peachey
Consultant | Project manager | Teacher
Trainer | Writer
Co-founder - PeacheyPublications.com

W H Y U S E D I G I TA L
T O O L S ?

I S E D U C AT I O N I N C R I S I S ?
• “Over the past two decades, the way we learn
has changed dramatically.
• We have new sources of information and new
ways to exchange and to interact with
information.
• Schools and the way we teach have remained
largely the same for years, even centuries”
The Future of Thinking - Learning Institutions in a Digital Age by Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldber
With Zoë Marie Jones The MIT Press

P E W R E S E A R C H C E N T R E S U R V E Y
S H O W S
• More than 75 percent of teens own cell phones.
• 73 percent use online social networking sites.
• 38 percent share something online that they created,
such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos. 
 
Nielson Wire Report:
• Teenagers averaged 3,339 sent and received texts a
month!

E N G A G I N G S T U D E N T S O N T H E I R O W N T E R M S
“..create assignments, projects and
techniques to capture your students'
attention.
Projects should be technology-rich, highly
engaging, and fun learning experiences that
reflect real-world skills.”
Engaging Students on Their Own Terms
http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/01/20/omg-engaging-students-on-their-own-terms.aspx
By Anthony A. Luscre

W H AT D O Y O U F E E L A R E R E A L
W O R L D 2 1 S T C E N T U RY S K I L L S ?

D I G I TA L L I T E R A C Y
• The ability to search for and
find information online

• The ability to develop social
and professional connections
within online networks

• The ability to collaborate with
someone/others who are not
necessarily in the same place, in
order to devise or develop an
idea or concept

• The ability to communicate
effectively and handle turn
taking in a/synchronous online
communication environments

• The ability to mix existing
media into new forms which
communicate new meanings /
views

• The ability to author and share
views and opinions to a globally
audience

• The ability to evaluate websites
and to validate the authenticity,
accuracy and reliability of
information

W O R K I N G W I T H D I G I TA L

C R E AT I N G A B A C K C H A N N E L
C L A S S R O O M T O O L S
http://todaysmeet.com

Dialogue
wot iz n a name? dat whch we caL a
@}--{--
By NE othR nAm wud smeL az
swEt

T R A N S C R I B I N G I N T O S M S
D E V E L O P I N G P R O N U N C I AT I O N
http://transl8it.com

Why?
• Increase engagement with short texts
• Understanding the genre
• Thinking about the sound
• Communication
• Fun
• Lead in to phonology http://www.photransedit.com/Online/
Text2Phonetics.aspx
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant,Writer,Trainer
http://www.artofeurope.com/
shakespeare/sha8.htm

D E V E L O P I N G R E A D I N G
S K I L L S

http://www.cueprompter.com/
E N C O U R A G I N G G I S T R E A D I N G

F O C U S O N L A N G U A G E
W O R K I N G W I T H T E X T
http://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html

D I G I TA L R E A D I N G C O M P R E H E N S I O N
W O R K I N G W I T H T E X T
http://www.scrible.com

H O W H A S C O M P U T E R B A S E D
I N F O R M AT I O N C H A N G E D T H E
N AT U R E O F R E C E P T I V E S K I L L S ?

D I G I TA L R E A D I N G C O M P R E H E N S I O N
M U LT I - TA S K C O M P R E H E N S I O N
http://padlet.com

G E N E R I C TA S K S F O R D I G I TA L
C O M P R E H E N S I O N
• Fact collection 
Find (7) facts in the text
• Evaluating sources 
Which source was the most (useful)?
• Summarising 
Make notes of the main points in each text and then use them to write a summary.
• Peer created (?) 
Look at the text(s) and write questions to test other students.
• Reporting 
Use the information from the text and prepare a report.
• What interests you? 
Find an interesting point or fact in each text and share it with the class.
• Comparison 
How do the texts differ?
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant,Writer,Trainer

C O L L A B O R AT I V E W R I T I N G
http://primarypad.com/
D E V E L O P I N G W R I T I N G S K I L L S

M E D I A L I T E R A C Y
Nik Peachey | Writer | Trainer | Learning Technology Consultant

W H AT ’ S A N I N F O G R A P H I C ?
http://tinyurl.com/d8dzrua

W H Y U S E I N F O G R A P H I C S ?
• Convey dense information in an easy to read way
• Reduce screen reading fatigue
• Less language dependent - more accessible to lower
levels
• More stimulating for visual learners
• Images aid understanding of concept and memory
• Academic skills of dealing with graphical information

TA S K S F O R E X P L O I T I N G
I N F O G R A P H I C S

FA C T F I N D I N G
Ask your students to find
x-number of what they
believe are the most
important or significant
facts in the infographic.
Get them to justify their
choice and explain why
these points are the most
significant.

P E E R C R E AT E D
T E S T S
Give your students an
infographic and get them to
create a quiz based around it.
Once the students have
created their quiz they can use
it to check the comprehension
or knowledge of other
students in their class. You can
make this competitive and
have teams to quiz each other.

R E S E A R C H I N G
A N D FA C T
C H E C K I N G
Get students to check the
sources of any statistics
mentioned in an
infographic to make sure
they are correct and that
the sources are valid.

P E R S O N A L I S AT I O N
O F I N F O R M AT I O N
You can get students to find
out where they fit within any
infographics that contain
personal information. You can
also use this as a mingle task
by asking students to try to
find someone in the
classroom who fits into any of
the same statistics that they
do.

T R U E FA L S E
S TAT E M E N T S
Write true false
sentences for
students check

W H O S E
I N T E R E S T ?
http://tinyurl.com/lyoj3bhttp://visual.ly/sixty-years-bombshell
Ask the students to find out
who created the infographic
and why they think it was
created. This involves them
researching the source and
thinking about the relationship
between the company that
created the graphic and the
information in it.

P E R S O N A L
R E S P O N S E
This encourages students
to think about applying
information and making it
purposeful for their own
lives. Encouraging a
personal response from
students can also make the
lessons more meaningful
and memorable for them.

C O N V E R T T O
W R I T T E N T E X T
Ask your students to take
notes about the most
important information in
the infographic and then
use the notes to write a
summary. The summary
could have some form of
publication as a motivation,
such as a newspaper report
website publication.

M A K E A
S P O K E N
P R E S E N TAT I O N
You can ask your
students to prepare an
oral presentation
based on the
information they took
from the infographic.

U S E T H E
I N F O R M AT I O N

I N F O G R A P H I C S O U R C E S
• http://visual.ly/
• http://dailyinfographic.com/
• http://www.coolinfographics.com/
• http://infographicworld.com/

S AV I N G I N F O G R A P H I C S
http://www.pinterest.com/nikpeachey/boards/

T H A N K S F O R L I S T E N I N G

T W I C E M O N T H LY F R E E N E W S L E T T E R
K E E P I N T O U C H

D I G I TA L M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E D I G I TA L
C L A S S R O O M
F I N D O U T M O R E

D O W N L O A D A
F R E E C O P Y
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