Ccca presentation 2015 using 21st century digital tools
1. Innovative Activities for the
21st Century EFL Classroom
Prof. Larry M. Lynch
Santiago de Cali University
Education Faculty Post-Graduate Studies
Department
proflmlynch@gmail.com
3. If your learners almost constantly
stay glued to their smart phones,
You can use that to TEACH them!
4. Students use their smart
phones for:
•Making / receiving calls
•Sending / receiving text mesages
•Playing video games
•Using Apps
•Checking eMails
•Visits to Face Book accounts
•Reading ebooks
•Listening to music
•Watching YouTube videos
5. Do you know these terms?
Kindle
WhatsApp
Skype
DSLR
Video Games
eMail
FB
QR codes
Google +
Google Hangouts
Quora
CBR, pdf, mobi,
HDMI, VGA, USB
6. Digital Technology for
the 21st Century Classroom:
• Desktop computer (PC)
• Laptop
• Tablet
• Smartphone
• Digital Apps
8. Video / audio calls
Conference calls
FREE download & calls
Real time tutorials
IM
Record / send / receive:
Images, Text, Audio, Video
Create Groups
FREE reader, daily ebooks,
current works
9. How do YOU use
your smart phone?
If not for much,
that’s going to change
– Right Now!
10. Pen or pencil
Keys
Watch or clock
Change purse
foreign currency
Ring
Shoes
Glasses
Hair style
Medication
Wallet
Candy or gum
MIO card
Tattoo
Teaching aid or accesory
ANY Unique object or item
TASK #3
Use your smartphone:
Find and Photograph
You have 10 minutes!
Now GO!
11. Learner Follow-Up Activities
and Language Production
•Send a detailed description
•Create a short photostory
•Interview owner for details
•Voice recording describing your experience
•Record a short video
12. Are Video Games Valid in ELT?
• Find out what games
learners play
• Investigate free
download games &
Apps
• Use game-playing
time as an incentive
• Monitor game aspects
and content
• Get parents on your
side
13. • Smart phones CAN
be used
successfully in ELT
• Learners can
willingly practice
producing language
in fun ways
• Many useful Apps
are FREE
Remember:
Possibilities are
Limitless!
14. Your learners WILL use their smart
phones to practice English –
If you show them how!