This document summarizes a presentation about utilizing technology to develop communities of inquiry in language classrooms. It provides examples of frameworks for incorporating various technologies into lessons, such as using collaborative documents, audio/video recording tools, and online discussion boards. It also lists over 20 different web-based tools that can be used for activities like collaborative writing, polling, annotation, and video/audio recording. Overall, the presentation advocates for thoughtfully integrating technology to enhance learning rather than replacing traditional methods, and using tools that encourage student collaboration, communication, and participation in a "learning ecology."
Examples of collaborative tools and other web2.0 tools of benefit to teachers in developing speaking, listening, and writing skills in their languages students.
Examples of collaborative tools and other web2.0 tools of benefit to teachers in developing speaking, listening, and writing skills in their languages students.
Presentation on web 2.0 tools that can be used in the class for motivation, creating vocabulary activities, speaking and writing.
Includes a list of useful web resources.
Web 2.0 Toolbox: Easy to Learn ..... Easy to UseBev
Notes used for a presentation with Teacher Learning Network in Melbourne, Australia on September 13, 2012 outlining easy to use Web 2.0 tools that teachers can use in the classroom tomorrow.
This workshop introduces a set of six haptic (movement + touch)-based techniques for presenting and correcting English L2 pronunciation, applicable for intermediate English language learners and above. Guided by research on kinesthetic approaches to L2 pronunciation instruction, the presenters train participants to use the instructional techniques in their classrooms.
Presentation on web 2.0 tools that can be used in the class for motivation, creating vocabulary activities, speaking and writing.
Includes a list of useful web resources.
Web 2.0 Toolbox: Easy to Learn ..... Easy to UseBev
Notes used for a presentation with Teacher Learning Network in Melbourne, Australia on September 13, 2012 outlining easy to use Web 2.0 tools that teachers can use in the classroom tomorrow.
This workshop introduces a set of six haptic (movement + touch)-based techniques for presenting and correcting English L2 pronunciation, applicable for intermediate English language learners and above. Guided by research on kinesthetic approaches to L2 pronunciation instruction, the presenters train participants to use the instructional techniques in their classrooms.
A Taste of Tech Tools: VoiceThread, Video Production, and Socrativemaritezita
Maritez Apigo's presentation at the 8th Annual CCSF ESL Colloquium on March 7, 2015.
Get a taste of how to use three technology tools to engage language learners: VoiceThread, creating instructional videos, and Socrative. The presenter will demonstrate her implementation of these three tools in ESL classrooms that can be used for creating interactive activities, increasing collaboration, delivering content, and assessing students. Both credit and non-credit ESL teachers will benefit from the features highlighted and examples shared.
http://maritez.populr.me/atasteoftechtools
Toolbox 2.0: Web-based OER for Connectivism Learning - ELSE 2014Diana Andone
Toolbox 2.0: Web-based OER for Connectivism Learning
Paper presented at ELSE 2014 _ International Conference on eLearning and Software for Education, 24-25 April 2014, Bucharest
http://www.elseconference.eu/
Using Open Educational Resources (OER) provides opportunities for collaboration both in the classroom and beyond. Many universities have embraced video conferencing tools such as Skype and Google Hangouts for common learning activities with students in classrooms across the street, across the country, or across the globe. This paper describes an ongoing collaboration between two universities, one in the United States and the other in Romania, where students use synchronous and asynchronous communication tools to complete a combined work product during the course of a semester. The project requires students to create, curate and publish digital media using established and emerging open educational and social media tools such as VoiceThread, ThingLink, SoundCloud, and YouTube. Each year, students work in groups with their international partners to create digital media artifacts that share their findings related to a current technology trend. Students chronicle their work, share resources, and collaborate using the ViCaDiS (Virtual Campus for Digital Students) platform and select the means of digital communication that they deem most appropriate for the various tasks involved. In the process, they also experience global cultures while communicating with international partners, and develop critical thinking and problem solving skills while using the Web as a research tool. This paper presents an analysis of student and faculty experiences over a five-year period using a variety of open educational tools as resources for creating an international Connectivist, learning environment. The analysis is based on authors’ records, initial and final surveys of student experiences each year, and their feedback. The paper concludes with recommendations on using these tools as OER in an international collaborative learning environment using Connectivist principles, thus creating a Connectivist OER (xOER).
Micro - projects for simulating working at global level
Presentation during International Conference on Ubiquitous Learning, 30-31 May 2014, Shanghai, China, organised by Shanghai Open University http://2014conference.sou.edu.cn/
Nowadays the ubiquitous use of online and mobile collaboration tools enables participants in different locations to create knowledge and work together. This paper shares the results of several micro-projects done in the last 7 years in which first-year introductory technology students from Bentley University in the United States and fourth-year multimedia students from Politehnica University of Timisoara in Romania worked together in an online global educational environment to research technology trends and create multimedia artifacts that shared their findings.
How to run accessible online meetings - AbilityNet Live event, April 2020AbilityNet
This session will focus on the key things to think about to ensure that disabled people can access and participate in online meetings, including university learning platforms.
It will include top tips for various platforms, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
It will be of interest to anyone who hosts meetings in a business, charity or university setting. It will feature automatic live captions.
It will be recorded and shared with anyone who registers.
Panelists include:
Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet
Adam Tweed, AbilityNet
Ghizzie Dunlop, UWE
Michael Vermeesch, Microsoft
Alistair McNaught, McNaught Consulting
Implementing and Facilitating Technology-Based Community Resource CentresNathan Hall
This is a session that I gave on creating a collaborative resource centre that English language learners can access anywhere at any time. I gave this at the BC TEAL Lower Mainland 2013 Regional Conference in Vancouver, BC.
Presentation given at the TESL Ontario 2013 Conference in Toronto. This was an interactive presentation with attendees using their mobile devices to access the material.
Blogs, Wikis, and Social Media: Multiliteracies in the Language Classroom
Community of inquiry presentation
1. Utilizing technology to develop
a community of inquiry
Nathan Hall and Michael Burri
TESL Canada 2012
http://wallwisher.com/wall/coi2012
Twitter hashtag: #coi12
2. Introduction
Technology in the classroom - best
practices
Cross section of technology tools and how
to put them into practice
General classroom frameworks
Group session
Experience
Questions
3. Technology in the classroom
- best practices
Teach English, not
technology
Don’t add technology
just to add technology
Enhance, not replace
Encourage
collaboration
Support the learners
4. "The essential feature of e-learning extends
beyond its access to information and
builds on its communicative and interactive
features. The goal of quality e-learning is to
blend diversity and cohesiveness into a
dynamic and intellectually challenging
'learning ecology.' ... We now can provide
freedom and control within a vibrant
community of inquiry." Garrison and Anderson (2003)
5. TitanPad Axxess.im
• Real-time collaborative • Registration-free webpage
writing document creation
• Can be password • Can embed images,
protected videos, etc.
• Free • Free
6. Vocaroo VideoMessageOnline
• Online audio recorder • Online video recording via
• Can host audio in unique webcam
web address • Can record up to 2
• Can upload audio files minutes
•Free • Hosts the video
• Free
7. Screencast-O-Matic Reel
• Creates a video recording • Upload PowerPoint or
of your screen (screencast) PDF files to share
• Video can be uploaded to • Viewers can vote on
YouTube or downloaded slides
• Can record up to 15 • Can embed presentations
minutes • Free
•Free
8. Evernote Dropbox
• Take your notes with you • Creates a folder on ‘the
everywhere cloud’
• Webpages, audio, • Sync with phone, tablets
images, files • Share files
• Sync with phone, tablets • Free(mium)
•Free(mium)
9. TodaysMeet MeBeam
• Instant private chat • Online video conferencing
• Set time limit for unlimited users
• Free • Create a private room to
meet with students
• Allows for text chat
• Free
10. Markkit Webklipper
• Highlight text on a web • Markup a web page, PDF,
page text file, or image
• Share annotation with • Share annotations with
others others
• Free • Free
11. Aww Wallwisher
• Create an online • Create an online
whiteboard ‘corkboard’
• Draw, type, and share • Others can add ‘sticky
with others notes’
• Collaborate with others • Can be used with tablets
• Free and phones
• Free
12. Clunic Poll Everywhere
• Create an online • Create an online real-time
discussion thread poll
• Ask questions and others • People can vote via
can reply phone or computer
• Free • Free
13. Edublogs Google Forms
• Create a class or student • Create an online form
blog • Others can enter in
• Can be monitored and is information through web
safe for students page
• Powered by Wordpress • Free(mium)
• Free(mium)
14. Wordle AirMail
• Create a ‘word cloud’ • Create a temporary email
online account
• Download and print • Can be used to register
• Free for accounts
• Free
15. Framework example
Business English
Students discuss and then watch a
video on the etiquette of Japanese
Business meetings - streaming video
(remembering)
Students answer questions based on
the video - TitanPad (understanding)
Students write about business meetings
in their country using the same
framework - TitanPad (creating)
16. Framework example
Business English
Students read and comment on other
students’ writing using a rubric -
TitanPad (peer evaluation)
Students audio record their writing -
Vocaroo (speaking and pronunciation)
Students listen and comment on other
students’ recordings - Picosong
(listening and peer evaluation)
Students add their writing and recording
to their eportfolio - blog (formative
assessment)
17. Framework example
Business English
Possible additions or changes:
Use video recording instead of just
audio - VideoMessageOnline
Create a presentation and screencast
- PowerPoint and Screencast-O-
Matic
Create a class website on business
meeting etiquette from different
countries - blog
18. Framework example
Skills-based class: Reading 500
Students read unit on Scientific Method
(reading)
Students apply 6 steps of Scientific
Method (application of reading skills/
strategies and content knowledge)
In lab, students in groups of 3 research
a problem: e.g. why can people in
downtown Vancouver smoke marijuana
in public? – search engines (e.g.
google)
19. Framework example
Skills-based class: Reading 500
Students watch clip on creating voice-
over PPT – youtube (listening)
Students design PPT with voice-over
feature – PPT (creating)
Groups play clips instead of face-to-
face presentations (speaking & listening
skills; teacher & peer evaluation)