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

1. A Taste of Tech Tools:
VoiceThread, Video
Production, and Socrative
Maritez Apigo
Berkeley City College, Chabot College,
Las Positas College

2. Partner Sharing
1. Meet and greet someone near you
who you don’t already know.
2. Exchange your experience and
interest with integrating technology
in the classroom.

3. My Presentain Presentation
• Submit a question at any time
• Audio recording of my voice
• On my website, you can review the
slides along with the audio
recording of my voice of the entire
presentation

4. Resources Document
• links and help videos
• download from my website link
• 1 page each on: VoiceThread, Video
Production, and Socrative
• to help you get started
• troubleshooting

5. Please participate in the poll.

6. VoiceThread Comments
• text
• audio (phone, mic, or upload file)
• video

7. What is VoiceThread?
• A web 2.0 tool
• Asynchronous conversations online in a web
browser from anywhere, anytime
• Discussions about a combination of media:
documents (word docs, pdfs), images (pictures,
screenshots, word cloud, map), audio files,
videos, and PowerPoint presentations
• Comment beyond plain text with voice and video
• App for iOS devices: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
• Free for students

8. Why Use VoiceThread?
• increase student engagement
• increase student participation
• create interactive activities
• increase collaboration
• assess students
• ESL student practice of listening,
speaking, and pronunciation skills

9. VoiceThread Example 1
https://voicethread.com/new/share/6249694/
• Can use for any type of ESL class
• Icebreaker Activity to get to know
each other
• Introduce yourself: name, country,
interests, educational/career goals
• Use the “doodle tool” to circle your
country

10. VoiceThread Example 2
https://voicethread.com/new/share/5925690/
• Advanced Reading and Writing
hybrid class that is 50% face-to-face
and 50% online
• Unit on “Success”
• Read Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000
Hour Rule”
• Agree or disagree? Why?

11. My VoiceThread Tips
• Text
comments
for
accessibility
• Example
comment
for students
to follow

12. My VoiceThread Tips
Give feedback to
students using
different “identities”

13. My VoiceThread Tips
For tests or summative assessments:
Hide students’ comments by checking
the box “Enable Comment
Moderation.”

14. My VoiceThread Tips
Organize each class into “groups” for privacy

15. Partner Sharing
Exchange ideas with your partner:
What kinds of activities can you
create using VoiceThread?

16. Ideas for VoiceThreads
• topic discussions
• presentations
• reflections
• debates
• critiques
• sharing work
• interviews
• demonstrations
• problem solving
• digital storytelling
• communication
tasks
• vocabulary practice
• portfolios
• peer review
• pronunciation
• whole class, group,
or individual VTs

17. Please participate in the poll.

18. YouTube Statistics
• “Everyday people watch more than hundreds
of millions of hours on YouTube and generate
billions of views.”
• “YouTube has more than 1 billion users.”
• “300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube
every minute.”
• “Half of YouTube videos are viewed on mobile
devices.”
Source: http://www.youtube.com/yt/press/statistics.html

19. The Power of Video
• Statistics prove that people watch videos
• Increases instructor presence
• Personalizes instruction
• More engaging than simply reading text with
added voice and visuals
• Complements auditory and visual learning
styles
• Save class time for more interactive activities
• Can be recycled from semester to semester

20. You Need
• computer with a webcam and a
microphone
• Screencast-O-Mat i (free)
option to “Go Pro” for only $15/year
• YouTu account (free) – can sign in
with a Google ID or Gmail account

21. Types of Videos
• Screencasts – a recording of your
screen and voice for demonstrations,
how-tos
• PowerPoint Presentations with
narration (with webcam option)
• Webcam videos for lectures, mini-
lessons, introductions
• Any combination of these

22. Software Options:
Webcam Videos
• Windows: Movie Maker, Debut Video
Capture (free)
• Mac: Quicktime, iMovie (free)
• Camtasia $179-Windows, $75-Mac

23. Software Options:
Screencasts
• Screencast-o-Matic (go pro $15/year)
• Jing (5 minute limit, no editing, no
captions)
• Quicktime (Mac only)
• Camtasia $179-Windows, $75-Mac

24. Example 1: Screencast Video
• Capture what is on your screen
• With audio recording of your voice
• My Example: Tour of the Quizlet
website (created for colleagues)

25. Screencast-o-Matic

26. Screencast-o-Matic

27. Example 2: PowerPoint
Presentation with Narration
Video
• screencast with audio
• optional to include a webcam
capture
• My Example: Summary Writing

28. Example 3: Webcam and
Screencast Combination Video
• webcam portion recorded using Movie
Maker (PC) or Quicktime (Mac)
• screencast using Screencast-o-Matic
• title page and transitions edited last
using the YouTube Editor
• My Example: Saving your .PPT as .PDF

29. Webcam Video: Quicktime (Mac)

30. Webcam Video: Movie Maker (PC)

31. YouTube “Video Editor”

32. My Video Production Tips
• save files as .MP4 for YouTube
• lighting
• environment
• teleprompter
• start with a script, save as “txt” file
• insert captions for accessibility

33. Please participate in the poll.

34. Uses for Socrative
• pre-assessments before lessons
• surveys to gather data
• a quick question during a lesson
• review after a lesson
• quizzes to assess after a lesson
• exit tickets before leaving class
• space race

35. Socrative Dashboard

36. Socrative Reports

37. Socrative Example Email Report
From My Syllabus Quiz

38. Socrative Quizzes
• Teacher-paced or student-paced
• Questions: multiple choice, true or
false, short answer
• Optional:
–correct answer(s)
–explanation
–add image

39. Socrative Example:
True or False Question

40. Socrative Example:
Short Answer Question

41. Socrative Shared Quiz List (link)
• shared Google Document
• library of over 1,000 shared quizzes
by other teachers
• all disciplines
• get ideas for creating quiz questions
• add you own

42. Socrative: Exit Ticket
Ask 3 questions:
1. How well did you understand
today’s material?
2. What did you learn in class today?
3. Please answer the teacher’s
question.

43. You Try: Take My Socrative Quiz!
1.Connect to the wifi: CCSF Guest
2.In a browser, go to socrative.com
3.Click on STUDENT LOGIN
4.Enter my room# 000424
5.Please answer the 5 quick questions.

44. Thank you!
Maritez Apigo
http://maritez.populr.me/atasteoftechtools
maritezapigo@gmail.com