The document discusses using technology tools like blogs, podcasts, and mobile phones to enhance language learning outside the classroom. It provides examples of how these tools can be used, including having students create podcasts to practice grammar explanations or record mobile videos giving directions around the school. The document emphasizes that these tools can increase student motivation, engagement, and independence by allowing learning to extend beyond traditional classroom exercises.

1. ICT- thinking outside the classroom box [email_address] www.chrisfuller.typepad.com – where all of today’s presentations will be available to download www.edgehillcollege.typepad.com

2. First, important things to know... I AM NOT AN ICT EXPERT!!! I am a Spanish teacher, who was taught how to use PowerPoint 4 years ago. I do not know how the Internet works, I just push buttons, especially the back button when things go wrong.

3. First, important things to know... 2) The ideas that I pass on in this session are not... Completely comprehensive They will not destroy your life 3) No notes needed- will be on www.chrisfuller.typepad.com

4. “ If school is to be a truly rewarding experience for today’s students, it must be relevant to them.” Connected magazine, Learning and teaching Scotland

5. what a blog actually is ways to use a blog to enhance teaching and learning how to use moblogging to complement and enhance use of a blog how to create podcasts and add them to iTunes how podcasts can be used in the classroom how mobiles and ipods can be used to enhance learning beyond the classroom During this session we will look at…

6. Is this the future? “ Young people’s familiarity with ICT offers a great opportunity to language teachers. It seems to us that a determined commitment to use this world, which is so familiar to young people, is a key to increasing the engagement of young people of all ages with languages. New technologies can facilitate real contacts with schools and young people in other countries. They can also provide stimulus for creative and interactive work .” (Lord Dearing - Languages Review March 2007)

7. What is a blog?!?!?! Blog= web log Traditionally used as an online diary A typical blog combines a variety of media forms Key element is huge increase in interactivity- INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. Blogging

8. Who uses blogs? Teachers for motivation www.edgehillcollege.typepad.com www.roydslanguagesdepartment.typepad.com Teachers for reflections / to share ideas http:// tinyurl.com/ycdamq (Neil Jones, resources) www.boxoftricks.net (Jose Picardo, ideas) Blogging

9. What can we actually use a blog for?!?! Showing pupils’ work Sharing files Showing pupils’ videos etc Increasing Assessment for Learning Increasing self-evaluation Blogging

10. Why use blogs? Motivation - make the world your classroom wall Learning no longer confined to exercise books Who is the audience for work which goes into an exercise book? Truly global perspective Can be demonstrated by visitors maps on blogs Blogging

11. The last 100 visitors to the Spanish blog

12. Why use blogs? Writing Increased motivation- will be viewed by more than just the teacher Blogging

13. Why use blogs? Reading pupils constantly reading and re-reading each other’s work Allows for dissemination of good ideas Allows free choice of which sections to read Aids pupil independence Blogging

14. Why use blogs? Speaking Pupil and teacher generated podcasts Speaking tests / exercises =learning opportunity rather than just an assessment opportunity - can be done in the form of vokis, podcasts etc Provides a platform for pupil-made videos Blogging

15. Why use blogs? Listening To podcasts (on the blog or via links) To videos (pupil created, music, adverts, football commentaries etc) To peers’ work Blogging

16. Why use blogs? Assessment for Learning Comment function allows peer assessment using “Two Stars and a Wish formula” = 2 positive elements + 1 element to work at next time Self-assessment as pupils comment on their own work and thus self target set. Blogging

17. Music video - great cultural input - an interesting homework to find body parts/ weather types - Year 8 pupils were mostly humming the song round school for next few days Ideas for use… Blogging

18. Pupil-made videos - high level of motivation - Provides for easy review of work which might otherwise be lost Blogging

19. www.voki.com - Pupils write scripts Peer assess Practise Record High level of enjoyment Blogging

20. Year 8 wrote Guess Who style self-descriptions For next homework, pupils read the descriptions and left a comment saying who they were Blogging

21. Who provides the blog facility? TypePad - www.typepad.com Easiest for inserting fun stuff (provider that I use) Blogger - www.blogger.com Edublogs - www.edublogs.org Wordpress - www.wordpress.org Many, many more… Blogging

22. To learn about further tools to complement blogs www.slideshare.net - embedding .ppt www.blip.tv - uploading pupil videos easily Blogging

23. Frequently Asked Questions Won’t it all take ages? Will anyone actually look at the blog? What effect will it have on my department? What about Child Protection? Blogging

24. Effective use of Podcasts and iTunes

25. Podcasting What is a podcast? - effectively an audio file which is then put onto the Internet

26. Podcasting How have I used them? - Grammar series - role-play raps - pupil recordings - pupil grammar explanations

27. Podcasting Grammar series created to help reinforce grammar learning OUTSIDE of the classroom - responding to a request by a pupil - FANTASTIC for audio learners

28. Podcasting Role-play raps Created to strenghten knowledge of key role-play scenarios - each set to a different musical style to aid recognition

29. Podcasting Pupil grammar explanations - benefit of explaining to others - need for script - peer assessment on podcasts - minimal teacher input, maximum output - pupils then have an immediate revision tool

30. Podcasting Sounds hard, but isn’t! Record podcast...

31. Podcasting How to record a podcast... Recording material Audacity for PCs- www.download.com + LAME FE (allows you to export as MP3) OR Garageband for Macs

32. Easy way to change volume levels Highlight sections then delete Podcasting

33. To finish the podcast, export as MP3… Podcasting

34. Podcasting So we have our finished podcast, now what? Insert it into a blog post as an .mp3 file Add it to iTunes- very easy to do thanks to www.podomatic.com and www.jellycast.com

35. Using mobiles in the classroom…

36. Using mobile phones Issues: Banned in many schools Risks of inappropriate behaviour Fear of pupil intercompetition Concern of pupils not having a phone

37. Using mobile phones However, there are huge benefits... Enjoyment and motivation- MFL becomes cool again Speaking the pupils’ language whilst teaching them ours Increasing range of services available via WAP e.g. YouTube Extension of learning beyond classroom

38. Using mobile phones Useful tools available on most mobile phones... Voice recorder Camera Video camera Stop-watch Bluetooth Ability to play-back videos and music How much would it cost a department to have enough of these to share between 2?

39. Using mobile phones Ideas for video projects using mobiles... Describing school as go round it Describing local area Guide to saving the environment Following and giving directions Describing friends Recording grammar explanations during the lesson

40. Issue: how to get the recordings back to the teacher Options- 1) bluetooth them to a computer 2) bluetooth them to teacher’s phone 3) other options? Using mobile phones

41. For example, directions: - in pairs, pupils decide which room they will give directions to -write script - walk around the building and record the directions - swap phones / bluetooth to each other and follow the instructions - find out whether they followed instructions appropriately FOR EXAMPLE Using mobile phones

42. House and home - pupils build up to estate-agent style description of their house - free choice of recording manners - mobile phone - voice recording - video on camera Using mobile phones

43. Key = extending learning beyond the classroom - more and more we will also need to think about how to capitalise on the power of ipods quizzes produced using www.iquizmaker.com videos converted using www.zamzar.com podcasts mobile slideshows / role-play raps Using mobile phones

44. For more info… www.chrisfuller.typepad.com (where this presentation will be available to download) [email_address]