Using social networks in language teaching
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This is a workshop I gave at the TESL Ontario 2010 Conference and TESL Toronto Spring 2011 Conference.
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- 1. Utilizing Social Networking & Other Internet Sites in Language Teaching Presenter: Tyson Seburn seburnt@fourc.ca / fourc.ca / @seburnt
- 2. http://wordpress.com http://yourblog.wordpress.com http://cacceep.wordpress.com Individual posts Post Tags Blog Categories Email Subscription Blogs
- 3. Enter Ss’ HW as a post. Ss go to the blog to find the HW post. Ss leave their HW answers as a comment. T replies with corrections. Blogs as a Homework log
- 4. Enter Ss’ task as a post. Ss put their answers as a comment. Teach the lesson in class. Assign other S’s post as a practice activity. Ss post their answers as a comment. Blogs for S-Generated Material
- 8. 1 of the fastest growing sites in the past 2 yrs currently it’s the online platform 2 connect w/ other edu’rs most easily aplethoraof blogs,sitelinx,&lessonplanlinx a new format 4 S-generated content a quick way 2 communicate RE hw gr8 chat opps w/ worldwide edu’rs All this in 140 characters / fewer!
- 9. http://www.twitter.com Twitter /kfbunny Students: How can I get to your house from the school? #INToral Basics first… *status bar *tweets *following *hashtags *replies @dudeneyge Could you help me with some technical advice?
- 10. Twitter in the classroom Grammar practice Word of the Day Summarizing Eliminating wordiness / being concise Competition for sentence creation Create group stories Force Ss to be part of a great conversation by having them follow celebs, news feeds, etc. Track word use throughout the world, right now Use “Trending Topics” as a springboard for discussion Make announcements to Ss Generate groups for Ss to learn together Incorporate other internet applications as links Posting support material links for Ss Be mindful:
- 11. Twitter for teachers Personal Learning Networks (PLN) Search for “ESL, EFL, ELT” / follow ppl Build a network starting with who you know Follow others’ ESL-related lists Create a dialogue between you and your PLN Read the blog posts they post / Post your own Reply to their questions and tweets Follow industry authors and speakers Jeremy Harmer - @harmerj Gavin Dudeney - @dudeneyge Jamie Keddie - @cheimi10 Lindsay Clandfield - @lclandfield Ken Wilson - @kenwilsonlondon Tyson Seburn - @seburnt
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- Introduce yourself15 years of using the internetSites like Dan’s ESL Café, one-stop-english famous for lesson ideasWikipedia, dictionary.comSocial networking sites, myspace, Facebook, more recently TwitterHow do we incorporate these modern tools into our lessons?How can they benefit student learning?How can we connect with colleagues and other professionals for our own person growth?
- *Classroom dynamic*Keep S interest high*S-generate material*Decrease photocopying*Keep you prepared for who has done the HW*Reusable in successive sessions
- Now maybe your students are already on Facebook or maybe not. But it can be a great way to give them practice with language at home. Where is this form-filling? Well, the basic kind is right at the beginning: <CLICK>But let’s face it. That’s kind of limited. So where else on Facebook do we fill out forms with a bit more complex information? <CLICK>
- Our profile pages. This is one I created for my dog as an example just to show that if you or your students have privacy concerns, creative profiles can be done in place. <CLICK> The point here is that in the Personal Information section, students can be challenged to fill in the subsections as a personalized extension activity to form-filling. Beyond that though, you can use it for a variety of writing and grammar tasks. I’ve used it create Simple Present sentences and gerunds. And it’s a reusable resource since you can edit it whenever you want. Also, you can check your students’ progress on the task from your home computer (once you’ve friended each other) and leave comments on their wall.<CLICK>
- Like I’ve done here. Then continuous conversation can be made with your students by clicking on COMMENT and replying to their questions, should they have any.
- 1st – website2nd – Signing up + url (kfbunny)3rd – status bar (delay until arrow disappears)4th – tweets (delay until box appears; click to make the highlight box disappear)5th – following (delay until arrows disappear – timer is on 5 for appear; 2 sec for disappear)6th – hashtags (box appears and spins ; click to make disappear)7th – replies (click to disappear)