Integrating Technology in Language Learning: Practical Strategies for Educators

1. Technology in the Language Learning Classroom Angelika Kraemer Dennie Hoopingarner Scott Schopieray FLTA Orientation 2011

2. Introductions Angelika Dennie Scott

3. Warm-up task • Complete the following task online athttp://clear.msu.edu/mashups/10825

4. How did we do this? Rich Internet Applications • Developed by CLEAR • Free tools to help use technology in language teaching • Designed to make it easier to add interactivity to language classes • http://ria.clear.msu.edu

5. Why, when, how, and what kind of technology should I use? Guidelines for using technology to support language teaching: • Technology is a tool, not a teacher. • Integrate technology into your teaching; don’t separate technology from teaching. • Put technology into your teaching, don’t shape teaching around technology.

6. Technology can be used in many ways • A common lesson plan format is “Presentation - Practice - Production.” • Technology can be inserted in any stage of the lesson. • Input and output are necessary for language learning. • Technology can be part of both. • It is common to create tasks around texts (print and media can be a “text”). • Technology can facilitate tasks at all levels (pre-, while-, post-reading framework) => Use technology to make your teaching better.

7. Technology is great for collaboration • Students work together • Teachers work together • Teachers can work with students • Technology can allow collaboration that is not possible without it • Above all: You can access technology from anywhere

8. Some ideas for using technology in your class • Make recordings for your students to listen to. Add a task to make it more useful. • Add “speaking homework” as a regular part of your course. • Have your students keep digital portfolios. • Use digital writing tools for group work/projects. • Assign video as homework and use class time for interactive activities.

9. Some ideas for using technology to extend your class • Students can create a word bank for vocabulary • Students can create presentations • Students can create reference resources linking directly to information online

10. Rich Internet Applications • http://ria.clear.msu.edu • Free, interactive tools to help use technology in language teaching • Tools for speaking, listening, writing, and reading

11. Using RIAs

12. Audacity • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • Free application for recording and editing sound • Needs to be downloaded

13. Using Audacity • Record your voice for instructions or practice • Create podcasts for listening comprehension • Have students create recordings and podcasts for speaking practice

14. Google Apps • http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/ • Google Docs • Google Spreadsheets • Google Presentations • Google Calendar Excellent Overview of Google Apps

15. Using Google Apps • Administrative work • Collectively create and edit tests and quizzes • Share your work with your supervisor • Maintain your own portfolio of teaching documents • Teaching • Go “paperless” by having students turn in homework digitally • Easily give students feedback on their work via shared documents For word processing-based activities, see Claire Bradin Siskin’s webpage: http://edvista.com/claire/wp.html

16. Google Apps Tutorial Visit the Tutorial Site

17. Google Maps • http://maps.google.com/ • Customizable, editable online maps • Map, satellite, globe views • Can be edited collaboratively or individually • Allows for “map mashups” - useful in teaching and learning

18. Using Google Maps • Demonstrating where places are • Annotating a map of a certain place • Have students collaboratively label a map • Use to support individual work focusing on certain areas • Have students create “tours” of a place in the target language • Ask students to investigate cultural products, practices, and perspectives

19. Google Maps Tutorial Google Maps Tutorial Site

20. Jing • http://www.jingproject.com/ • Snap a picture of your screen • Record video of onscreen action • Share instantly over the web, IM, email Here is an example: Instructions on how to access the final exam (http://screencast.com/t/MGU3NTA4NWM)

21. Using Jing • Create videos of what’s on your computer screen in order to share it with students. • Record anything that is happening on your screen, from a PowerPoint lecture, to using your course management system or other websites, to using software specific to your field. • You can even use a screencast to capture portions of a video on the screen. More ideas for using Jing

22. Jing Tutorial More help tutorials

23. Group task Design two “speaking homework” activities: • one for a beginning-level class, • the other for an intermediate-level class. Use this picture to design your activity.

24. Task sharing and feedback

25. Thank you and enjoy your FLTA year! Feel free to email us with questions Angelika: kraemera@msu.edu Dennie: hooping4@msu.edu Scott: schopie1@msu.edu