CALL IN CHILEJennifer N. Brown

August 18, 2011

Universidad Catolica del Norte

While teaching, do you ever think, “There

must be a better way to facilitate this

activity?”

INTEGRATING SKILLS

http://400bgrammarwriting.ning.com/ http://licurrentevents.ning.com/

TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL

Benefits of Technology: Lends us opportunities to integrate skills Gives us access to authentic resources Fosters communication and collaboration Extends our English lessons outside of the

classroom May foster enthusiasm – Learning should be fun Gives us multi-modal learning opportunities  Provides more opportunities for one-to-one

feedback  Lends us opportunities for self-paced learning  Facilitates a “greener” approach

OBJECTIVES

By the end of these five workshops, teachers will be able to

differentiate between several broad categories of instructional technologies and compare their uses,

evaluate uses of instructional technology in the language classroom,

demonstrate the appropriate use of instructional technology to meet specific language teaching objectives,

design and teach a micro-lesson using instructional technology as a tool to reach lesson objectives, and

develop strategies for staying up-to-date with changing technologies

GRADING GUIDELINES

Attendance & participation Reflections on and evaluations of specific

tools Final micro-lesson

CATEGORIES OF TECHNOLOGYCategory Examples

1. Language-learning sites and communities

http://www.daveseslcafe.com

2. Learning management systems (LMS)

http://www.nicenet.org

3. Social-networking sites http://www.ning.com

4. Blogs http://www.blogger.com

5. Collaborative documents http://docs.google.com

6. Video, audio, or text-based chat and discussion

http://www.skype.com

7. Other multimedia http://www.youtube.com

8. Activity-building sites http://www.quia.com

9. Productivity software Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, etc.

10. Other?

WHERE DO THESE SITES BELONG?

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1. Language-learning sites and communities

2. Learning management systems (LMS)

3. Social-networking sites

4. Blogs

5. Collaborative documents

6. Video, audio, or text-based chat and discussion

7. Other multimedia

8. Activity-building sites

OUR CLASS WEBSITE

Purpose: to foster communication and collaboration on instructional technology issues including posting workshop-related updates and announcements, sharing materials and links, asking and answering questions, sharing ideas and experiences, and posting reflections and evaluations.

JOIN OUR CLASS SITE

Go to http://grou.ps/callinchile Fill out the top box Fill out the profile Click submit Welcome to our site!

INTRODUCE YOURSELF

Click Forums Click Introductions Write two or three paragraphs about yourself

WRAP-UP

Discuss with a partner: How might you use social networking with your students?

Ready to try? http://grou.ps/home/pricing

Questions? brown.jennie@gmail.com