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Group Work and ICT in the Languages Classroom

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What I did

What worked and what could have been better

What I’d try next

Dividing Students Into Groups

1 person you always work with

1 person you have never (or very rarely) worked with

At least 1 girl

At least 1 boy

Someone who has learnt Chinese since Prep

IWB

Flip Cameras

Desktops

iPods

Flashcard Games/craf

t activity/mobile phones

4-5 Students per group

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This type of group work

was good for access to technology

worked well on a rotational basis

but was more about students each doing the same thing rather than working together.

did not take into account the social context the students were working in

didn’t plan for interactions between students

How I’d do it now…

1 Netbook1 iPad

1 iPod Touch1 Video/Still

Camera1

Microphone

5 students per group1 Netbook

1 iPad1 iPod Touch1 Video/Still

Camera1

Microphone

1 Netbook1 iPad

1 iPod Touch1 Video/Still

Camera1

Microphone

1 Netbook1 iPad

1 iPod Touch1 Video/Still

Camera1

Microphone

1 Netbook1 iPad

1 iPod Touch1 Video/Still

Camera1

Microphone

This type of group work

is also good for access to technology

could be more geared to students working together to produce a team result/product etc

would require that interactions between students are planned for

could encourage more self-teaching (watch Sugata Mitra’s TED video)

How do we plan for interactions between

students?

•What might they say to each other?•What roles does each student have within the group? •How will they need to help each other?•What language items should they be encouraged to use when communicating with each other?