Guanjun Fang

Why iPad?Accessibility – Thousands of apps, many of

which freePortability – light, anywhere, anytime.Individual screen and much bigger. Draw with your fingers, not the mouse or

cursor!Enhance learning autonomy!

Topic Searched iPad Apps iPhone Apps

Language 5681 9874

Language Learning 2896 4239

Foreign Language 400 730

Chinese 4570 8505

Chinese Learning 1003 1395

Mandarin 578 927

中文 3551 5573

Activity 2Transcribe the Chinese words in Pinyin with tone marks as you hear them. 1 2 3 4

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ShowMe (pros) Easy to useTurns an iPad into an interactive whiteboard.Share your lesson or presentation. Students can review the presentations any time any

where.Keep recording, and drawing.Draw with your fingers!Voice-over any time.Three ways to add photos: from your album, take

photo or search images on the web with your iPad.Can have multiple layers of photos with options of

“Rotate”, “Move to front”, “Send to back” .Very good for visual learners.No limitation and absolutely no charge!

Use in language learning?Good self-review tool for students.Good for speaking homework.Wonderful tool for first semester students

Teach grammar. (e.g. preposition, comparison)Character writing. (Keep writing)Pronunciation and tones. (Keep practicing)

Good for practicing OPI tasks: Giving Instructions of How-to’s. Describing a person, a place or a structure.Showing direction.

Activity 1: Underline the Pinyin you hear. 1. lǎo---- liǎo2. dōu----duō3. lèi ---- liè4. gāi ----jiā5. guāi----guī6. gōu---- jiū7. diē ---- tiě8. chōu----cuō9. shuí --- suí10. zāi ----jiā

Activity 3Fill in the blank with the initials you hear.  

1.__u __i __u __u __i

2.__i __e __a __i __e

3.__e __a __u __u __e

4.__i __ai __a __ao __ai

ShowMe (Cons)Limited use for higher level. Cannot edit the content once it is posted.

NearPod (pros)Interactive (draw, survey, poll, open-ended questions

and answer, multiple choices quizzes, )Teacher sees the results in real timeCan share individual answers and overall results with

the classTeachers can get reports after quizzes,Teachers can see all the drawings, and share student’s

drawings with other students in the classGive reasonably rich feedback to studentsTeachers can make sure that students are not using

their iPad to play around for entertainment.Individual screen. Can share links and use video.

Nearpod (Cons)Better for delivery of content and check

student understandingCan not control if students want to drop from

the presentation.Student cannot view the presentation at their

own pace except for self-paced quizzes.Not all content tools are free.

Socrative

Socrative (Pros)Allows you to engage students with exercises

and games (and check understanding)Can create multiple choice questions or a

short answer questionsCan select “student paced” or “teacher

paced” or “space race” for students to compete in the quizzes.

Students only need to download the app and have the teacher “My room number” to join in.

Socrative (Cons)No images, no video.

Features ShowMe Socrative NearPod

Free YES YES YES & No

Image YES (Choose Photo, Take Photo, Search Images on Web)

NO YES

Recording YES NO NO

Draw YES (7 colors) NO YES

Student Account YES YES YES

Individual Screen YES YES YES

Quiz NO YES (Multiple Choice, True/False/, and Short Answer) (Student-Paced, Teacher-paced, or Space Race -- Run a quiz as game)

YES (Q & A, and Multiple Choice)

Survey/Poll NO YES YES

Video NO NO YES

Report Results NO YES YES (Real time)

Interactive NO YES YES

Share YES YES YES

Video VOICE OVER NO YES

Questions?