You Choose -Choice and Variety in the Web-based Classroom

Valentina Dodge IATEFL Cardiff 2009Valentina Dodge IATEFL Cardiff 2009


YouChoose –new factors


YouChoose - jargon


YouChoose - equipment

Interactivity Interactivity


YouChoose - focus

from “from “WOWWOW” to ” to POWPOWer er


YouChoose - contexts


YouChoose - software

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YouChoose - software

Wiki or blog ?Wiki or blog ? linear linear dynamicdynamic teacher or learner-ledteacher or learner-led sustainable timeframesustainable timeframe audio/video/text/linksaudio/video/text/links


YouChoose – blog widgets


YouChoose - wiki


YouChoose - wiki

Which wiki?Which wiki?

www.pbwiki.com

www.wetpaint.com

http://www.pbwiki.com/

http://www.wetpaint.com/


YouChoose - wiki

www.pbwiki.comwww.wetpaint.com

wetpaint wiki pbwiki

Add 99 users in one go Add 10 users in one goCreate classroom accounts for learners with no emails

Insert plug-ins/youtube widgets Insert plug-ins + upload video files from hard disk

Forums centralized Forums per page

Educational ads-free accountSocial network feelFree accounts lock /hide pages

Premium account locks pages

http://www.pbwiki.com/



YouChoose - tasks

www.wetpaint.com



YouChoose - content

www.wetpaint.com



YouChoose -diversity & extension

http://www.encompassculture.com/


YouChoose - framework Logical staging in the set upLogical staging in the set up

Small teams -allocate rolesSmall teams -allocate roles Group editing and feedbackGroup editing and feedback

FlexibilityFlexibility Audio or video or text?Audio or video or text? Permissions & decision makingPermissions & decision making

Learner strategiesLearner strategies Referencing skillsReferencing skills CopyrightCopyright


YouChoose – RSS feeds


YouChoose - feeds

www.netvibes.com

www.google.com/reader

http://www.netvibes.com/

http://www.google.com/reader


YouChoose - resources

www.youtube.com/

http://www.youtube.com/



Theme & topic basedTheme & topic based

e.g. advertse.g. adverts

Lesson fit & preparation Lesson fit & preparation timetime TEFLclips TEFLclips

www.teflclips.com/?p=83 www.teflclips.com/?p=83


YouChoose - share

Webheads in Actionhttp://webheadsinaction.org/


YouChoose - texts

Academic Word List Academic Word List

from Nottingham Universityfrom Nottingham University

create gapped textscreate gapped texts increase academic styleincrease academic style select relevant inputselect relevant input

AWL Gap Maker AWL Gap Maker

www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlgapmaker.htm


YouChoose - project


YouChoose - format

•record voice or video•type text•insert images


YouChoose - management


Polished script or

spontaneous ? Progress portfolio

Interaction Feedback Integration

YouChoose - fit


YouChoose - variety

Taxonomy of WebQuest Taxonomy of WebQuest taskstasks


YouChoose - development

Diigo www.diigo.com -Social bookmarks

Twitterwww.twitter.com -microblogging(text blog)


You Choose -conclusions Shape itShape it Recycle itRecycle it Model itModel it Own it Own it

• sharedshared own ownershipership• ownown time time • own own pace pace • own own frequencyfrequency

New pathways…

Valentina Dodge - IATEFL Cardiff 2009Valentina Dodge - IATEFL Cardiff 2009

…to individualized goals

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IATEFL Cardiff 2009

You Choose -Choice and Variety in the Web-based Classroom

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