Teaching with Technology

1. Teaching with Technology Joe McVeigh Tamara Álvarez Carlos Gonzalez Jorge Comte Miriam Salazar

2. This slide deck accompanies a talk given by Joe McVeigh at the Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile on May 27, 2009 and again in Vina del Mar, Chile on May 28, 2009. • The presentation is structured with introductory remarks and other comments by Joe, interspersed with UNAB teachers describing their own experiences with technology. • The focus of the talk is the use of technology in the teaching of English as a second language.

3. Here’s the title of the talk in Spanish:

4. Here is Joe during the talk

5. Much of the presentation is highly visual in nature, so take a look at the pictures and imagine how they relate to language teaching and technology. • Almost all the photos came from flickr and are used with a Creative Commons License. Photo credits are at the end of the presentation. Thanks everyone!

6. First came a story about some mice who were being attacked by a cat. The mother mouse barked like a dog scaring the cat away. She then explained to her children the importance of learning a second language.

10. Then came a discussion of how books have traditionally been the primary means of learning and teaching but how some people now are suggesting that books may be passé and that the future is in technology.

20. Technology has been around in many forms for a long time as can be seen in these photos. Imagine how innovative tape recorders and typewriters must once have appeared to the first users.

24. Session overview • Introduction • Presentations by the guest speaker • Presentations by colleagues from UNAB • Questions

25. PowerPoint slides available www.joemcveigh.org

26. “to get your feet wet”

28. Questions • What are some advantages of using technology in language teaching? • What are some drawbacks of using technology? • What keeps you from using technology more in your teaching?

31. maze

32. Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who understand technology will replace those who do not. — Ray Clifford

33. Use technology in the service of pedagogy, not vice-versa. —Siskin & Reynolds

34. Use technology that is appropriate for the teaching situation.

35. Teaching aids • Blackboard • Whiteboard • Photographs • Felt board • Movable words • Games

36. Electric but without computers • Tape recorders • Video players (cassette and DVD) • Slide projectors • Overhead projectors • Movies • Radio • Television

37. Computer-aided • Language labs • Software • Electronic whiteboards • Websites • Blogs • Content management systems (Blackboard, Moodle, Segue)

38. Computer-aided • email • VOIP telephone and video (Skype) • Simulations (Second Life) • Online distance education • Online surveys (Survey Monkey) • Online journals • Social networking sites • Blogs

39. Computer-aided • Photo-sharing web sites (Flickr) • Video-sharing web sites (Youtube) • Online crossword puzzle makers • Online word montages (Wordle) • Podcasts • Online professional development • Online sources of authentic materials

41. Using Technology in the Lab English Phonetics Tamara Álvarez

42. Here’s a photo of Tamara giving her part of the talk

43. Using technology in the phonetics lab Main applications in the phonetics lab: - Class - Assessment Competencies involved - Student - Teacher Issues

44. Class - Audio (amongst other texts) - Overview of major mistakes - Activities

45. Overview

46. Class Songs

47. Class Tongue Twisters

48. Sample tongue-twisters • They’re thirsty every Thursday • Six thick thistle sticks (twice) • Elizabeth’s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month. • Thousand of thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through

49. Practicing tongue twisters

50. Class