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Webinar The T ip pi ng Point Pete Sharma November 2012

Webinar The T ip pi ng Point Pete Sharma November 2012. 10 Ideas for using Technology in language courses. Sheffield ‘Steel City’. Director of training at PSA. EAP lecturer Reviewer Learning Technologies SIG. Overview. www.psa.eu.com Blog. 10 Teaching ideas

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Webinar The T ip pi ng Point Pete Sharma November 2012

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  1. Webinar The Tipping Point Pete Sharma November 2012 10 Ideas for using Technology in language courses

  2. Sheffield ‘Steel City’

  3. Director of training at PSA EAP lecturer Reviewer Learning Technologies SIG

  4. Overview www.psa.eu.com Blog 10 Teaching ideas • Technology affordances • Pedagogy • Practical idea

  5. The Tipping point

  6. The Tipping point • Technology • Affordances Pedagogy Value to language learning Idea Language teaching

  7. Practical ideas – part one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling

  8. Prezi

  9. Prezi PEDAGOGY Driven by the real world Encourage creativity • TECHNOLOGY • Zoom in and out • Non-linear option www.prezi.com IDEA Planning / A3 Complex topic - environment / culture

  10. Wiki Writing course Falling numbers Class wiki

  11. Wiki PEDAGOGY A & B – writing an essay Time + distance History button – process writing TECHNOLOGY What? Editable website Allows multiple authorship IDEA Refutation “Pros and cons of censorship”

  12. Interactive whiteboards Do you teach with an Interactive whiteboard? Mimio E-beam

  13. IWB • TECHNOLOGY • Dual users PEDAGOGY Memorable presentation Better review Saveability Kinesthetic students IDEA Handwriting recognition software “Beat the tool”

  14. Learner voting devices

  15. Learner voting devices PEDAGOGY different outcomes with anonymous voting surprise element debate • TECHNOLOGY IDEA Controversial issues

  16. Toggle Digital blank canvas

  17. Toggling PEDAGOGY unite power of publisher-produced software Personalisation TECHNOLOGY Active book Teachers’ Area Digital blank canvas Customise IDEA Create a parallel, customised course

  18. New Inside Out Digital Heads up Vaughan Jones

  19. End ofpart one Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling

  20. Practical ideas – part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes

  21. Task • Do you have a Smartphone? What about your students?

  22. Apps – some useful distinctions • Different operating systems • e.g Android / Apple IOS • Classroom vs ‘On the move’ (Hockley) • Authentic vs ELT • Free vs cost • Free-standing – Internet essential

  23. IELTS Reading

  24. IELTS app • TECHNOLOGY • Affordance - • Disappearing text PEDAGOGY Motivating! Autonomous IDEA Demonstrate - learning to learn

  25. Dictionary apps

  26. Word frequency PEDAGOGY Frequency *** 2500 ** 5000 *7,500 Black Productive vs receptive • TECHNOLOGY • Dictionary apps IDEA Select five words from different categories

  27. Word frequency

  28. Interactive phonemic charts

  29. ELT J (2012) 66 (3): 407-409

  30. Sounds PEDAGOGY Learner autonomy Pron practice done ‘privately’ • TECHNOLOGY • Pronunciation app IDEA Lesson monitor sheet

  31. Dragon – naturally speaking

  32. Dragon – speaking naturally • TECHNOLOGY • Speech-to-text • app PEDAGOGY We speak faster than we write Can create a willingness to practise IDEA Student drafts writing through speaking

  33. QR codes

  34. QR codes • TECHNOLOGY • Quick Response code • Scannable barcode • ‘Digital destination’ • e.g. Website • Text • Power Point PEDAGOGY Motivating ‘Digital paper!’ IDEA Treasure hunt

  35. End of part two IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes

  36. www.psa.eu.com Q & A

  37. Blended Learning - updates Macmillan website

  38. Webinar The Tipping Point Pete Sharma November 2012 Thanks for attending! 10 Ideas for using Technology in language courses www.psa.eu.com

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