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Technology-EnhancedTaskEngagementinEnglishLanguageInstruc8on

1.  Toincreaseunderstandingofcharacteris8csofengaginglanguagetasks

2.  Toraiseawarenessofhowtechnologyusecansupportengagement

3.  Toprovidesampleengagingtechnology-supportedlanguagetasks

GoalsofSession

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WhatIsaTask?

Task

• Cleargoals• Processformee8nggoals• Specificbeginningandend

Ac8vity•  Anyclassroomeventorac8on

Reflect

Haveyoueverfeltboredor

frustratedinlanguageclass?Whyorwhynot?

Ifyes,whatcouldyourteacherhavedonetoinvolveorhelpyou? "Me" by markuz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

WhatisEngagement?

Engagementisthelevelofinvolvementinatask,rangingfromnotinvolvedatalltoexperiencingdeepinvolvement.

Thisinvolvementcanbebehavioral,cogni8ve,and/oremo8onal.

Op8mallyengagedUnengaged

1.TaskengagementcandecreasetheeffectofvariableslikenothavingbreakfastorgeSngenoughsleeponstudentoutcomes.

WhyFocusonTaskEngagement?

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CC BY-SA 2.0

Taskengagement

Achievement

(Christenson&Reschly,2013;Csikszentmihályi,2014)

2.Taskengagementcanleadtogreaterlearnerachievement.

WhyFocusonTaskEngagement?

SixCharacteris8csofEngagingTasks

• Basedontheliterature

• Changewithstudent,task,andcontext

• Supportedbytechnology

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SixCharacteris8csofEngagingTasks(andHowTechnologyCanSupportThem)

1.  ThetaskisinteresDng.(excitescuriosity,isappealing)

2.  ThetaskisauthenDctolearners.(hasreallifevalue)

3.  Thereareopportuni8esforsocialinteracDon.(communica8onwithotherpeople)

4.  Thereisachallenge/skillsbalance.(thetaskisneithertoodifficultnortooeasy)

5.   Autonomyandstructurearebalanced.

(learnershaveasmuchfreedomastheyneed;theycanmakechoices)

6.   Supportandfeedbackareimmediateanduseful.

(includeresources,peerandexpertfeedback)

SixCharacteris8csofEngagingTasks(con8nued)

ReflectWhataresometechnologiesthatyouhaveusedorwouldliketouseinyourclassroomtopromotestudenttaskengagement?

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SampleTechnology-EnhancedTasks

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Voicethreadisacollabora8veonlinespacethatusesavideo,podcast,graphic,ortexttostartadiscussionorpresenta8on.

Voicethread

UsingaVoicethread

hbps://wsu.voicethread.com/share/12972367/

Crea8ngaVoicethread

1.  Registerorloginatvoicethread.com

2.  Onthetopmenu,click“Browse”touseaVoicethreadcreatedbysomeoneelse,orclick“Create”tomakeyourown.

3.  Addyourmediabychoosingoneoftheop8onsthatwillpopup.

OR

4.ChooseseSngs.

5.Clickonthe3-lineicontoshare,edit,ormove.

FinalProduct

Alterna8ves

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FocusedWeChatorWhatsAppGroup

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EngagementCharacteris8csofaVoicethreadTaskWhichcharacteris8csdothesetasksmeet?

•  Interes8ng•  Authen8c•  Socialinterac8on•  Challenge/skillsbalance•  Autonomy/structurebalance•  Supportandfeedback

Reflect

Forwhattask(s)mightyouuseVoicethreadinyour

classroomtoengageyourstudents?

Whatmightsomechallengesbe?

Greenscreentechnologyallowsteacherstouse,orstudentstopresent,infic8onalenvironments.

Learnerscanusetheirtablets,phones,oradigital

videocameratofilm.

Threesteps:plan,create,publish

GreenScreenVideos

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PlanningwithStoryboards

Greenscreenvideosarefilmedinfrontofagreenbackground

(“Actors”shouldn’tweargreen!).

Crea8ngtheVideo

Edi8ng

UsingsolwaresuchasthefreeOpenShotVideoEditor,thegreenbackgroundisreplacedwithaphotoorvideo.

Findstepbystepinstruc8onsforusingOpenShotat:hbps://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/teachers-corner-technology-tools-students-and-teachers

Details

SuperstarSinger

GreenScreeninTeacherEduca8on

hbps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzvDrU9QOvM&feature=youtu.be

hbp://technologyed.weebly.com/class-video-fall-2018.html

Alterna8vesSimplecellphonevideowithnarra8on

Slideswith8ming

Forfreeofficesolware,tryOpenOffice:hbps://www.openoffice.org/

EngagementCharacteris8csofGreenScreenTasks

Whichdoesitmeet?

•  Interes8ng•  Authen8c•  Socialinterac8on•  Challenge/skillsbalance•  Autonomy/structurebalance•  Supportandfeedback

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Reflect

Wouldyouusegreenscreenvideowithyourstudents?

Forwhattypesoftasks?

Awordcloudisanimagemadefromatext.Tomakeawordcloud,1.  Decidewhichtextyouwilluse.2.  Pasteoruploadthetexttothecloudmaker(trywordart.com).3.  Click“visualize.”4.  Customizeitanywayyouwant.

WordClouds

Task1:Whatcanyoulearnaboutme?

wordart.com

Task2:Whatwillthispassagebeabout?

Findthreewordsthatdescribepeople/theseSng/themood/thetheme.

Task3:Whichfamousplayisthisfrom?

MoreWaystoUseWordClouds

•  Discoverwaystoconveyalearnedconceptoridea.•  Analyzefrequencyofwordusageinawri8ng.•  Compare/contrastwordcloudsmadefromfic8onandnonfic8on.•  Copyandpastevariousauthors’andwriters’stylestoseewhatcanbelearned.

•  Iden8fypartsofspeechtoseenumbersofadverbs,adjec8ves,etc.•  Compareandcontrastpersuasivewri8ngusingwordclouds.

Adaptedfrom108waystousewordcloudsintheclassroom

Reflect

Howmightyouuseawordcloudtasktoengageyourstudents?

Addi8onalThoughtsaboutEngagingLearnerswithTechnology

•  Youdon’thavetoknowitall;letlearnersteachyou.

•  Focusontooluse,notjustthetool.•  Don’tbeafraidtoexploresimple,innova8vetoolslikevirtualrealityandothertoolstoengagelanguagelearners.

•  Don’tuseitifitsuseisn’twarranted.

Conclusion

Characteris8csofengagingtasks,integratedthroughoutthelanguagetaskandsupportedbyappropriatetechnologyuse,canleadtolearnerachievement.

Engagingtask

Appropriatetechnology

useLearner

achievement

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Csikszentmihályi,M.(2014).FlowandthefoundaNonsofposiNvepsychology:ThecollectedworksofMihalyCsikszentmihalyi.NewYork,NY:Springer.

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