usıng technology inside and outside

the classroom

warmer

please dıscuss:

● what are the technologıes you use at the moment

● what do you hope to achıeve by usıng more technologıcal tools

● what problems do you antıcıpate when usıng more technology ın the future

content

part 1: tools for us teachers

part 2: tools in the classroom

part 3: internet-based student tasks (homework and projects)

p1: keeping up with developments

with RSS feeds you can:

● keep abreast of latest developments ● safe time looking for information

this is how you do it● use googlereader or other services● subscribe to interesting service, e.g. my

trainers ICT blog

p1: resource collection

with diigo we can ...

● highlight points of interest on a webpage● organize relevant information by list or tag ● share information with colleagues so we can

collaborate

>>> LIVE DEMO >>> why not create a diigo for us?

p1: screen recordings

with jing we can:

● give students individualfeedback

● create our own videos or tutorials

p1 / p2 / p3: animations

with domo goanimate we can ...

● create our won animations and slideshows

● have students do their own animations to practice chunks, funktional language etc.

p1: classroom presentations

with powerpoint and googledocs we can ...

● enhance our teaching by using graphics, animation, or sound

● easily modify and recycle our tried and tested material for each lesson

● quickly find and adapt online material for use in our classes

● help save the rain forest

classroom presentations

a few ideas

● show flash cards ● present grammar structures● mimic popular quiz games like 'Jeopardy!'● ...

p3: wikis

with wikis we can:

● have an online meeting point with our students

● do collaborative writing exercises

p3: idea sharing

with lino we can:

● share our ideas with colleagues

● have students collect vocabulary, ideas

p3: web quests

with zunal we can:

● integrate classroom work and homework activities

● use existing online material● create our own web quests

p3: useful websites for students

Some useful website for your students to check language, collocations, chunks etc● twurdy ● googlefight● british national corpus (BNC)macmillan online dictionary

p3: useful apps for students

iphone and android apps that can be used inside and outside the classroom

● sounds - macmillan pronunciation app● ankidroid - flash cards

p2/3: record podcasts

● can be used by teachers to prepare customised material

● can be used by students in class and at home, i.e. students prepare a script, record it and embed it in a WIKI

Just use vocaroo

p3: talkgroups

with voxopop you can:

● have students do speaking exercises when you didn't get to production phase in class

● create (international) voice discussion groups

here is an example from my ICT course

lexis and chunking

did you know?

about 74 % of all text is made up of the 1000 most commonly wordsabout 8 % of all text is made up of the next 1000 most commonly words

Lexis and Chunking

check out these websites

● lingo to word● googlefight● corpus concordance english● british national corpus● sketchengine (30 days password)