1. 1. Building Digital Confidence in EFL teachers Yachay Tech University Yachay/Urcuqui, Ecuador
2. 2. LETS TEST YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA KNOWLEDGE
3. 3. What is this? How is it related to social media?
4. 4. On December 21, 2012, "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views. The songs music video has been viewed over 2.3 billion times on YouTube. -Wikipedia
5. 5. What are key words associated with these logos?
6. 6. What do you know about these logos?
7. 7. SOCIAL MEDIA & EFL
8. 8. Lets chat! Why do some EFL teachers shy away from using social media and other technology in class? Why do Ecuadorian students need to use social media in English class?
9. 9. Ecuadorians, like much of the world, are using the Internet, so why not use social media in the classroom?
10. 10. Building Digital Confidence Topics Facebook Tourism Class Conversation Class Writing & Reading Class Humans of Yachay (HOY) YouTube Group videos Karaoke YouTube Google Sites Class website Slide Share PPTs Lesson Prep
11. 11. ESL@Facebook A Teachers Diary on Using Facebook Monique N. Simpson Soongsil University Seoul, South Korea
12. 12. Facebook in the Class
13. 13. Loja Lost Paradise FB page During the academic year of 2010-11 in a small tourism class at UTPL in Loja, Ecuador, I began using Facebook. Students practiced promotional tourism by developing the first English FB page for Loja, creating a valuable source of tourist, cultural and historical information.
14. 14. Facebook & Tourism
15. 15. WHAT OTHER MEDIA PROJECTS CAN BE USED FOR TOURISM STUDENTS? Tourism classes & Digital Media
16. 16. Conversation Classes: English is Wonderful @NSU At NSU in Seonghwan, South Korea, conversation classes were mandatory for all students, with the majority taking the classes during their first year of college. Number of students enrolled in each class ranged from 16 to 23. Each class met once a week for two hours.
17. 17. 3 Assignments #1 Bucket List What do you want to do before you "kick the bucket" (die)? Post a photo and write a sentence. #2 Ask a follow-up question to a classmate. Remember to use the 5Ws (Who? What? When? Where?Why?) and 1 H (How?). Then answer any questions from your classmates.
18. 18. Assignments #3 Watch the three videos posted on this FB page. Out of the three, which is the best technological/ Japanese/health-related achievement? Why? Please vote and write your answer in the comment section.
19. 19. English is Wonderful @NSU
20. 20. THE BUCKET LIST ASSIGNMENT WAS USED TO PRACTICE FUTURE TENSE. WHAT ARE OTHER FB ASSIGNMENTS FOR FUTURE TENSE? Conversation classes & Digital Media
21. 21. WRITING & READING CLASSES Soongsil University Seoul, South Korea Writing & Reading classes were required of all second-year college students. (During the first year, they took conversation classes.) As many college students are obsessed with their cell phones, I decided to incorporate real-time FB activities in class.
22. 22. Assignments #1 News Headlines: Groups must write a caption for the news photo. **real-time** #2 Restaurant Review: Groups write a descriptive paragraph about a restaurant #3 Scary Story: Groups write a narrative story for Halloween . Voting on stories **real-time** #4 Christmas Story: Groups write a narrative story for Christmas
23. 23. Photos in the News
24. 24. Photos in the News
25. 25. Scary Story
26. 26. WHAT OTHER REAL-TIME FB ACTIVITIES COULD BE USED FOR READING AND/OR WRITING GOALS? Reading & Writing classes & Digital Media
27. 27. Extracurricular Activties At Yachay, English instructors are required to provide fun English classes/activities. I chose to copy the popular HONY FB Page with Humans of Yachay (HOY).
28. 28. Humans of New York (HONY)
29. 29. Whats going in students lives? Assignments: Interview a classmate and take a photo Take a photo of your favorite place on campus and write a photo caption Report on a campus event
30. 30. HOW DO YOU NORMALLY INCORPORATE AUDIO/VIDEOS INTO YOUR CLASS? EFL classes & Videos
31. 31. Communicative classes & Academic English Classes At Yachay, I am incorporating Speaking Expression, Pronunciation and Team Work into Group Videos, which are due every 2- 3 weeks. As for my Academic English class, students were required to do a news video, which was posted to YouTube & FB.
32. 32. YouTube: Group Video
33. 33. YouTube: Karaoke Rather Be Chorus: If you gave me a chance I would take it It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it Know with all of your heart, you can't shake me When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be
34. 34. Google Sites as Class Sites A way of distributing materials
35. 35. Reading & Writing Classes Soongsil University My first Google Site was very basic. I didnt know how to make it look appealing nor did I understand all the possibilities for it.
36. 36. Yachay classes After speaking with a colleague and playing around with the Google Sites template, I am now able to better utilize the site and its functions. However, some students still prefer D2L computer system of Yachay.
37. 37. Main Function: HOmework Homework Assignments are easy to distribute. Yachay is supposed to be a paperless institute However, there is often problems with D2L, the main computer system for class Websites. Good points: You can link assignment documents, videos and secondary sites Bad points: Its not easy to manage multiple classes on a single site.
38. 38. WHAT WAYS HAVE YOU DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS DIGITALLY TO STUDENTS? Class Material& Digital Media
39. 39. Slide Share
40. 40. Create an Assignment Form a small group (3-5 people) Pick a grammar point or discussion topic to teach. Create a lesson assignment that uses YouTube or Facebook. If time, groups will share lesson assignments.
41. 41. Building Digital Confidence in EFL teachers Yachay Tech University Yachay/Urcuqui, Ecuador