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The Tipping Point
Pete SharmaNovember 2012
10 Ideas forusing Technology in language courses
Sheffield ‘Steel City’
EAP lecturerReviewerLearning Technologies SIG
Director of training at PSA
Overview10 Teaching ideas
– Technology affordances– Pedagogy– Practical idea
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The Tipping point
The Tipping point
PedagogyValue tolanguage learning
Idea Language teaching
TechnologyAffordances
Practical ideas – part one
Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling
Prezi
PreziPEDAGOGYDriven by the real worldEncourage creativity
IDEAPlanning / A3
Complex topic - environment / culture
TECHNOLOGYZoom in and outNon-linear option
www.prezi.com
Wiki
Writing course Falling numbersClass wiki
Wiki PEDAGOGYA & B – writing an essayTime + distanceHistory button – process writing
IDEARefutation
“Pros and cons of censorship”
TECHNOLOGY What? Editable websiteAllows multiple authorship
Interactive whiteboards
Mimio E-beam
Do you teachwith anInteractive whiteboard?
IWB PEDAGOGYMemorable presentationBetter reviewSaveabilityKinesthetic students
IDEAHandwriting recognition software
“Beat the tool”
TECHNOLOGYDual users
Learner voting devices
Learner voting devices
PEDAGOGY
different outcomes with anonymous voting
surprise element
debate
IDEAControversial issues
TECHNOLOGY
Digital blank canvas
Toggle
Toggling
PEDAGOGYunite power of publisher-produced software
Personalisation
IDEACreate a parallel, customised course
TECHNOLOGYActive bookTeachers’ AreaDigital blank canvasCustomise
New Inside Out DigitalHeads upVaughan Jones
End ofpart one
Prezi / Wiki / IWB / Voting devices / Toggling
Practical ideas – part two
IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes
Task
• Do you have a Smartphone?
What about your students?
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
IELTSReading
IELTS app
PEDAGOGYMotivating!Autonomous
IDEADemonstrate - learning to learn
TECHNOLOGYAffordance - Disappearing text
Dictionary apps
Word frequency
PEDAGOGY
Frequency*** 2500** 5000*7,500Black
Productive vsreceptive
IDEASelect five words from different categories
TECHNOLOGY
Dictionary apps
Word frequency
Interactive phonemic charts
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Sounds
PEDAGOGYLearner autonomy
Pron practice done ‘privately’
IDEALesson monitor sheet
TECHNOLOGYPronunciation app
Dragon – naturally speaking
Dragon – speaking naturally
PEDAGOGYWe speak faster than we write
Can create a willingness to practise
IDEAStudent drafts writing through speaking
TECHNOLOGYSpeech-to-textapp
QR codes
QR codes
PEDAGOGYMotivating‘Digital paper!’
IDEATreasure hunt
TECHNOLOGYQuick Response codeScannable barcode‘Digital destination’e.g. Website TextPower Point
End of part two
IELTs / Dictionary app / Dragon / Sounds / QR codes
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The Tipping Point
Pete SharmaNovember 2012
10 Ideas forusing Technology in language courses
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