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Thank you for all the ideas you shared with us today!! I hope to attend another presentation of yours again!!

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A social media like Tumblr can be very useful for language teaching. You can create blog-type sites where you can post text, images, quotes, videos, etc. It's better than other blog sites because you can connect with other users, ask questions on their blogs or chat through instant messages. The Tumblr community has plenty of academics and students post their ideas (in a more informal way) on Tumblr, so you can come across all sorts of opinions and ideas. Once you're familiar with it, it's not hard to use and customize at all.
We think this tool would be particularly appealing to teenagers and advanced students.

We really enjoyed the talk! We learnt a lot and we can't wait to put it into practice. Thank you for coming to UCA!

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Facebook Project 1. Add ME as a friend in the search field with email: sol.escobar@icloud.com 2. I will add you to the group and send you a private message asking for your real name. 3. Post a 'hello' message on the group's wall! :) Be part of the Spanish One Facebook group!

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Benefits of learning technologies
Why use technology?
Social media and online applications for language teaching

Ubiquitous
Information access
Exposure to target language
Entertainment
Creating content
Publishing
Interaction in TL
Community
Learning management
Tools
Pedagogy vs Technology
Technology can inspire
creativity and bring opportunities to connect to new people and be exposed to novel ideas, which otherwise might have been out of our reach.
Which learning technologies?
Internet
blogs, social networks, news, games, videos, chats, podcasts, translators, images, etc.
Software
apps, ebooks, dictionaries, music, presentations, mind-mapping, etc.
Hardware
computers, tablets, projectors, cameras, voice recorders, webcams, mobile phones, IWBs, etc.
Motivating
Engaging
Interactive
Evolving
Sol Escobar
University of Essex
University of Cambridge

Information
Instant access to data
Practical settings - real examples
Broadening of topics - mind maps
Visual cues - videos
Real communication - telecollaboration
Tangible results - publish work
Which of the two is more important when assessing what technologies to use?

Integration
Learning Community*
Questions
Should I use technology? Why?

Who is this technology best for?

What am I trying to achieve with the use of this technology?

Which technology should I use?

Where and when should I use it?

How can I use it so it's well integrated in the curriculum?

Example tools
Internet - definitions, vocabulary, examples, linguistic varieties
Visual props - describe what you see
Google Maps - real time interactions/directions
Video - authentic recordings, news, speaking stimulus, foreign media
Curriculum - deepen and enhance the learning process
Support 4 key components of the learning process (Edutopia):
active engagement
participation in groups
frequent interaction and feedback
real world connections
What are you doing in your class right now
and how can it be improved by adding learning technologies?
Technology
vs
learning objectives
Neither! Students come first.
Which tools do they own?

Which websites do they use?
What is their attitude towards technology?
What technology is available?
Blended Learning
"A language course which combines a face to face classroom component with an appropriate use of technology" (Sharma & Barrett, 200&)
VLE - Moodle & Blackboard
participate in discussion forums
share information (links, files, etc)
prepare for lessons (flipped class)
one-stop learning environment
online assessments and exercises
The 'wow' factor
Beware of being blindsided by the novelty and sacrificing pedagogy for the new technology
SLA
SLA & CALL
In learning, people count on computers to follow basic Gricean principles - provide information which is 'relevant, truthful, informative, clear, unambiguous, brief and orderly' (Pinker, 1995)
Creation of implicit competence will occur if L2 learners
engage in more interactive activities.

There must be authentic language and communication situations taking place in the classroom.
Teaching strategies must be interactive as well.

Asking questions of each other and of the teacher
will help L2 learners.

Neurolinguistics
"Anyone who tries
to make a distinction
between education and entertainment
doesn't know the first thing about either "
Marshall McLuhan
Canadian educator, scholar and philosopher
1911-1980

Shouldn't be something special

Shouldn't be a one off
Shouldn't be a reward
*A group of students who share
an interest, a common purpose
and similar learning goals.
Language is constructed in a social context
Facilitation of communication outside of the classroom
Regular interaction over an extended period of time
Peer feedback and accountability.
Class blogs
Sharing information (in class)
Telecollaboration (outside of class)
For example:
Class magazine/newspaper
Cultural exchange
Tourism
Literature

Administrator - creator and moderator
Editor - can edit other's work, peer corrections
Author - can publish and comment
Contributor - needs permission to publish
www.wordpress.com
Easily editable webpages
www.wikipaces.com
www.pbworks.com

Create a class record of language learned

Ask students to ask and answer questions

Use as revision page
Digital noticeboard or online poster site

Post digital sticky notes, photos, links, videos, etc.

Students can publish their own work this way

Use a shared class environment for students to get to know each other or contribute ideas/materials to topics covered in class

www.padlet.com
www.noteapp.com
INTERNET
SAFETY
Class twitter account
160 characters in target language
Voice-text recognition (mobile)
For example:
Daily/weekly questions
Student moderators on different topics
Summarise your day
www.quizlet.com
Vocabulary/grammar building website
Flashcards, revision activities, live vocab games

www.instagram.com
Photography sharing website
Publish short videos
Create class hashtags
Start a 'language challenge'
Students can follow language
accounts or accts in other languages
www.wordle.net
www.worditout.com
Create word clouds from texts (news, songs, articles, etc.)
students to guess what text is about
re-write the story/sentences from cloud
write paragraph/story and make cloud for class
prompt conversations using vocabulary
www.visuwords.com
Visual dictionary that allows learners to visualise the relationships between words
ww.kahoot.it
Quiz building website
Vocabulary/grammar consolidation
Survey-like activities
As many uses as you can think of!

Twitter for Teachers
#LTHEchat
#MFLTwitterati
#Langchat
#EDtech
Avoid using technology for technology's sake
Use an available technology because
it serves the language aims of the lesson,
rather than just 'because it's there'
That being said:

Computer Assisted Language Learning
or CALL introduced the organisation
of teaching around different technologies
Krashen's Second Language Acquisition Theory:
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+ 1>
(scaffolding)
comprehensible input that is both challenging and assessable, slightly more complex than current level

Acquisition
- subconscious learning, not aware vs.
Learning
- conscious; what happens in the classroom.
(Krashen, 1982)
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Augmentation in the opportunities for L2 learners to receive tailored TL input to potentiate learning
Netten and Germain's Guidelines
for an Effective Classroom
Carter and McCarthy's
Strategies
for Teaching Vocabulary
Use techniques that evoke visual image associations
Encourage students to guess by using contextual clues
Teach words in discourse to develop an appreciation of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic functions of lexical items

Strategies for Eliciting and Acquiring Vocabulary
Contextualisation: creation of an appropriate and significant environment in which a learning activity may be located; teacher needs to have conversations with students, and students having conversations with each other
Visualization: pictures, slides, film, videos, and related technology
Diversification: a wide range of learning activities
Personalization-include students as active participants in language activities

https://getkahoot.com
After the presentation, someone suggested on the Padlet board that Tumblr is also an excellent microblogging and networking site. Go to the Padlet page for more ideas from this attendee!
The link for Tumblr is:
https://www.tumblr.com

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Benefits of learning technologiesWhy use technology? Social media and online applications for language teaching Ubiquitous Information accessExposure to target languageEntertainmentCreating content PublishingInteraction in TLCommunityLearning management Tools Pedagogy vs Technology Technology can inspire creativity and bring opportunities to connect to new people and be exposed to novel ideas, which otherwise might have been out of our reach.

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I've found that this tool is extremely versatile and I use it constantly as a student, but I know that I would use it a lot as a teacher too. It is great not only to organise your files and have everything accessible from any device, but it also includes an Office-like suite which is very powerful

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I really enjoyed the lecture and I discovered a new world which was completely unknown to me. I'd like to ask you if it's possible to post the link to the Prezi you used today. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us!

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Mindmeister
https://www.mindmeister.com
Stormboard
https://stormboard.com
MIndmup
https://www.mindmup.com

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https://elearningindustry.com/10-best-language-learning-apps-for-kids

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Edmodo
https://www.edmodo.com

Google classroom
https://edu.google.com/intl/en/products/productivity-tools/classroom/

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-for beginners: opening question (teacher) and students respond either in videos or photos with text. Example: what did you eat today?
-for advanced lerners: practice speaking and writing about the articles that one can read on the app

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The idea is to use Instagram with young adults in an advanced level.
The project would be to add comments on posts uploaded by the teacher so as to learn acronyms related to social media and everyday language. Emojis are forbidden.

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We really liked the presentation. It was very useful!! Wer are going to use it a lot

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We really liked the presentation. It was very useful!! Wer are going to use it a lot

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Annotate any image and video to make them interactive
https://www.thinglink.com

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Interactive quizzes, assessment and activities with real time feedback
https://www.socrative.com

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Post here to let me know what ideas you've come up with today, what you think of the session or any questions you might have.