Kaplan PLI June 2013

TESOL & Technology Workshops for Kaplan PLI

June 4 and 6, 2013

Thank you for inviting me to facilitate two 90-minute workshops focused on TESOL & Technology. I hope you will leave with some new tools, new ideas, and inspiration to integrate new technologies in your classrooms.

Session 1: Tuesday, June 4

• Introductions/background/outline
• Intro to the session/topic
• Tools jigsaw
• Integrating technology into lessons/units
• Wrap-up/looking ahead to session 2

Kaplan pli tesol&tech s1 from s_yuen

Google doc for Session 1: click here



Tools Jigsaw
Task: Choose a tool from the list below that you'd like to explore, find out more about, and even sign up for and try out. You will have 20 minutes to 'play' and then 5 minutes to report back to a small group. 

Do a search for 'using ____ adult ESL' or something similar to find useful information. 

Try to find the answers to the following questions: 

• What is this tool?
• Is it free? Do users have to register and login?
• How can this tool be used in the ESL classroom? (Who creates - teacher, students, or both?)
• Is it user-friendly? Any challenges to using it?

A/ Online recording tools: Vocaroo and/or Soundcloud

• Example of a vocaroo recording embedded in a class blog

• Examples of how Soundcloud can be embedded in a class blog

B/ Vocabulary tools: Wordle and Tagxedo 

• Nik Peachey's blog post on using Wordle with ESL learners

C/ Survey creation tool: Google forms

• Tutorial: How to create a survey using Google Forms

D/ Blogs:  Blogger, Wordpress

• Example of a class blog: http://englishinvancouver.blogspot.ca/ 
• Example of a student-made blog: http://jsub.blogspot.ca/

Screen-capture/recording: Jing

• Russell Stannard's video tutorials on how to use Jing

Interactive multi-media posters: Glogster EDU
('Glogs' is short for 'Graphic Blog') 

•  Two student-made Glogs from Larry Felazzo's class
• Glog about Glogster EDU Free Single User account

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Session 2: Thursday, June 6

• Recap/Qs from Session 1
• Digital storytelling as an example of project-based learning using Web 2.0 tools
• (if time) Other tools
• Digital citizenship
• Developing your Personal Learning Network (PLN)
• Best practices in using technology in the language classroom
• Wrap-up: next steps, keeping in touch

TESOL & Technology Session 2 for Kaplan PLI from s_yuen

Digital Storytelling

•  Sara's weebly site for a 2011 digital storytelling project with upper beginner/low-intermediate learners: http://cnhelsadsp.weebly.com/
• Sara's glog for a recent webinar for tutela.ca on digital storytelling
• Workshop Task from TESL Canada 2012 blog for the 'Adventures in Digital Storytelling' presentation
• One 'simple' web-tool that can be used to create digital stories: MyBrainshark.com

Other tools for project-based learning:

• Weebly.com - drag-and-drop website builder
• Prezi -  "cloud-based presentation software with a zoomable canvas"
• Glogster - see links in Session 1 info above

Digital Citizenship

• The 'Think Before You Post campaign video
• One ESL Teacher's blog on Digital Citizenship for adult ESL learners
• Digizen: Digital Citizenship for parents, educators, children: digizen.org
• UBC's 'Digital Tattoo' site: digitaltattoo.ubc.ca/

Developing your Personal Learning Network

"A personal learning network is an informal learning network that consists of the people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from in a personal learning environment. In a PLN, a person makes a connection with another person with the specific intent that some type of learning will occur because of that connection." (Wikipedia, n.d.)

Some leaders to follow in the field of TESOL&Technology:

• Richard Byrne's Blog, 'Free Technology for Teachers'
• Larry Ferlazzo's Blog, 'Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day for teaching ELL, ESL & EFL'
• Silvia Tolisano's Blog, 'Langwitches Blog'
• Russell Stannard's Teacher Training Videos