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CALL in Chile

CALL in Chile. Jennifer N. Brown August 18, 2011 Universidad Catolica del Norte. While teaching, do you ever think, “There must be a better way to facilitate this activity?”. Integrating Skills. http://400bgrammarwriting.ning.com/ http://licurrentevents.ning.com/. Technology as a Tool.

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CALL in Chile

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  1. CALL in Chile Jennifer N. Brown August 18, 2011 Universidad Catolica del Norte

  2. While teaching, do you ever think, “There must be a better way to facilitate this activity?”

  3. Integrating Skills • http://400bgrammarwriting.ning.com/ • http://licurrentevents.ning.com/

  4. Technology as a Tool • Benefits of Technology: • Lends us opportunities to integrate skills • Gives us access to authentic resources • Fosters communication and collaboration • Extends our English lessons outside of the classroom • May foster enthusiasm – Learning should be fun • Gives us multi-modal learning opportunities •  Provides more opportunities for one-to-one feedback •  Lends us opportunities for self-paced learning •  Facilitates a “greener” approach

  5. Objectives By the end of these five workshops, teachers will be able to • differentiate between several broad categories of instructional technologies and compare their uses, • evaluate uses of instructional technology in the language classroom, • demonstrate the appropriate use of instructional technology to meet specific language teaching objectives, • design and teach a micro-lesson using instructional technology as a tool to reach lesson objectives, and • develop strategies for staying up-to-date with changing technologies

  6. Grading Guidelines • Attendance & participation • Reflections on and evaluations of specific tools • Final micro-lesson

  7. Categories of Technology

  8. Where Do These Sites Belong? • http://tinyurl.com/callsites

  9. Our Class Website • Purpose: to foster communication and collaboration on instructional technology issues including • posting workshop-related updates and announcements, • sharing materials and links, • asking and answering questions, • sharing ideas and experiences, and • posting reflections and evaluations.

  10. Join Our Class Site • Go to http://grou.ps/callinchile • Fill out the top box • Fill out the profile • Click submit • Welcome to our site!

  11. Introduce Yourself • Click Forums • Click Introductions • Write two or three paragraphs about yourself

  12. Wrap-Up • Discuss with a partner: How might you use social networking with your students? • Ready to try? http://grou.ps/home/pricing • Questions? brown.jennie@gmail.com

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