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TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND HOW THEY AID LEARNING

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND HOW THEY AID LEARNING. Deborah Healey and Robert Elliott dhealey@uoregon.edu robert@uoregon.edu sites.google.com/site/ technologytoolsforlanguage /. Overview. Section 1: Easy time-savers Breaking News English Word comments

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TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND HOW THEY AID LEARNING

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  1. TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND HOW THEY AID LEARNING Deborah Healey and Robert Elliott dhealey@uoregon.edu robert@uoregon.edu sites.google.com/site/technologytoolsforlanguage/

  2. Overview • Section 1: Easy time-savers • Breaking News English • Word comments • Section 2: Google suite • Docs • Forms • Sites • Section 3: Interesting teacher tool • Visuwords

  3. Ready-made lessons/exercises • Breaking News English: www.breakingnewsenglish.com Variety of topics • Pre-reading • Reading • Listening (mp3 + gap-fill) • Follow-up • Pair and group work • Word and PDF format • 11+ page handout to adapt as you like

  4. www.breakingnewsenglish.com

  5. http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1101/110131-chocolate_drought.htmlhttp://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1101/110131-chocolate_drought.html

  6. Use the .mp3 file

  7. Word features • Word options for Teacher Feedback • Insert Comments • Track Changes

  8. Insert Comments • Open the essay that you will comment on. • Find a place where you want to comment. Highlight the word that will anchor your comment. • Review ribbon – click on New Comment • Office 2003: Pull down Insert to Comment. • Type your comment.

  9. Sample with Insert Comments

  10. Track Changes

  11. Compare Documents Good for process writing – see what changes students made.

  12. Section 2: Google Tools • Google Docs • Google Forms • Google Sites

  13. Sharing with Google Docs • Share files easily • Collaborative writing tool • Simultaneous editing • Set who can see the shared documents • Anyone • Anyone with the link • Only people you specify • http://docs.google.com

  14. Sample: http://tinyurl.com/sampletable

  15. Google Forms • http://docs.google.com => Create Form • Create a survey (no limit and free) • Get the results (only the creator and others with permission) • Create graphs

  16. While editing

  17. The final version

  18. Available for use Sample form: http://tinyurl.com/4ujhm84

  19. Spreadsheet view

  20. Graphical view

  21. Google Sites • http://sites.google.com • Create a space to share files, photos, ideas • Users can be editors or viewers • Teacher/editors can see who did what - versions are named • Four basic formats for pages • Web page • Announcements (blog) • List with defined categories • File cabinet to upload files easily

  22. Easiest to use

  23. Types of pages

  24. Sharing

  25. Section 3 • Visuwords: http://www.visuwords.com • Another way to explore and learn vocabulary

  26. Thanks!Deborah Healey & Robert Elliottsites.google.com/site/technologytoolsforlanguage/

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