Innovative uses of digital technology for teaching oral skills

1. Innovative uses of digital technology for teaching oral skills Panelist: Kristi Reyes, kreyes@miracosta.edu MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA

2. Web 2.0 Tools for Student Oral Projects • Video sharing sites • Slideshow sharing • Blogs • Wikis • Podcasting • VoiceThread • Glogster • Handout and PowerPointat http://snipurl.com/krtesol09

3. Video sharing sites • YouTube, TeacherTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, blip.tv • blip.tv allows uploads of 1 GB video max. • Sample • Commenting by text

4. Online slideshows • authorSTREAM • Upload PowerPoint presentations with narrated slides or inserted audio • Sample • Commenting by text • authorSTREAM directions • Sample Past Tense Regular Verbs with audio • Common Irregular Past Tense Verbs with audio

5. Blog • Blogger • Audio files uploaded to other sites can be embedded; Many blogs allow direct uploading of video (100 MB on Blogger.com, for example) • "Speaking with the Stars" team project pre- and post-taping • Mock Job Interview Team Project • Commenting by text • Blogger directions

6. Wiki • Shared class Web page; students can have their own wiki pages; with most wikis, uploading a video file straight to a wiki page will take up a lot of space, so consider first uploading to a video sharing site (YouTube, TeacherTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, blip.tv, etc.) and then embedding on a wiki page • Sample student video with comments on student wiki page of class wiki, using Wikispaces • Commenting by text but audio and video commenting possible

7. Podcasts • Web-based audio broadcast, but many podcast sites now permit posting of video • PodOmatic • Upload video files or record with webcam, upload audio files or record with computer microphone, upload images; audio/video media files up to 350 MB; 500 MB total storage with a free account • Sampleof Mock Job Interview Project (second taping) on class podcast page • Commenting by text • PodOmatic directions

8. VoiceThread • Upload images, documents (PowerPoint, PDF, Word, Excel), or video files and narrate or comment by text, voice (computer microphone, phone, uploaded audio file), video (webcam) • VoiceThreadsare saved on the site but can be emailed or embedded on a Web page or blog • Sample

9. VoiceThread • Others found through site search using "ESL": • Class Basic Conversation • Basic vocabulary • Intermediate vocabulary • Pronunciation of vowels • Pronunciation of consonantsSpeaking practice for a classTalking about the newsTell a story about a picture  • Student oral responses to pictures 1 and 2Pronunciation of /l/ through songClass interviews with instructor feedback 1 and 2 (video) • VoiceThread directions • VoiceThread Manual • VoiceThread Tutorials

10. Glogster • Multi-media online scrapbook pages: posters that combine uploaded user images, video (uploaded from your computer, hyperlinked, or embedded from video sharing sites like YouTube), and audio (music, sound effects, voice recordings) with text and designs • Each “glog” is saved to the site but can also be emailed or embedded on a Web page or blog • Sample Student Project 1

11. Glogster • Glogster edu provides master accounts for teachers, integrating all student accounts and keeps accounts private • Sample Student Project 2 • Commenting by text • Glogster directions

12. Any Questions? Feel free to email me kreyes@ miracosta. edu Thank you!