CALL Workshop

1. CALL Workshop Introduction to CALL Dr. Deborah Healey English Language Institute Oregon State University deborah.healey@oregonstate.edu http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd

2. Getting Acquainted Welcome! • Who do you teach? • What previous experience have you had?

3. Agenda • Introduction: • Why use CALL? • CALL settings and resources • Teacher resources • Lab use • One-computer classroom • Independent by students

4. Needs assessment • Who are the users? • What are the goals? • What is the setting? • How much do you know? • What do you have now? • How much money can you spend? >

5. Introduction: Why use CALL? • Interaction with others • Variety • Multimedia • Authentic material • Teacher resources >

6. What CALL is for- a few ideas • Connecting students to each other, to English learners and native speakers, and to the teacher • Students working with each other • Students working on a specific skill • Teachers preparing material >

7. Reflect as you watch… • What is the goal of the site/program? • For what learners would it achieve the goal? • Are multiple modes of learning available? • Are students thinking, or are they just clicking? >

8. Teacher resources: Internet • Lesson plans: http://iteslj.org • Articles and research: http://iteslj.org • Authentic material in different media • www.bbc.co.uk -> learning English • www.cnn.com/studentnews/ • www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/educators/ • Mailing list for teachers: TESL-L: search or www.hunter.cuny.edu/~tesl-l/ • Research/search tool: www.noodletools.com

9. Teacher resources: Software • Crossword generator (Hot Potatoes – download from http://hotpot.uvic.ca), Crossword Kit) • Authoring programs (Hot Potatoes) • Gradebook (many online) • Tools in Word: Insert Comments (from the Insert menu), Autosummarize (from the Tools menu) • CD-ROMs that accompany texts (and websites)

10. Lab use • Software and Internet sites for individual or whole-group use • Start by modeling appropriate use • Consider a teacher-control lab setup • Good to have first-time use with the teacher if Ss will work alone later • Writing and pre-writing help • Group discussion sites like www.nicenet.org

11. One-computer classroom • Whole-class and individual resources • Presentation with projector • SmartBoard with whole group • Resource center for individuals and small groups

12. One-computer classroom: Software • Simulations (Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Pharaoh) • CD-ROM references – encyclopedia, etc. • Concordancer

13. One-computer classroom: Internet • Audio/video –show these, then do follow-up activities in the classroom • BBC Learning English (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/) • CNN (www.cnn.com) • Download videos from English Insight - http://condor.depaul.edu/~dsorsa/insight/ • Concordancers • Lexical Tutor (concordancer and more): www.lextutor.ca/ concordance of “since” • MICASE: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micase/ (spoken English) concordance of “since”

14. One-computer classroom • Simulations : http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/software/simulations/ index.htm (mostly science-related) • Global warming at http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna/ climatechange/ • City Creator: http://www.citycreator.com/ • 5-minute quiz fun – choose the quiz ahead of time and just have fun: www.manythings.org/ • Reference information • www.iTools.com for teachers and students • www.noodletools.com for the teacher

15. Independent use • Open lab hours and at home • Needs: • Clear instructions • Objectives to meet + outcomes to achieve • Record-keeping method • Internet sites for students – select ones from: oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/internetpossibilities.html • Software with record-keeping • Class and individual web pages or blogs

16. Comments and Q&A