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If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow (J.Dewey)

Raising our Students’ Confidence in their Speaking with Web 2.0 Tools Dr. A nisoara Pop, Dimitire Cantemir Univeristy , Targu - Mures, Romania Languages as a Lifeskill - New Perspectives on LSP Teaching and Learning May, 21 st – 22 nd , 2010 Bucharest, Romania.

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If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow (J.Dewey)

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  1. Raising our Students’ Confidence in their Speaking with Web 2.0 Tools Dr. Anisoara Pop, DimitireCantemirUniveristy, Targu-Mures, Romania Languages as a Lifeskill - New Perspectives on LSP Teaching and LearningMay, 21st – 22nd , 2010Bucharest, Romania This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. ENJOY GRUNDTVIG 10 TIMES! If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow (J.Dewey)

  2. Levering learning personalization • Mixed ability, adult learners • Learning styles • Affinity for different environments CHOICE: CONTINGENCY PLANS

  3. Speaking and listening can be moved into the 21st century In-vitro conversations Change ! Communication is not pleasant, fun 2-hours/week T-dependence

  4. Speaking: Problem - Solution Flexible: Asynchronous tools Safer environments Pull down classroom walls

  5. Speaking solution Improve speaking

  6. Help raise your students’ confidence in speaking with Web 2.0 speaking tools

  7. Voice Web 2.0 tools • Free, versatile platforms for asynchronous communication • EVO 2009/2010/.. - online teacher development workshops: Becoming a Webheadhttp://baw2010.pbworks.com

  8. Web 2.0 voice tools

  9. a new way to talk online Voxopophttp//www.voxopop.com • Message boards with real voices: discuss with people all over the world

  10. You can: • Build a threaded audio discussion • Explore and join existing talk groups

  11. Reflective speaking: http://www.voxopop.com/topic/51bd74ec-87ef-4db2-a8df-6cef2a23903c

  12. Practising structures and vocabulary: http://www.voxopop.com/topic/5e20c5b2-31ed-4eaf-83d6-ae3a2d6ebc6e

  13. Specific to VOP • Focuses on the sound rather than on an image • comment only with the voice (microphone but not video cam) • Text comments - a few words • Cannot be embedded in blogs • Has a more linear structure • It can be subscribed to: you are automatically updated

  14. VP examples you/students can explore • What’s happening today? http://www.voxopop.com/topic/6d4a163c-1a0e-4897-8247-952c06fdc0be • Whadaya: http://www.voxopop.com/topic/1e77d4b6-f6e3-43c6-b38b-0cf0740f7e02 • Featured talk groups: TOEFL, CAE, IELTS

  15. VOICE THREAD (VT) = group audio blog http://voicethread.com • Voice tool about having conversations around videos, images, presentations. • Can securely capture and hold a group discussion on one simple page. You can leave audio, video, text comments.

  16. To leave an audio comment you can use your: telephone microphone video camera

  17. http://voicethread.com/#u621787

  18. VT examples you can explore • Add yourself on the World Map http://voicethread.com/share/4400/ • Why do people hate?http://ed.voicethread.com/#q.b88781 • View and discuss a video: http://voicethread.com/#u578.b161763.i863134 • Mystery places: http://voicethread.com/#u205451.b385249.i2032533 • Brazil: http://voicethread.com/share/69307/ • Romania: http://voicethread.com/share/88714/

  19. SIMILARITIES • A new way to talk online • Build new vs. Explore and join existing ones • SHARED vs PRIVATE • Embedded in wikis, personal sites

  20. OPPORTUNITIES • Talk to real people • Encounter different accents: natives and non-natives • Impact and motivation • Enhanced exposure and use outside the classroom

  21. Flexibility • Collaboration • Asynchronous tools develop autonomy and critical thinking which are skills for life

  22. strengths

  23. memorability strengths

  24. Weaknesses/Threats • Invest time • Students who lack digital affinity/Internet connection • Upload latest version of Java • School policy about public speaking • Vop comments cannot be moderated (however, security is ensured through membership moderation) • Voice quality

  25. Explore the potential of Web 2.0 Voice Tools Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire (W.B.Yeats)

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