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LanguagesHAT Project Presentation

LanguagesHAT Project Presentation . Teacher Name: Jessica Cormick School Name: St Joseph’s Primary, Black Rock Project Title: Let’s Speak with ICT. What I did….

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LanguagesHAT Project Presentation

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  1. LanguagesHAT Project Presentation Teacher Name: Jessica Cormick School Name: St Joseph’s Primary, Black Rock Project Title: Let’s Speak with ICT

  2. What I did… • Researched, planned and implemented a variety of ICT-based classroom tasks to increase opportunities for speaking in the target language • Created opportunities for peer assessment and add-on listening tasks • ICT Tools/apps used include but not limited to: • Here’s an example:

  3. What I learnt… • Students speak with more confidence & take greater risks when given the option to record, edit & re-record their speech as opposed to ‘live’ speaking tasks • Students prefer ICT-based speaking tasks designed for pair or small group work rather than individual tasks • The more open-ended the task, the more enthusiastic and creative the students’ approach. • Open-ended tasks allowed students to extend their learning and also insert some ‘personality’ into their work • Need to find a balance between creativity and authenticity/appropriateness of content (very careful wording of task and criteria required) • Similarly ICT-based speaking activities can sometimes inadvertently become an ICT activity with a bit of speaking on the side(students can get caught up with how things look (time-consuming) • Speaking activities are the logical vehicle for listening activities, but not necessarily for assessment of listening skills! • Students enjoyed the opportunity to take part in peer assessment and almost all students undertook this task thoughtfully and respectfully • The success of ICT-based speaking tasks depend on adequate scaffolding of learning – time constraints (1 hour/week) & program interruptions are both issues • Success also requires easy access to learning technologies and for everything to be working effectively on the day (networks, iPadsvs Lap-tops etc). • And finally, I learnt that I don’t need to (and can’t) be the ‘holder’ of ICT knowledge – students shine when given the chance to be the ‘experts’!

  4. What next… • Keep going, but … • Investigate alternative ICT-based speaking tasks that have less of a visual focus (& therefore less time-consuming) • Refine wording/criteria of future tasks to ensure task will elicit the required output • Examine validity of accompanying listening tasks as assessment tasks?? • Harness the opportunities for accompanying ICT-based listening tasks i.e. Socrative • Trial ICT-based tool/app to give one-on-one feedback remotely i.e. Jing • Ideally, create a Weebly for my classes where students can show-case their work • Get further feedback and/or suggestions from the students themselves – they know so much!

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