Combining Best-of-Breed Technologies in Actual and Virtual Language Labs Dr. Richard A. Laden Director, E-LangLab, LLC

1. Combining Best-of-Breed Technologies in Actual and Virtual Language Labs Dr. Richard A. Laden Director, E-LangLab, LLC E-LangLab, LLC

2. Best-of-breed Technologies • E-LangLab’s LangLab PASSPORT – an affordable multimedia platform for learning any language at any level, anywhere • The only product to receive top scores in all categories in a recent IALLT study of language-lab solutions • GenevaLogic’s Vision – the leading software product worldwide for classroom management and control • Winner of educational software awards (BESSIE, EDDIE, etc.) E-LangLab, LLC

3. What is LANGLAB PASSPORT? • A suite of software modules that turn any computer room into a multimedia digital language lab • Supports remote use by teachers and students • A flexible tool for creating and delivering varied and enjoyable lessons that teach all language skills • A way to draw on resources of all types—audio, video, Web sites, images, PowerPoint, documents, etc.—to put language in an authentic cultural context • A vehicle for teacher-student interaction E-LangLab, LLC

4. What can students do? • Easily retrieve lessons from menus • Work individually and at their own pace • Listen, record responses, replay, practice • Read instructions, text, questions • Answer questions by clicking on checkboxes or typing in text boxes • View images, videos, Web sites, etc. • Work in pairs or groups, recording conversations prompted by lesson materials, replay • Call the teacher for help • Listen to teacher’s comments in recordings E-LangLab, LLC

5. Monitor students as they work and speak with an individual, a group, or the whole class • Retrieve students’ work later—even from home—and guide students by inserting comments in their recordings or written work • Create lessons by recording new audio or by importing and editing existing audio • Enrich lessons with a variety of materials and customize them for a class and for different learning styles • Use lessons as tests • Easily review students’ progress over time What can teachers do? E-LangLab, LLC

6. Pedagogical advantages • Mutually-reinforcing stimuli help students learn faster and retain better • Students can progress step-by-step from highly structured activities to free responses • Frequent oral and written responses keep students engaged • Instructional time increases and its use is optimized • Varied materials/activities make lessons fun • Simplicity of use for students and teachers E-LangLab, LLC

7. Competitive advantages • The only product awarded top marks in all categories in a recent IALLT study: range and usefulness of features, ease and reliability of use, value for money, etc. • The only cross-platform solution with comparable functionality: runs on PC + Mac + etc. • Makes possible remote use for homework and distance learning or convenience of evaluating students’ work from home • Pull technology for resources means that the teacher doesn’t have to be a human file-server • Unparalleled affordability for such functionality E-LangLab, LLC

8. New in Release 2.2 • Better-looking (new buttons) • Even easier to use (one-click insertion of recording pauses, easy class roster creation/management, easy item insertion and re-ordering, checkbox/text box creation, easier finding and linking instructional resources, etc.) • Pedagogically significant enhancements – configurable text window (use formatting to highlight key elements), mechanism for feedback on written work, easy importing of lessons prepared off-line or elsewhere, volume regulation in sections of sound clips, etc. • Learn more--go to our News section of our Web site and click to bring up release notes E-LangLab, LLC

9. LangLab PASSPORT in use E-LangLab, LLC

10. The Client module E-LangLab, LLC

11. The Teacher module E-LangLab, LLC

12. The Monitor module E-LangLab, LLC

13. The Admin module E-LangLab, LLC

14. The Let’sT@lk Client module E-LangLab, LLC

15. The Let’sT@lk Monitor module E-LangLab, LLC

16. To take a closer look… • http://www.elanglab.com • Request a free fully-functional demo version with complete documentation—e-mail info@elanglab.com • Request a demo at your institution E-LangLab, LLC

17. Using LangLab with Vision What Vision can add • Supervision—ability to watch students’ screens as they work, help with written work and use of external resources (video, Web) • Control and enforcement of testing restrictions • Demonstration functions (teacher to students, “model student” to all) • Ability to deal with materials not yet linked to items of lessons—improvise lessons on the fly E-LangLab, LLC

18. My Classrooms Request User Name Supervision Disconnect Classroom App-Control Remote Control Pointer Blank Screen Snap Viewer Connect Classroom Demo Virtual Teacher Live Supervision Stop Modes Snap Surf-Lock Chat Shutdown The Vision6 Toolbar E-LangLab, LLC

19. Vision toolbar functions My Classrooms Lets you select and manage Vision Classrooms. Stop Modes Stops Vision functions running on student computers. Connect Classroom Connects to selected classroom to manage students. Request User Name Sends a request to students asking them to enter their name. Disconnect Classroom Disconnects the active classroom. Shutdown Allows you to remotely shutdown, restart or logon student computers. Demo Starts a demo in the mode you select from drop-down list. App-Control Launch and control files, applications on students’ computers. Remote Control Starts a remote control session with the student you select. Surf-Lock Provides access to Surf-Lock features. Virtual Teacher For sharing a student’s screen with others—”model student” function. Pointer Opens the Pointer toolbar used for annotation. Blank Screen Locks students’ mouse/keyboard and replaces desktop with fixed image. Snap Starts the Snap program to take snapshots of a student’s screen. Live Supervision Allows you to monitor a specific student’s computer. Snap Viewer Opens the Snap viewer on student computers, to show them images you have captured with the Snap program. Supervision Allows you to monitor student computers in your classroom. Chat Starts the Chat program. E-LangLab, LLC

20. Using Vision with LangLab PASSPORT (1) Live Supervision Select the student you want to monitor from the drop-down list. Use it with LangLab PASSPORT: --when a student is having problems with written work or viewed material, to help the student • Written responses • A Web site the student is using • Images • Documents (or something in the text window itself) • Video clips the student is watching and has paused --as an extra check on progress as students work (testing, etc.) E-LangLab, LLC

21. Using Vision with LangLab PASSPORT (2) Virtual Teacher Select a student from the drop-down list, share his/her screen with other students. Use it with LangLab PASSPORT: --to share one student’s written answers in the text window with others and discuss them (common errors, interesting answers, etc.) --to share Web sites a student is using for an item with others E-LangLab, LLC

22. Using Vision with LangLab PASSPORT (3) Demo Show students how to do something.Select the demo type you want to use. The current demo setting is in bolded. Use it with LangLab PASSPORT: • To show them initially how to use the Client module or Let’sT@lk Client • To show them how to do written work for an item and/or explain which answers are correct • To show them how to check Windows sound controls in case of a problem E-LangLab, LLC

23. Using Vision with LangLab PASSPORT (4) The Blank Screen function Locks a student’s mouse/keyboard, replaces desktop with a static image. Use it with LangLab PASSPORT: • To enforce conditions of timed testing • Keep students from going back to previous items or jumping ahead • Block work on an item after time limit • Enforce the time limit for the whole test • Use it if students in pair/group conversations go off-task and persist after you join group to warn them • Use it for one student, selected students, or the whole class E-LangLab, LLC

24. Using Vision with LangLab PASSPORT (5) App-Control For sharing files and applications Use it with LangLab PASSPORT: • When you want to send one student’s recording to others • You hear something while monitoring students. • You find the student’s recording for the item in the student_files folder for the course. • You send the file to all. • It plays in a media player. • When you want to send files not yet linked to items of lessons to students, especially material on your computer (CD tracks, etc.) E-LangLab, LLC

25. Using App-Control to Improvise Lessons (AP Test, etc.) • Create a lesson without content: a name, lots of items, but no clips, text, or files associated with them. • When sound mixer is on, what student hears will be mixed with microphone input in recordings. • Speak to students and remind them to click on Record for each item. • Play a CD track (or video clip), let students respond during pauses or afterward, then stop recording. • Students’ files have prompt and response • Send them to testing agency • Retrieve and provide feedback on them, as with any student recordings. • Import audio later, enrich items with other resources. E-LangLab, LLC

26. To learn more… • See it at FLANC • Look at our Web site http://www.elanglab.com and GenevaLogic’s http://www.genevalogic.com • Try demo versions in your own lab • E-mail us: info@elanglab.com E-LangLab, LLC