Instituto Superior San Bartolom é” 1988 - 2008 Reaching Farther, Reaching Wider

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3. Using Computer Tools to Hone Communication Rita Zeinstejer CALL Consultant rita@zeinstejer.com

4. tools • texted speech • audio and video conversation tools • Online Learning Environments • class discussion facilitators • presentation tools • pronunciation work • social tools • teacher role

5. asynchronous: email writing blogs microblogs: Twitter podcasting wikis discussion forums movie makers / comic stripmakers synchronous: (with live audience) Chat (many versions) Messenger: YM, MSN, Skype (+video) MOOS (Tapped In) Second Life texted speech: text based speaking practice

6. a blog or a wiki??

7. Blogs structured highly personal focus: process administered by oneindividual editable by creator chronologically organized Wikis flexible intensively collaborative focus: content open to anybody editable by anyone organized in innumerable ways both allow uploading of files and photos by different users

8. classblog • Sharing Learning at Ning http://ritamz.ning.com/ • Opened: March 2008 • CAE students: 18 • Age: 17-20 • Number of members today: 93

9. objectives • familiarize learners with technology • allow them to practise English in authentic, meaningful situations • contact English speaking people from other countries • raise awareness of the importance of going global • help students hone the four skills • expand learners' cultural understanding and horizons

10. main aim • successful communication • most important feature: • tagging

11. blog • Classblog: http://ritamz.ning.com/ Included: • Project work • Discussion forums • Links for extra practice • Tools and apps • Individual blogs

12. microblogging • Twitter • http://twitter.com/home • Searching for Twitterers…? • http://search.twitter.com/

13. wiki • http://caeb2008.pbwiki.com/ • collaborative project work • links • photos • maps • audio files

14. discussion forums • Learning Times: http://learningtimes.net/ • English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/ • Dave’s EFL Café: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=63056 • Onestopenglish: http://www.onestopenglish.com/

15. Movie makers • Windows Movie Maker • http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx • ZimmerTwins • http://www.zimmertwins.com/ • DigitalFilms • http://www.digitalfilms.com/ • JumpCut • http://www.jumpcut.com/ • examples: • http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2007-05-01T07_01_40-07_00(mine) • http://www.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=3210331(a std’s) • http://webheads10years.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/ritaz_comix.jpg

16. synchronous • Chat(many versions) • Messenger: YM, MSN, Skype (+video) • MOOS (Tapped In) • Second Life

17. MOOs • Multi-User Object Oriented Systems • socially oriented • text-based virtual realities • allow for safe environments • connect classes everywhere • a new way of allowing stds to write

19. Second Life • a 3D virtual world • vast digital continent teemimg with people, entertainment, opportunities • everything: resident created • making movies, acting, making transactions, investing money, having fun, opening offices and business • build your dream park, island, yacht, palace

21. synchronous: Skype, Messenger, ooVoo asynchronous: video recording: Skype + Audacity/ Pamela; mp3 recorder podcasts and video blogs Voicethread YouTube: to store video clips audio and video conversation tools: with partnerat a distance

22. finding class partners • http://www.epals.com/ • http://www.epalscorp.com • http://www.iecc.org/

23. online learning environments:OLE’s • Elluminate • Alado • WIZIQ

25. class discussion facilitatorsinteraction at computer • Simulations: •SimCity - city creation simulation game http://simcity.ea.com/about/simcity4/overview.php • Where in the World….?: capture Carmen interacting with people! http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/13/Where+in+the+World+is+Carmen+Sandiego.html • Quandary: an application for creating Web-based Action Mazeshttp://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary.php

26. presentation tools: for f2f audience • OpenOffice • MS PPT (templates)

27. pronunciation work • http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/blstress_extension.htm • http://readthewords.com/ Text To Speech Technology:generates a clear sounding audio file from almost any written material

28. Social Tools • Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ • Delicious http://delicious.com/ • Flickr http://www.flickr.com/

29. Teacher role • selecting the tool • guiding use: language, purposes, skills • integrating into lessons

30. My 2008 CAE Students Feedback • Voicethread: group conversations around images, docs and videos. http://voicethread.com/#q.b178197.i0.k0

31. when one teaches two learn…

32. summary: • http://usingcomputertoolstohonecommunication.pbwiki.com/

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