Digital Tools with Purpose in the Classroom
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Session Outline
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Abstract
Interested in learning about new web tools for your classroom? Come and learn about digital tools with purpose.
Be part of an international group of educators who are always looking to share best practices from their classrooms. How can you help learners develop 21st century multiliteracy skills through active learning enhanced by the right tools for your specific pedagogical needs?
In this five-week online workshop offered through the Electronic Village Online, participants will be introduced to various online tools and will learn how to effectively incorporate these resources into their teaching practices. By the end of the workshop, participants will have had an overview of simple ways to spice up their lesson plans to promote students' creativity, engagement and learning. We promise it will be madly fun!
Target Audience
Any educator willing to step up to digital possibilities to enrich and enliven their classrooms with the perfect digital tool fit for their educational environments. Participants are assumed to have skills necessary for basic communication via a discussion group and Internet browsing skills (tutorials will be made available for those with difficulties in areas that may prevent participation).
Interest Section Sponsors
TESOL CALL IS, BrazTESOL, EFL IS and NNEST IS
Syllabus
Weekly Outline
By the end of this workshop, participants will have
- had a hands-on experience on how to take advantage of digital/online tools
- explored some web2.0 tools that can give support to student-generated production
- understood the processes through which students can successfully use digital tools to enhance their learning
- seen examples of different types of digital tools in use
- suggested activities based on the tools they explore
- networked with other participants and shared visually appealing and conten-rich possibilities for their educational contexts
- understood the potential of digital tools to foster multiliteracies in the 21st century classroom
- enhanced their media literacy skills to meaningfully incorporate digital production into their lesson plans
- explored the different tools as a sandbox for future classroom use and shared with peers
Week 1 (Jan 9 - 15, 2012)
During the first week of the course, participants will
- Join the group online meeting place
- exchange introductions and become familiar with the group environments
- explore some online tools
- create and/or share their digital portfolios
- go on a web safari about technology integration
- reflect upon technology integration in the classroom
- discuss their own ideas on how they can use those tools with their students.
Week 2 (Jan 16 - 22, 2012)
During this week, participants will
- explore some digital tools for writing in the classroom
- see examples of how these writing tools can be used in the classroom
- share ideas on how they would use those tools with their learners
Week 3 (Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2012)
During this week, participants will
- have an overview of online tools that can be used to develop learners' listening skills
- choose, at least, two online tools that might be used for listening skills and compare them
- share their findings with the group
Week 4 (Jan 30- Feb 05, 2012)
During this week, participants will
- explore online tools to enhance learners' speaking skills
- have a hands-on activity to learn how to use the tool of their choice
- share their findings with their peers
Week 5 (Feb 06 -12, 2012)
During this week participants will:
- have an overview of the possibilities for developing learner's reading skills in a digital world
- discuss what they´ve acquired for their teaching toolkit and assess their own learning during the session
- evaluate the workshop
Interest Section Sponsors
Video and Digital Media IS, CALL IS
Join this session
Sign up for the session starts on Jan 2nd, 2012 at our Edmodo Classdigitools group Group Code: 9m0oq6
Also, request access to our session WIKI at http://classdigitools.pbworks.com
The action starts on Jan 9, 2012.
To join this group:
- Go to: Edmodo Classdigitools group
- Click on "Sign up" as a teacher
- Request to join the Group (left side of your screen once you've signed up)
Group Code: 9m0oq6
- Follow the instructions.
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Note:
When you register for the group, you will have to be approved by the moderator in order to reduce the possibility of "unwanted" members (such as spammers).
Moderators
Carla Arena
I'm a Brazilian EFL educator who's passionate about teaching. I'm curious and always in search of online tools that can add value to my teaching practices and hook up students to learn. I truly believe in the transformational power education holds when we find the right means to engage, enchant and motivate our learners.
I'm a teacher trainer at a Binational Center in Brasilia. I've been more and more involved in e-learning projects, devising online sessions and teaching them. I'm a a blogging fan (or addict!) and enthusiastic Webhead.
I'm really excited about this online journey. For the past four years, I've co-moderated the Blogging4Educators , Images4Education and digitalstorytelling sessions, but I'm up to this challenge of another session with wonderful souls.
More about me at BrazilBridges
I blog at http://collablogatorium.blogspot.com and am a collaborator of a wonderful multicultural blog: http://pocketcultures.com
Cheryl Oakes
Hello, I am a Special Education Teacher for our high school in our school district of 1460 students Wells Ogunquit Community School District, Maine. In 2005, I completed a course during the online Electronic Village, Becoming a Webhead. That one course opened the door to so many opportunities that I am happy to "pay it back" by being part of this collaborative course. I am also a Webcaster at EdtechTalk, blogger at TechLearning.com, member of SEEDLINGS,a presenter and lover of technology, parent, kayaker and skier! Nice to meet you!
http://cheryloakes.com
http://www.techlearning.com/blog
Erika Cruvinel
My name is Erika Cruvinel and I have been teaching English as a foreign language in Brazil for 10 years. I work at a binational center, Casa Thomas Jefferson, and I am also a member of this school's EdTech Team. Nowadays, I spend most of my time working with online courses and teacher training. My main interests are the use of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom, international collaborative projects, social networks and professional development. EVO has changed the way I teach, the way I learn, my values my beliefs and it has allowed me to meet so many interesting and brilliant people from all around the globe. I hope it changes your life for better too!
More about me at BrazilBridges
Kathy Epps
I live in Switzerland; I've just moved from the International School of Geneva - Campus des Nations to the International School of Central Switzerland (ISOCS), where I'm helping teachers and students develop their interests and expertise in the possibilities offered by information and communication technology for extension, enrichment, creativity and discovery in teaching and learning. My digital portfolio is at this link.
Nina Liyulkun
I come from Ukraine and teach Business English for students at the Khmelnitskiy National University. Since joining the online community of webheads I’ve learned a lot from and with the dedicated educators whose major interest is IT for teaching and learning online. Annual TESOL’s EVO sessions give everyone a good chance to get knowledge and experience in integrating technology into educational process. I am happy to be part of the moderating team of EVO sessions since 2007 at Blogging for Educators, Images4Education and Digital Storytelling 2011. The sessions have given an impulse to continue improving skills in this area. More info about my activities can be found at collaborative WorldCALL 2008 wiki,
Saša Sirk
I am Saša Sirk, an English teacher from Slovenia. I teach freshmen at vocational college of Tehniški šolski center in Nova Gorica. I'm a webhead, an iEARNER, and a member of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers and IATEFL Slovenia. I started learning to swim in the cyber ocean in TESOL's EVO 06 and I enjoy coming back year after year to continue exploring, connecting, learning, and sharing. I blog in my Cyberkitchen.
Jane Petring
I teach at Collège Édouard-Montpetit near Montreal, Québec. It seems that I have been involved with foreign language education my whole life as a student, teacher, administrator, author or online moderator and find all of those roles constantly intersecting. I have authored three ESL textbook series that are widely used in Quebec colleges and universities and have co-moderated a number of online sessions such as Collaborative Blogging, Images4Education, digitalstorytelling among others. I have also wrestled with the relative advantages of using online tools or textbooks in several articles (e.g. Textbook and Web 2.0: Collision or Collaboration?) and created a number of blogs to help my students explore online tools: Discovering, Deducting and Digging, Exploring 19th Century Literature and English CEF Blog. I look forward to exploring more digital tools and making sure they have a purpose!
Ana Maria Menezes
I'm Ana Maria Menezes. A Brazilian EFL teacher, teacher trainer and the technology coordinator at a Language Institute. I love searching the net for new learning possibilities and publish my "discoveries" and "trials" in my blog LIFE FEAST. Since 2006 I've been trying out different webtools with my students and organising the tools according to the skills they favor. The result of this work can be found in my two books, Webtools applied to teaching and Developing the 4 Skills with Webtools. At the moment, I've started an MA in Applied Linguistics and have been writing about how technology has influenced my development as a teacher.
Mary Hillis
I am an EFL teacher at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. I'm enthusiastic about language teaching and learning and have been exploring the use of web tools for personal and professional use since participating in the 2006 EVO session Becoming a Webhead. I have been part of the moderating team for several previous EVO sessions, including Blogging4Educators and Images4Education. You can learn more about me at Education Connections.
Our Session Online Spaces
Edmodo: main environment, message board for announcements and discussions
Our Wiki: syllabus, weekly tasks, weekly discussion threads and tutorials
Our Diigo Group: online social bookmarking space where we keep all the resources being shared by the group
scoop.it : visual content aggregation.
The Electronic Village Online is a project of TESOL's CALL Interest Section
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