Technology in the Classroom

Carol McKee Marque

English Language Fellow

Kazakhstan American Free University

“This 'telephone' has too many

shortcomings to be seriously

considered as a means of

communication. The device is

inherently of no value to us.”

-- Western Union Telegraph

Internal memo, 1876

“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting

the kids working together and motivating

them, the teacher is most important.”

Bill Gates

“Teaching in the Internet age

means we must teach

tomorrow’s skills today.”

– Jennifer Fleming

There are many ways to use the Internet in the

classroom

The Internet• Videos (Youtube) etc.

• Online Research

• Online dictionaries

• Plagiarism websites

• Listening labs

• Blogging

• Social media e.g. Facebook

• Online classes

• Skype

• Email penpals

• Chats and Bulletin Boards

• eBooks, eTextbooks

• iTunes and other music

websites

• MOOC’s & Webinars

• Word Processing

• Slide presentations eg. Prezi

• Glogster

• Grok

• Word Clouds

• Educational games

• Vocabulary builders

Favoritenon-web based

Tech tools

PC’s or LAPTOP COMPUTERS

Projector and speakers

What’s so hot about projectors & speakers?

• It has countless applications

• It can be interactive

• It’s exciting! Sound, Music, Pictures, Videos!

• Ecological because it cuts down on paper

and expenses

POWERPOINT or

Other Open Source

Slide Presentation Apps

POWERPOINT USES

1. Visual background for lectures

2. Project daily lesson plan including goals and

objectives

3. Introduce new vocabulary with pictures

4. Introduce and play downloaded video

5. Games: Jeopardy, Survivor, and others

Lesson Plan Thursday, May 22Technical Writing

1. Put your homework in file on desk.

2. Turn to pg 248 of you textbook- answer

questions 1-8

3. Using the template on pg 249, write a

memorandum.

4. Exchange your pages with a classmate and peer

Youtube and other free video websites

The

flipped

classroom

Lectures

at home

Practice

in the

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ADVANTAGES OF VIDEORewind & Pause

Allows students to replay parts they need to hear again

Allows students to pausethe video to absorb and reflect

Learning is not confined to the classroom and most importantly at a time when they are ready to learn.

Watch anytime, anywhere

Time to revisit previous concepts and reference material.

Allows students to stop and look up words, ideas and other material necessary to follow the lesson.

TOP 20 SOCIAL NETWORK USERS

TOTAL WORLDWIDE, AGE 15+ - HOME & WORK

Country Average Hours per Visitor Average Pages per Visitor

World-Wide 3.7 525

Russia 6.6 1,307

Brazil 6.3 1,220

Canada 5.6 649

Puerto Rico 5.3 587

Spain 5.3 968

Finland 4.7 919

United Kingdom 4.6 487

Germany 4.5 793

United States 4.2 477

Put to use student’s phones

and other technology they have with them.

Top Ten Best Web-basedTech Tools

http://www.youtube.com (a site for videos)

http://busyteacher.org/ (lots of free printable material)

http://www.wordpress.com (a blog site)

http://www.esl-lab.com/ (listening comprehension)

http://www.google.com/imghp (pictures & photos)

https://www.dropbox.com/ (online file sharing & storage)

http://www.vocaroo.com (voice recording)

http://www.edmodo.com (education platform)

http://www.freerice.com (a vocabulary building site)

http://dictionary.com/ (dictionary, thesaurus & reference)

To access all of this information and more, go to my website:

http://techtalkesl.blogspot.com/