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Creating Interactive Google Presentations - Apps User Group - 1 views

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google powerpoint online_lessons teacher adult_learners VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 19 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 19 Sep 12
     
    "We all know Google Presentations is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make interactive quizzes and "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories? With Google Presentations ability to link to specific slides you can build a non-linear slideshow that allows the user to make choices and go to different slides depending on their choice. Learn tips and tricks to make this work best, and see how this can be used for you or your students to make interactive quizzes and stories." This looks like fun. Users warn that some of the links to help files don't work, but give it a try.
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LLT 10(1) Digital Dante - 0 views

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literature content-based culture adult-learners teacher-training VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 01 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Great works continue to draw new specialists into the field and serve to bring the history of a language, its people, and their culture to life. Literary works serve as examples of the power and beauty of language at its best. Helping to make such texts more accessible to learners, the Web can make use of hypertext and multimedia to provide context that is so often lacking for those without the general background knowledge that a good reader is assumed to possess.
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 01 Mar 13
     
    Review of Digital Dante Website. "Great works continue to draw new specialists into the field and serve to bring the history of a language, its people, and their culture to life. Literary works serve as examples of the power and beauty of language at its best. Helping to make such texts more accessible to learners, the Web can make use of hypertext and multimedia to provide context that is so often lacking for those without the general background knowledge that a good reader is assumed to possess. "
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A democracy of groups - 0 views

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web2.0 tools law teachers VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 02 Nov 12 - Cached
  • Abstract In groups people can accomplish what they cannot do alone. Now new visual and social technologies are making it possible for people to make decisions and solve complex problems collectively. These technologies are enabling groups not only to create community but also to wield power and create rules to govern their own affairs. Electronic democracy theorists have either focused on the individual and the state, disregarding the collaborative nature of public life, or they remain wedded to outdated and unrealistic conceptions of deliberation. This article makes two central claims. First, technology will enable more effective forms of collective action. This is particularly so of the emerging tools for "collective visualization" which will profoundly reshape the ability of people to make decisions, own and dispose of assets, organize, protest, deliberate, dissent and resolve disputes together. From this argument derives a second, normative claim. We should explore ways to structure the law to defer political and legal decision–making downward to decentralized group–based decision–making. This argument about groups expands upon previous theories of law that recognize a center of power independent of central government: namely, the corporation. If we take seriously the potential impact of technology on collective action, we ought to think about what it means to give groups body as well as soul — to "incorporate" them. This paper rejects the anti–group arguments of Sunstein, Posner and Netanel and argues for the potential to realize legitimate self–governance at a "lower" and more democratic level. The law has a central role to play in empowering active citizens to take part in this new form of democracy.
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 02 Nov 12
     
    How the Internet/tools create a new basis for democratic action.
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Collaboration for the Campus Enterprise - 0 views

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mobile_tech lab-design tools teachers administration VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 16 May 12 - No Cached
  • To make the paradigm shift with campus wireless possible—or even advance its evolution—wireless must be ubiquitous and seamless. Wireless devices need to work, not just on campus, but globally, and they must be able to go from campus to home to plane to Sri Lanka seamlessly. And we can’t teach a course that makes effective use of wireless technology without an appropriate wireless device. With these infrastructure requirements, we could have classes that really use the mobility of mobile devices. One small step in that direction would be to have distributed classes where some students would physically be in a classroom while others would be distributed to various action sites. Learning about pollution? Have some students locate different polluted sites and participate in the class on site like the evening news. “This is Sue reporting Podunk the toxic chemicals are pouring into the Crimea River.”
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 16 May 12
     
    "To make the paradigm shift with campus wireless possible-or even advance its evolution-wireless must be ubiquitous and seamless. Wireless devices need to work, not just on campus, but globally, and they must be able to go from campus to home to plane to Sri Lanka seamlessly. And we can't teach a course that makes effective use of wireless technology without an appropriate wireless device. With these infrastructure requirements, we could have classes that really use the mobility of mobile devices. One small step in that direction would be to have distributed classes where some students would physically be in a classroom while others would be distributed to various action sites. Learning about pollution? Have some students locate different polluted sites and participate in the class on site like the evening news. "This is Sue reporting Podunk the toxic chemicals are pouring into the Crimea River."
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How to Create Nonreaders - 1 views

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pedagogy student-centered young-learners adult-learners motivation VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 13 Nov 13 - Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 13 Nov 13
     
    A. Kohn: "it's not really possible to motivate anyone, except perhaps yourself. If you have enough power, sure, you can make people, including students, do things. That's what rewards (e.g., grades) and punishments (e.g., grades) are for. But you can't make them do those things well....The more you rely on coercion and extrinsic inducements, as a matter of fact, the less interest students are likely to have in whatever they were induced to do. "What a teacher can do - all a teacher can do - is work with students to create a classroom culture, a climate, a curriculum that will nourish and sustain the fundamental inclinations that everyone starts out with: to make sense of oneself and the world, to become increasingly competent at tasks that are regarded as consequential, to connect with (and express oneself to) other people. Motivation - at least intrinsic motivation -- is something to be supported, or if necessary revived. It's not something we can instill in students by acting on them in a certain way. You can tap their motivation, in other words, but you can't 'motivate them.'" Another take on the idea of motivation -- it's easier to kill than to foster. Kohn gives some good advice on how to create NON-readers, and then some ways to get around the traditional approaches to teaching and learning that dominate the field of education.
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Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Analyze and Synthesize - 1 views

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presentations digital-storytelling teachers pedagogy VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 22 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 22 Jun 14
     
    "Cheating Death by PowerPoint teaches you to make great PowerPoint presentations by avoiding some common mistakes." This is a good show on how to really use PowerPoint creatively. But try Prezi, too. PowerPoint, as the presentation makes clear, seems to want you to fail. This slideshow shows how to overcome the inherent faults of the typical ppt theme and make your shows more interesting to students.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Two New Apps That Are Great for Recording Audio Interviews - 3 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...w-apps-that-are-great-for.html

PBL listening speaking adult-learners young-learners VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 21 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 21 Mar 15
     
    R. Byrne has a nice description of two apps to make interviews with -- a great listening speaking activity for ELLs, with some writing to make up questions. "The Opinion app could be a good choice if you just want students quickly create a simple recording. Students might use Opinion to record a quick reflection on what they learned during the week. If they have SoundCloud accounts Opinion makes it easy to create an on-going audio blog. "StoryCorps.me will take a little more time for students to set-up than they will spend setting-up the Opinion app. That said, StoryCorps.me is the app that I would want students to use when they are recording podcasts involving two or more people. Being able to see the questions while they record should help students keep their interviews concise and on track. "
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Use Restorative Justice Strategies to End Class Disruption - 0 views

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classroom-management pedagogy teacher-training VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 05 Mar 18 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 05 Mar 18
     
    "Traditional ways of dealing with behaviors involve the educator controlling the child. Restorative justice practices recognize the value of the student's perspective and his or her personal power and ability to make better decisions in the process of being part of a learning community." Suggestions include making time for students to share their work each morning, using an acceptance circle to share negative comments or to have other students explain why an activity is stupid (or not), making the classroom a safe place to learn (including taking a break to reflect and re-focus). These sound like over-simplifications, but beginning with the attitude that all students feel better about themselves and the class when they are able to learn could head off disruptive behaviors.
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10 Engaging eLearning Activity Templates to Promote Deeper Learning - Nick's Picks For ... - 0 views

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adult-learners science history literature content-based project-based VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 22 Mar 20 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 22 Mar 20
     
    Types of activities: Make Instagram Galleries for Historical Figures. Create a Netflix series for a novel (displaying an understanding of plot, setting, characters, etc.). Make Amazon product pages to show the types of organelles that plant or animal cells might shop for. Create a Twitter profile for George Washington. Make Facebook pages for endangered species. A variety of activities for high school students.
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5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) | Edudemic - 0 views

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mobile-tech pedagogy teachers VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 23 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 23 Apr 13
     
    "While we've witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we're struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. We're sharing these common challenges with you, so your school doesn't have to make them." Common sense, but good common sense.
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Present.me | Free online video presentation software | Make a slideshow with your power... - 0 views

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screencast video PowerPoint visual-literacy teachers VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 19 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 19 Mar 14
     
    Add a voiceover or video to your PPT presentation with PowerPoint, Google Docs or PDF (Keynote and Prezi). This useful little screencast app helps make your ppt more understandable. Or have students use it to make their own presentations. R. Stannard's training video shows how it works: http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/presentme/index.html
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10 Things I've Learned (So Far) from Making a Meta-MOOC - 0 views

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MOOC cMOOC online-learning pedagogy VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 09 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Technology has a way of making people lose their marbles — both the hype and the hysteria we saw a year ago were ridiculous.  It is good that society in general is hitting the pause button. Is there a need for online education? Absolutely. Are MOOCs the best way? Probably not in most situations, but possibly in some, and, potentially, in a future iteration, massive learning possibilities well might offer something to those otherwise excluded from higher education (by reasons of cost, time, location, disability, or other impediments).
  • Also, in the flipped classroom model, there is no cost saving; in fact, there is more individual attention. The MOOC video doesn’t save money since, we know, it requires all the human and technological apparatus beyond the video in order to be effective. A professor has many functions in a university beyond giving a lecture — including research, training future graduate students, advising, and running the university, teaching specialized advance courses, and moving fields of knowledge forward.
  • My face-to-face students will learn about the history and future of higher education partly by serving as “community wranglers” each week in the MOOC, their main effort being to transform the static videos into participatory conversations.  
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  • I’ve been humbled all over again by the innovation, ingenuity, and dedication of teachers — to their field, to their subject matter, and to anonymous students worldwide. My favorite is Professor Al Filreis of the University of Pennsylvania who teaches ModPo (Modern and Contemporary American Poetry) as a seminar.  Each week students, onsite and online, discuss a poem in real time. There are abundant office hours, discussion leaders, and even a phone number you can call to discuss your interpretations of the week’s poem. ModPo students are so loyal that, when Al gave a talk at Duke, several of his students drove in from two and three states away to be able to testify to how much they cherished the opportunity to talk about poetry together online. Difficult contemporary poets who had maybe 200 readers before now have thousands of passionate fans worldwide.
  • Interestingly, MOOCs turn out to be a great advertisement for the humanities too. There was a time when people assumed MOOC participants would only be interested in technical or vocational training. Surprise! It turns out people want to learn about culture, history, philosophy, social issues of all kinds. Even in those non-US countries where there is no tradition of liberal arts or general education, people are clamoring to both general and highly specialized liberal arts courses.
  • First let’s talk about the MOOC makers, the professors. Once the glamor goes away, why would anyone make a MOOC? I cannot speak for anyone else — since it is clear that there is wide variation in how profs are paid to design MOOCs — so let me just tell you my arrangement. I was offered $10,000 to create and teach a MOOC. Given the amount of time I’ve spent over the last seven months and that I anticipate once the MOOC begins, that’s less than minimum wage. I do this as an overload; it in no way changes my Duke salary or job requirement. More to the point, I will not be seeing a penny of that stipend. It’s in a special account that goes to the TAs for salary, to travel for the assistants to go to conferences for their own professional development, for travel to make parts of the MOOC that we’ve filmed at other locations, for equipment, and so forth. If I weren’t learning so much and enjoying it so much or if it weren’t entirely voluntary (no one put me up to this!), it would be a rip off. I have control over whether my course is run again or whether anyone else could use it.
  • Interestingly, since MOOCs, I have heard more faculty members — senior and junior — talking about the quality of teaching and learning than I have ever heard before in my career.
  • 9. The best use of MOOCs may not be to deliver uniform content massively but to create communities and networks of passionate learners galvanized around a particular topic of shared interest. To my mind, the potential for thousands of people to work together in local and distributed learning communities is very exciting. In a world where news has devolved into grandstanding, badgering, hyperbole, accusation, and sometimes even falsehood, I love the greater public good of intelligent, thoughtful, accurate, reliable content on deep and important subjects — whether algebra, genomics, Buddhist scripture, ethics, cryptography, classical music composition, or parallel programming (to list just a few offerings coming up on the Coursera platform). It is a huge public good when millions and millions of people worldwide want to be more informed, educated, trained, or simply inspired.
  • The “In our meta-MOOC” seems to me to be an over complication, and is in fact describing the original MOOC (now referred to as cMOOC) based around concepts of Connectivism (Downes & Siemens) itself drawing on Communities of Practice theory of learning (Wenger). This work was underway in 2008 http://halfanhour.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/mooc-resurgence-of-community-in-online.html
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The 'Maker' Movement Is Coming to K-12: Can Schools Get It Right? - Education Week - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...ovement-is-coming-to-k-12.html

making constructivism K-12 pedagogy teacher-training VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 02 Oct 16 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 02 Oct 16
     
    This article describes many different settings and activities that involve "making" and speaks to when and why the movement makes sense.
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McGraw-Hill exec: tech will make us rethink age-grouping in schools - Tech News and Ana... - 0 views

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pedagogy adult_learners teachers VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 02 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • As digital learning platforms continue to personalize education, McGraw-Hill SVP Jeff Livingston believes schools, particularly at the high school level, will need to rethink grouping students by age and instead organize students by competency.
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 02 Oct 12
     
    "Online platforms like Khan Academy are already starting to flip classrooms across the country so that students can learn at their own pace. But some think it might not be too long before technology pushes schools to personalize education in even more structural ways, so that students are no longer grouped by age, but by competency." The concept makes so much sense: why force students to go through seat-time if they can demonstrate they know stuff way beyond their assigned grade level? And why do all subjects have to be the same grade level at the same time?
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Welcome to The Race Card Project! - The Race Card Project - 0 views

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culture poetry adult-learners writing thinking VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 26 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 26 Mar 13
     
    "What you see here are candid submissions from people who have engaged in a little exercise. Here's how it works. Think about the word Race. How would you distill your thoughts, experiences or observations about race into one sentence that only has six words?" This National Public Radio blog makes the perfect starting point for a multicultural lesson for ESL/EFL students. The entries are sheer poetry and give a great deal of content to think about the issue of race and one's place in society, for better or worse. Each 6-word "poem" makes us, as one contributor said, "Look past race to underlying humanity."
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Teach for iPad on the iTunes App Store - 0 views

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mobile-tech iPad tools lesson-creator adult-learners young-learners very-young-learners VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 15 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 15 Apr 13
     
    "Knowmia Teach is a new free lesson planning and recording tool for teachers. It helps you create short video lessons on any subject and publish them on Knowmia.com so your students and the public can find them. Knowmia Teach makes it easy to bring in visual aids from multiple sources, organize them in steps (like slides in a presentation) and use your own voice and fingers to bring your lesson to life. You can design each step in the lesson, record illustrations as you draw them, and create sophisticated animation sequences with a simple stroke of a finger. We also give you the ability to describe your lesson in a way that makes it simple for any student who is interested in the subject to find your video. " This seems to be a hany app that allows you to design and record and draw with one app. Available at the iTunes store. So far iPad only, but their site at knowmia.com also gives tips for creating lessons using other tools and storing them at their website.
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PowerPoint 2010: How to Turn an Image Into An Animated Puzzle - 2 views

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young_learners thinking teachers teacher-training VSL project-based games

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 12 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 12 Apr 12
     
    Blog that tells how to use the PowerPoint template to make a visual puzzle. Might be fun to try with a class of learners--they make the puzzles for each other.
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Why the Traditional LMS No Longer Works - 1 views

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LMS CMS tools pedagogy teachers teacher-training VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 05 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 05 Sep 12
     
    What makes a great "social LMS"? " Does it provide a means to rate and prioritize the social learning interactions? Does it allow for evaluating the effectiveness of the social learning experience? Does it integrate with and enhance an organization's existing system? Does it track the history and outcomes of the social learning process? Does it allow for open collaboration and knowledge sharing? Does it improve productivity? Does it make learning easier?" All the reasons whya traditional LMS may not work well in an educational setting. Can Moodle adapt?
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How To Make Lesson Objectives Clear To Students - 2 views

www.teachingchannel.org/...making-lesson-objectives-clear

videos online_lessons pedagogy teachers teacher-training VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 06 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 06 Sep 12
     
    SWBAT (students will be able to . . .) is not a bad idea for ESL/EFL. This teacher makes the students repeat the goal/objective of the lesson. The Teaching Channel has a number of good videos for managing classrooms and content. Not necessarily technological.
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The Structure of a Paragraph Unit - 3 views

www.mce.k12tn.net/...paragraph_unit.htm

online_lessons writing academic adult_learners young_learners VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 29 Nov 11 - Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 29 Nov 11
     
    This web resource is for teachers of high beginning and intermediate writing courses and intermediate ESL learners. The resource provides 8 units that 1) teach about paragraph structure and paragraph elements: topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence 2) introduce transition words and coherence in a paragraph 3) provide the opportunity to learn about and practice basic writing skills such as making an outline and staying on topic. Clear explanations are supported by examples; therefore, teacher can use this resource for class preparation, and ESL learners can use it as additional material to learn about paragraph writing. Practice activities provided by the website are not interactive; however, most of the assessment tasks have answer keys. In addition, each unit provides lesson in a PDF format that can be used by a teacher as a handout. -- From Lena Shvidko For ESL K-12 learners, but would be useful for adults as well. Focuses on the paragraph, rather than the essay, so makes a good beginning set of lessons.
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