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Constantinos Tsouris

Foreign Language Education Learning with Video Games and Authentic Web Media Tasks - 2 views

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languagelearning videogames newmedia week5

shared by Constantinos Tsouris on 22 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Constantinos Tsouris on 22 Jul 11
     
    Abstract: In recent years, a sharp increase in the number of academic studies around the use of video games and new media for educational purposes has greatly expanded our understanding of their potential for enhancing learning.
  • Roxana Sandu on 23 Jul 11
     
    Constantinos, this a great resource of information. Thank you for sharing! I haven't sit down to read it all, but skimming through it I found plenty of interesting information. I was always interested in using video games or educational games for language learning, but never took initiative in reading anything on the topic. In the beginning of "From "Authentic Materials" to "Live Materials" section, the author mentions that the culture should not be described to students, but rather facilitate a platform for them to actually participate in that culture. I see how we can do that through games, but is there any of you using other means to do it? Is it possible to do it through social networks or second language learning networks? If yes, how exactly? Any thoughts on this?
Roxana Sandu

VoiceThread - Support - Resources - Publications Language Learning - 1 views

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voicethread scholarlyarticles K-12 HigherEd Week5

shared by Roxana Sandu on 25 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Abstract: Collaborative social interaction when using Web 2.0 in terms of VoiceThread is investigated in a case study of a Swedish university course in social psychology.
  • The results show that use of Web 2.0: a) supports students' reflections concerning their own and others' thoughts and emotions, b) supports individual students and integrates them into a work group, and c) develops students' identification and awareness in relation to self, a task and others.
  • Reflection is a core component of many outdoor education programs with many educators relying on journal writing as a means of facilitating reflection.
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  • We speculated that it might be worth trying to engage these students with "their technology," and in this paper we explore if and how Web 2.0 technologies can support student journal writing behaviours in outdoor education.
  • With the advent of Web 2.0 tools, additional language educators can extend their classrooms beyond the traditional brick-and-mortar walls to communicate with the world. One of the best ways to do so is to introduce VoiceThread into language lessons. In doing so, students can create conversations that extend across the classroom or across the globe.
  • This review takes a look at current digital storytelling protocols and strategies currently displayed through VoiceThread creations, as well as detailed strategies conducive for a powerful digital storytelling tool such as VoiceThread.
  • This article documents the curricular decisions made by a teacher educator research team whose guiding theoretical focus for intern practice is dialogic instruction. Over a 2-year sequence, teaching interns used video and Web 2.0 technologies to respond critically to and revise their teaching practices in collaboration with peers and instructors.
  • Roxana Sandu on 25 Jul 11
     
    I found this by chance just exploring around. If you check the SUPPORT section on the VoiceThread site, you will find a list of publications. They posted a collection of abstracts with links of scholarly articles written about using VoiceThread for language learning, K-12, higher education and professional development. I just skimmed through the lists, and some of the articles are accessible, while some are behind a password.
Eleni Nikiforou

Skype as a language-learning tool - Life - 0 views

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skype CARLATech Week6

shared by Eleni Nikiforou on 29 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Eleni Nikiforou on 29 Jul 11
     
    an interesting example of using skype in language learning
Roxana Sandu

100+ Language Learning Sites - 2 views

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LanguageLearning list

shared by Roxana Sandu on 21 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Roxana Sandu on 21 Jul 11
     
    Looking for a different language learning network to sing up for, I came across this list of language learning sites. I browsed through it and there are some networks I haven't heard about, as well as sites with all kind of resources for learning different languages. Hope it helps!
Roxana Sandu

http://www.carstenullrich.net/pubs/Borau09Microblogging.pdf - 2 views

www.carstenullrich.net/...Borau09Microblogging.pdf

GroupD Twitter LanguageLearning

shared by Roxana Sandu on 11 Jul 11 - No Cached
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  • Eleni Nikiforou on 14 Jul 11
     
    interesting article -just read it myself!
  • Roxana Sandu on 18 Jul 11
     
    An article about using Twitter in an English class to train communicative and cultural competence at a Distant College in China.
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