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Marlene Johnshoy

IA Strategy: Addressing the Signatures of Information Overload :: UXmatters - 1 views

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UX IA information overload

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  • Koltay—and likely most of you who are reading this column—have observed how Web 2.0 and the use of folksonomies have created conditions that result in information overload. When we provide applications that let users manage information, and those users have limited to no awareness of knowledge organization for the Web, the information architectures that evolve for users and the entire system may be less than optimal. Since most users are not equipped to produce sound classification schemes or efficient top-down taxonomies on their own, their impact on any system creates what I call a literacy gap, depicted in Figure 6. Depending on the other signatures of information overload that play out in users’ interaction with a system, the consequences of their literacy gap can lead to information overload. Koltay’s article makes this claim, and I agree.
    • Charles Zook
      Charles Zook on 21 Jul 12
       
      I am experimenting with "sticky notes" as I ponder info overload and juggle all the new web2.0 I can handle! :-)
    • Charles Zook
      Charles Zook on 21 Jul 12
       
      The above excerpt reminds me of a collaborative review project that we did in my class at the end of the last school year. We broke down each unit and lesson that we had covered into chunks and each student was supposed to make virtual flashcards (on quizlet.com) with their chunk of the material. Some students did great while others were absolutely lost while using the computers. It had a deleterious effect on the overall project. As I try to imagine implementing more web resources with the goal of productive communication and interaction in L2, I am troubled by the disparity of web/computer literacy among students. I don't mean to sound negative, but it is something I really struggle with. What about the students who lack the necessary skills?
    • Marlene Johnshoy
      Marlene Johnshoy on 30 Jul 12
       
      Even when working with teachers, we find this in workshops.  We tend to pair/group teachers, so they can help each other out - have you tried that with students?
    • Charles Zook
      Charles Zook on 31 Jul 12
       
      Yes, I did assign pairs. Some students are smartphone literate and seem to have little to no interest in anything desktop. Hmmm...perhaps I should try focusing on the ipads.
  • Yes, while Twitter is most engaging when tweets are firing away, it is also a poster child for propagating information overload.
    • Charles Zook
      Charles Zook on 21 Jul 12
       
      Another good point! I love all the new technologies at our fingertips, but at some point it becomes a bit overwhelming.
Louiza Kondilis

Free online tutorial for using Voxopop - 1 views

www.teachertrainingvideos.com/...index.html

carla12sn4 Voxopop

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  • Louiza Kondilis on 03 Aug 12
     
    How to use Voxopop
  • jennifer moreno on 06 Aug 12
     
    Seems like an interesting tool for getting students to practice oral skills outside of the classroom as well. I might like to use this idea at the beginning of the school year to have students introduce themselves to one another.
Jessica Rojas

Blog for Language Teaching Technology - 0 views

kafaku-poenya.blogspot.com

Blog language teaching technology

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  • With this website, students can explore their ability to improve their speaking skill
  • This website is easy to follow by ESL/EFL learners because this website uses the simple instruction and very easy to follow.
  • Jessica Rojas on 19 Jul 13
     
    Language Teaching Technology
Maki Nakayama

RocketNews24 - 0 views

en.rocketnews24.com

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  • Maki Nakayama on 22 Jul 13
     
    I tried to find a fun reading website and found this blog. It seems like this is one of the very popular websites in Japan for English learning where people can improve their reading skills with a lot of fun.
MariaEmicle Lopez

Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction - 2 views

digital.library.pitt.edu/...visuals

visual images vocabulary language grammar languages carlatech13week3 CARLA13

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  • This site contains hundreds of visual aids (illustrations) that can be used to support instructional tasks such as describing objects and people (i.e., teaching vocabulary) or describing entire events and situations (i.e., teaching grammar).
    • MariaEmicle Lopez
      MariaEmicle Lopez on 27 Jul 13
       
      What I find useful from using illustrations on this page is that they are in clipboard design and are free of words in English or any other language. Each illustration allows for a variety of activities raging from reviewing vocabulary, grammar, being creative using different skills: writing, speaking; individual or small group work.
  • Browse the collection…
    • MariaEmicle Lopez
      MariaEmicle Lopez on 27 Jul 13
       
      I've search the almost 500 images and found some that I can use for the purposes of my Medical Spanish class (browse pg or image 61)
  • MariaEmicle Lopez on 27 Jul 13
     
    Original illustrations with no words
Jessica Rojas

teach, prompt, reinforce - 1 views

www.heinemann.com/...studyguide.pdf

carlatech13 GroupA language literacy guide

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  • If participantshave not learned how to code and score reading records, you may want to use your first session to teach theseskills
    • Jessica Rojas
      Jessica Rojas on 05 Aug 13
       
      Literacy: errors, self-correction
Maki Nakayama

Marv's Eclectic Blog: Voxopop.com Evaluation - 1 views

marvseclecticblog.blogspot.com/...voxopopcom-evaluation.html

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    • Maki Nakayama
      Maki Nakayama on 05 Aug 13
       
      Voxopop can support to improve students' listening and speaking skills both inside-classroom where there are many students and outside classroom as homework. Also teachers can think of a lot of different activities under a variety of themes with this online tool from students' their own speaking practice to a discussion with other students.
Jessica Rojas

▶ Secondary MFL Using ICT - Using web-based software to support speaking skills - YouTube - 0 views

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carlatech13 Week5 education web2.0 GroupA language resources voki

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  • Jessica Rojas on 06 Aug 13
     
    A "Voki" experience in teaching Language.
Jessica Rojas

6 Ways to Protect Preschoolers and Kindergarteners from Bullying Page 2 | Education.com - 1 views

www.education.com/...preschool-kindergarten-bullies

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  • Young children are old enough to experience bullying—and old enough to learn about how to prevent it. Teaching your tiny tot these effective anti-bullying techniques helps to develop high self-esteem, effective problem-solving skills and the tools needed to settle playground disputes without violence or temper tantrums.
    • Jessica Rojas
      Jessica Rojas on 05 Aug 13
       
      I will print this to share with parents and colleagues. Nice article!
Marlene Johnshoy

What's the best way to teach languages? | Teacher Network | The Guardian - 7 views

www.theguardian.com/...est-way-teach-language-schools

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  • my approach is much more topic based with as little grammar as possible
    • Marlene Johnshoy
      Marlene Johnshoy on 21 Jul 15
       
      The opposite of most traditional language courses.
  • anonymous on 17 Jul 15
     
    Although this article is about British language education and it's two years old, my interest was piqued when I read it: ""Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learnt. The best way is to tell students right away that they are responsible for their own learning process, and the teacher is just a guide who has to motivate them."" Made me think about relevancy and how Tech is only one part of that.
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  • Caroline Switzer Kelly on 18 Jul 15
     
    Fascinating article. Quotes a professor of linguistics who suggests that one reason for the move to Task Based learning is that in the UK, unlike in Europe, students don't know English grammar - so teachers can no longer use that as a bridge between languages! The article also quotes Michael Erard, author of 'Babel No More,' - a study of people who speak multiple languages - says: "They use a mix [of methods], with a focus on accomplishing tasks, whether it's communicative tasks or translation tasks."
  • anonymous on 19 Jul 15
     
    Yes, the Erard quote really gets to the heart of it: what combination of learning methods will work for each, individual student? Learning is personal and those who develop their own methods (hopefully with effective guidance) will go far.
  • marispi on 20 Jul 15
     
    Really interesting. I wonder if we changed the setting to the U.S. if the same difficulties would apply. I never really thought about grammar being discarded simply because students don't know it well enough. While I've found that most students we teach don't understand their mother tongue, I still think that the shift to task-based work had as much to do with the lack of real communication skills. Just teaching them grammar and relying on them to go abroad to learn to speak wasn't doing it. That being said, I think the mixture of methods is best, and by mixture I mean the integration of many methods into accomplishing a task. And I agree that the meta-learning is key.
  • Marlene Johnshoy on 21 Jul 15
     
    I remember getting a comment from a student once, many years ago, that she had learned more about English grammar in my Spanish class than anywhere else... (sigh)
Roxana Sandu

Cultivating a Learning Environment: Six Suggestions : 2¢ Worth - 0 views

davidwarlick.com/2cents

Week7 LearningEnvironment

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  • We live in a time of rapid change owing to accelerated technological advancement, increased globalization, power shifts on almost every societal level, and the changing nature of information. We are preparing our children for a future of frightening uncertainty, but astounding opportunity, and to prosper within that future, our children must become skilled, resourceful, and habitual learners — not just lifelong learners but adopting a learning lifestyle.
  • Roxana Sandu on 07 Aug 11
     
    Are you a 'learner'? Are your colleagues 'learners'? Do you promote a 'learning culture'? Six suggestions to cultivating a learning environment to reflect upon.
Marlene Johnshoy

Teaching Presentation Skills in Online Business Communication Courses - 0 views

jolt.merlot.org/...kenkel_0911.htm

oral presentations JOLT

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 26 Sep 11
     
    There are many ideas in this article that would help a language teacher thinking about having online students do oral presentations.
Marlene Johnshoy

Syllabus: Online Facilitator Training 1: mastering the Skills of Online Teaching - 1 views

www.pbs.org/...tech522-syllabus.pdf

training online teacher PBS syllabus

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 06 May 11
     
    the course syllabus from PBS TeacherLine - for those of you interested in teaching online, I thought it might be interesting for you to see what they teach
Alyssa Rutherford

The New York Times Upfront | The news magazine for high school - 1 views

teacher.scholastic.com/...index.asp

nytimes mediadebate debate ESL cellphones mobile Week4 GroupA

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    • Alyssa Rutherford
      Alyssa Rutherford on 09 Jul 11
       
      Is a brain that's wired differently a bad thing?
    • Jon Perkins
      Jon Perkins on 10 Jul 11
       
      It seems at times that "wired differently" is being used as an excuse for a growing inability to stay on task. When the need for immediate gratification leads you to think that 6 minutes of YouTube is a substitute for reading Vonnegut, I get a little worried. The social world of the teenagers may center around multitasking, but that seems to suggest that we need to have them work on focused concentration in the classroom ... rather than reinforcing skills that they are mastering on their own.
    • Alyssa Rutherford
      Alyssa Rutherford on 09 Jul 11
       
      get them a phone that only calls you or only receives calls from you!
  • Alyssa Rutherford on 27 Jul 11
     
    Jon- I totally agree that we should still make them read Vonnegut and can't use new culture/brain learning styles as excuses- how to reconcile the new ways students are and our teaching styles is where we need to research more so we can implement instructional practices that meet them where they are at and get them to the place we need them to be.
yflanders

A proposal for developing a mobile based environment to help children learning a foreign language - ICT Research Blog - 1 views

jsalatas.ictpro.gr/en-learning-a-foreign-language

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    • yflanders
      yflanders on 08 Aug 14
       
      This article is about the main purpose of the proposed system is to help children learning of a foreign language by promoting communication and language development skills through an engaging virtual collaboration environment in which children are encouraged to interact and communicate with other children from all over the world learning the same language.
Alyssa Ruesch

The 5 Best Free Annotation Tools For Teachers - eLearning Industry - 7 views

elearningindustry.com/-annotation-tools-for-teachers

screen grab interpretive startalk CARLA_SI reading

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  • amykrowland on 16 Jul 14
     
    I like the ideas offered on this site! I have never heard of web annotation before.
  • japaxico on 17 Jul 14
     
    In the reading classes I teach in ESOL, we teach academic reading skills to non-native English speakers to get the students ready for college-level textbooks. These tools would be very useful for students if we ever have any digital texts we read for the class.
  • andreadewees on 20 Jul 14
     
    I had a hard time reading from the link! Once opened there were a ton of moving pop-ups that were very distracting. Did anyone else have that issue?
norikofujiokaito

VoiceThread - About - Digital Library - 2 views

voicethread.com/...bilingualdictionary

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  • Interactive tutorials made with VoiceThread ask students to practice what they learn outside of class, so the instructor can observe their practice, respond with feedback, or modify classroom teaching to address students' needs.
    • atsukofrederick
      atsukofrederick on 04 Aug 18
       
      This is a good example activity that I can adapt to use VT in a flipped classroom. I have started to see lots of potential in this tool.
  • Using a bilingual dictionary correctly is an important skill for nearly all language students, and this tutorial aims to help students understand how to use a dictionary well.
    • norikofujiokaito
      norikofujiokaito on 04 Aug 18
       
      This is a good idea!
hharb01

WhatsApp in the classroom to foster listening and speaking | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC - 7 views

www.teachingenglish.org.uk/...room-foster-listening-speaking

#carlatech18 carlatech18share carlatech18 whatsapp interpretivemode languages technology smarphone

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  • mobile technology can help teachers to find new ways to improve students’ language/content learning.
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Ask school to supply a phone and apps installed to overcome giving your personal phone number to students.
    • norikofujiokaito
      norikofujiokaito on 25 Jul 18
       
      Some of my students use LINE (similar to WhatsApp) to talk with their conversation partners in Japan to practice Japanese and learn about Japanese culture. Mobile phones play a great role in foreign language courses now.
  • WhatsApp in your classroom with the purpose of improving students’ oral skills.
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Mainly for speaking and writing, can be used for both representational and interpretive modes.
  • Mobile Phone Operator they contacted offered them a cheaper phone rate than the one they had. We could say they killed two birds with one stone.
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Ask Principal about the likelihood of going this route.
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  • allow their use with a clear pedagogical use and under the supervision of a teacher
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      check cell phone use policy and advocate for pedagogical use.
  • assessed
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      be clear with deadlines assessment what they have to do
  • describe the project
  • WhatsApp recordings of presentations should be just another tool
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      One app to be used and not the only one
  • engaged very easily and they enjoy listening to each other’s presentations
  • overcome their anxiety by being able to prepare an audio file on their own
  • very useful with large classrooms
  •   Assign each student a topic
  • Hand out a task to each of the students
  • Tell students the deadline
  • Share the assessment criteria
  • on-line pronouncing dictionaries
    • hharb01
      hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
       
      Find online dictionaries with speech tools.
  • listen to them and mark them according to the assessmen
  •  Prepare a handout for students with a list of questions
  • let them listen to all students' recordings and ask them to answer the questions in the handout
  • need of a good Internet connection
  • will help students who feel anxious in public to relax and it will also create an atmosphere of concentration which is key to effective listening
  • hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
     
    Examples on how to use Whatsapp in the language classroom
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  • hharb01 on 24 Jul 18
     
    with highlights and sticky notes
  • norikofujiokaito on 25 Jul 18
     
    The use of Whatsapp in the language classroom to promote conversation in the target language
  • Marlene Johnshoy on 25 Jul 18
     
    This one worked! and I can see your highlights! =)
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