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Nik Peachey

Nik's Quick Shout: The Web 2.0 School of the Present - 3 views

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    "The 'Web 2.0' age has brought us more than a bunch of social networking apps and free web tools, it has also brought about a fundamental shift in the way many web based companies do business. I started to wonder if that change could be mirrored in the physical market place by moving towards a new approach to the language school and the way technology is used in it and how it fits into the face to face business model."
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    The 'Web 2.0' age has brought us more than a bunch of social networking apps and free web tools, it has also brought about a fundamental shift in the way many web based companies do business. I started to wonder if that change could be mirrored in the physical market place by moving towards a new approach to the language school and the way technology is used in it and how it fits into the face to face business model.
Nik Peachey

Nik's Learning Technology Blog: 10 Teacher Development Task for Web 2.0 Tools - 3 views

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    "I created a number of tasks for teachers which I hope will help develop their ability to use technology and to evaluate and create materials using web based tools. I've decide now to share those tasks so anyone who wants to use them to train other teachers or to develop their own skills can take advantage of and make good use of them."
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    I created a number of tasks for teachers which I hope will help develop their ability to use technology and to evaluate and create materials using web based tools. I've decide now to share those tasks so anyone who wants to use them to train other teachers or to develop their own skills can take advantage of and make good use of them.
Nik Peachey

1 Week workshop: Easy Web 2.0 tools that you can use in your classroom - 5 views

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    "Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology."
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    Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology.
LRC MHC

STAMP - Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) - 2 views

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    The Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP), a criterion-referenced, Web-based assessment tool, measures students' language proficiency at levels ranging from Novice-low to Intermediate-mid. STAMP currently measures reading, writing, and speaking proficiencies in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. CASLS strives to continually improve STAMP's test design while adding new languages and new levels. STAMP is available through CASLS' partner company, Avant Assessment.
Nik Peachey

Digital Video - A manual for language teachers - 1 views

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    This book was designed to help language teachers access the potential of new video-based technologies for the purpose of language learning. The book covers a wide range of theoretical aspects but the main focus is on the practicalities of how to use various web-based and mobile applications to create motivating and engaging learning opportunities. The book contains more than 40 step-by-step lesson plans that guide the teacher through classroom and online activities. There are also 26 video tutorials to help teachers with the technical aspects of understanding the technology.
yc c

Smart.fm - The World's Sharpest Learning Tool. - 5 views

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    takes the burden out of learning by automatically creating a learning schedule that adapts to the individual's performance and needs. The system combines proven learning science with the latest in adaptive, semantic and social Web technologies. Powered by personalized learning algorithms, Smart.fm measures memory strength on a granular item by item basis. The algorithms are based on decades of research on optimum learning patterns in the fields of cognitive science and neuroscience.
Erin McCloskey

Summer PD: New Teacher Boot Camp Week 4 - Using Wetoku | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Dave Dodgson, who teaches English as a foreign language to elementary-school students in Turkey, has students use the web-based tool Wetoku to create split-screen video interviews. In this blog post, Dodgson shares a project in which his students used the tool to record, present and archive an interview related to the study of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." The tool allowed them valuable practice in speaking and listening in their non-native language.
yc c

WebIME - 0 views

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    Web-based Chinese Input Service (WebIME) is a webpage that enables users to input Chinese characters on Internet anytime, anywhere. It provides five conventional Chinese input methods (Cangjie (倉頡), simplified Cangjie(簡易), Hanyu pinyin(漢語拼音), Cantonese Pronunciation(粵語拼音)[#1] and Chinese dictionary-like method (Radical/Number of Strokes(部首/筆劃))) augmented with two special features, homophone and candidate characters filtering. WebIME aims to bring more ease and convenience for users to input Chinese characters when surfing the Internet.
anonymous

Duolingo - 0 views

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    Duolingo is a free language-learning website and crowd-sourced text translation platform. The service is designed so that, as users progress through the lessons, they simultaneously help to translate websites and other documents. It is a way that teachers can provide an additional language learning source to their students, and once each lesson is completed, students read authentic sources and complete activities on the Internet from authentic web-based sources.
yc c

Ajax IME: Web-based Japanese Input Method - 1 views

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    スの日本語入力サービスです。海外からでもブラウザさえあれば日本語を入力す ることができます。 特別なソフトは必要ありませ
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