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Simon B

That'SLife » Blog Archive » Online Language Learning - 0 views

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  • There are certain perceived advantages – flexibility, price, personalized learning… but frankly most of the research will show that these are not nearly as important as we might feel.
  • Disadvantages in online language courses are relatively obvious, I think – lack of easy group practice, lack of eye contact, lack of many paralinguistic features which make the possibility of group gelling and real communicative practice much harder than they might be in a face-to-face context.
  • there are plenty of opportunities online for real, meaningful language practice – Second Life with its international communities of native speakers springs to mind here – and these may be much more real and useful than anything that may be achieved in an online classroom.
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  • you cannot really learn a language online, but you can improve one.
  • many online courses will give you plenty of practice in the basic skills, few of them have the community side in place to successfully emulate the experience of learning with a group of like-minded people.
  • the social community should be the absolute centre of any school or course, and not something tacked on at the end.
  • People need to get together and talk to each other, to laugh and share and discuss – you simply don’t get this in an online tutorial with a teacher. So yes, by all means have good solid exercises, games and everything else – but don’t bother opening an online school, or engaging in distance language teaching unless you give people a chance to talk to each other.
  • I would be looking for a company that has been around for a while, long enough to prove that what it offers is good enough to survive. I would then be looking at if they are recognized by an institution for the work they do.
  • I’d ask to talk to a real human being at the other end of the phone who could answer my questions in the language of my choice, and I would find out about the organization – who they have working for them, who the writers are, who their big clients are. I’d have a sample class and a sample tutorial.
Cara Whitehead

Literature Based Word Lists | Articles - 0 views

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  • Cara Whitehead on 20 Mar 11
     
    Literature-based word lists for all grade levels (kindergarten through high school). http://bit.ly/9uMY66
Tom Daccord

Boomwriter - About Us - 5 views

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shared by Tom Daccord on 19 May 11 - No Cached
  • Tom Daccord on 19 May 11
     
    "Boomwriter blends creative writing and social media technology to provide a competitive writing platform that is integrated into the national education curriculum. Everyone wins; schools have a more engaging creative writing process, teachers have a tool that focuses their students on creative writing techniques and students have fun in the process."
Erin McCloskey

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

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FL communication

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  • Erin McCloskey on 28 Jul 11
     
    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

About the Visual :: Overview - Visual Dictionary Online - 1 views

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shared by yc c on 15 Nov 09 - Cached
  • yc c on 15 Nov 09
     
    The Visual Dictionary is designed to help you find the right word at a glance. Filled with stunning illustrations labeled with accurate terminology in up to six languages, it is the ideal language-learning and vocabulary dictionary for use at school, at home or at work.
Erin McCloskey

Rise in Online Classes Flares Debate About Quality - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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online k12 negative

shared by Erin McCloskey on 12 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Erin McCloskey on 12 Apr 11
     
    Being able to cut-and-paste a Wikipedia answer about Social Darwinism into an online activity for credit suggests to me the need for more inspired activities, rather than a different technology. There are ways to stimulate thinking, rather than copying, about Social Darwinism -- thinking that you couldn't fake, whether that student is thinking in a classroom or at home. Part of what I take from this article is that schools are using online for the wrong reasons and in the wrong way. This shouldn't be an indictment of the medium, but of the way in which it has been integrated into the K12 system.
yc c

Web Literacy - Mozilla Learning - 1 views

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  • yc c on 21 Aug 16
     
    A framework for entry-level web literacy & 21st Century skills. Explore the map by selecting what you want to learn more about, to see definitions and activities. Start teaching others how to read, write and participate on the web with these free activities created by teachers, educators and technologists like you. Each featured activity includes step-by-step instructions and has been tested in schools, afterschool programs, libraries and community centers around the globe. Whether learning how to code, understanding why privacy matters, or creating openly-licensed web content, we believe teaching the web should be fun and engaging!
Henry Jaxx

Learn It From The Expert - 1 views

started by Henry Jaxx on 21 Nov 12 no follow-up yet
Child Therapy

Friendly And Highly Skilled Therapist - 1 views

My eldest daughter who is now eight years old used to be very confident and lively both at home and in school. But lately, I noticed that she was just quiet though her playmates made unnecessary no...

started by Child Therapy on 29 Oct 12 no follow-up yet
Nik Peachey

Nik's Learning Technology Blog: 20 + Things you can do with QR codes in your school - 0 views

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  • Nik Peachey on 07 Jun 16
     
    20 things to do with QR codes https://t.co/ck6hOAXBX5 #elt #esl #efl #edtech #k12 #ell #ela
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