TESOL 2008, CALL-IS Discussion Group: What's your favorite Technagogy?

April 2-5, 2008

Discussion Group
What's Your Favorite Technagogy?

With technology becoming an important and sometimes preferred medium of instruction, what pedagogical considerations take priority for the use of software, online tools, and applications for distance learning. This discussion focuses on effective technagogy – pedagogy for using technology in second language learning.

Presenters

Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Professor of CALL Online

Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT
Co-founder & Lead Coordinator,
EV ONLINE sessions 2000-2004
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/

Sandy Wagner
Assistant Professor Faculty Development
Defense Language Institute
Online course developer/facilitator/
Chair, TESOL CALL-IS 2008-2009

http://www.becflorida.com

URL for this presentation
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/TESOL/2008/TechnagogyDG/handout.htm

Considerations for teaching with technology:

               -- Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
               -- Learning Styles
               -- Multiple Intelligences
               -- Task-based instruction
               -- Student-centered learning
               -- Learner Autonomy

Agenda

Introductions – Name and describe an accessible technology that you use (5 mins)

A few definitions and considerations (5 mins)

       -- Pedagogy
       -- Technology
       -- Technagogy
       -- What the current research says

Brainstorm current technology tools for language instruction (5 mins)

Some important pedagogies (10 mins)

Statements and cartoons handout to generate discussion

Discussion Topics: (15 mins)
- Specific pedagogical considerations for technology applications (chart)
  - Identify most common / accessible technologies and complete with information for each column on the chart

Wrap Up: basic considerations and best practices (5 mins)

What’s Your Favorite Technagogy?

Place a check mark next to those technologies you have used for second language learning, have accessible for second language learning, or wish you had accessible for second language learning. Please add other technology not on the list.

*Technology*	*accessible and apply to language instruction*	*accessible but don’t apply to language instruction*	*not accessible*

iPod
Tablet PC
SMART Board
Learning Management Systems (Blackboard, Desire2Learn etc.)
Wikis
Blogs
Social Networking (Facebook, Second Life)
Glossing tools
E-Books
E-Mail

Technology Readings and References

Taking Technology to the Classroom: Pedagogy-Based Training for Educators
http://technologysource.org/article/taking_technology_to_the_classroom/
Language Learning and the Knowledge Society: Using New Technologies to Enhance Foreign Language Learning
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/chairs/linguist/real/independent/llc/Conference1998/Papers/Rueschoff/rueschoff.htm
Uniting Technology and Pedagogy: The Evolution of an Online Teaching Certification Course
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/UnitingTechnologyandPedag/39963?time=1204664240
A Practitioner blog: technology and pedagogy: What Counts!
http://sfens.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/technology-pedagogy-and-the-real-story/
Telecommunications in our classroom
http://www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/c1/c1_2.htm
Long, Christopher: The future of learning manifesto
http://www.designshare.com/index.php/articles/future-learning-manifesto
TPCK (Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge)
http://punya.educ.msu.edu/research/tpck/
Pedagogy Does Matter
http://fno.org/sept03/pedagogy.html
Why Focus on Pedagogy?
http://www.elearning.ac.uk/features/whyped
How to Tell If You Really Need the Latest Technology
http://www2.nea.org/he/heta98/images/s98pg21.pdf

Tool	Pedagogy/Advantages	Resources
Wikis	Social Constructivist, Collaborative Learner-centered -- Easy to use -- Password protected for editing -- Tracks user history -- Allows posting of comments -- Allows others to add to and edit the site -- Sharing web links -- Familiar user interface -- Tool for collection and reflection	http://www.pbwiki.com http://www.Wikispaces.com http://www.wetpaint.com/ http://www.wikidot.com
Websites	Input (i+1) for Task-based instruction Interactive Social Collaboration Links to additional Internet tools Easy access to authentic materials	Educause Learning Initiative http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495 Current News http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/Top50/Top50-Current.htm Reading -- Sylvia Web Brainstormer - Event Number 1199911930 (http://www.jpb.com/brainstormer/) -- Rikai (read Japanese text or webpages with popups for translation); (http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl) -- Flashcard Exchange (http://languagelab.bh.indiana.edu/online.html) -- Christine's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Resources--Reading (http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_reading.htm) Glossing Tools -- Ultralingua online dictionary (http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/) -- LookWayUp online dictionary/thesaurus (http://lookwayup.com/free/) -- VoyCabulary (http://www.voycabulary.com/) Listening / Speaking -- Center for Language Education and Research (http://clear.msu.edu/clear/store/) -- News Videos (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml) -- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (http://www.esl-lab.com/) -- Christine's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Resources--Listening (http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_listening.htm) Writing -- Live Journal.Com (http://www.livejournal.com/) -- 4 Shared (free file sharing) (http://www.4shared.com/) -- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/) -- Google Docs and Spreadsheets (http://docs.google.com/) -- Christine's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Resources--Writing (http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_writing.htm) Other Collaboration / Folksonomies -- 4 Shared (free file sharing) -- (http://www.4shared.com/) -- Del.icio.us (Social bookmarking web service--store, share, discover web bookmarks) (http://del.icio.us) -- Google Docs and Spreadsheets (http://docs.google.com/)
Blogs / Podcasts / Voicethreads	Collaboration Social Constructivist Multiple Learning Styles Learner Autonomy Skills Integration	Blog sites: http://www.blogger.com; http://www.blogspot.com; http://www.weebly.com Podcast creation/hosting sites: http://podomatic.com; http://odeo.com Voicethread sites: http://www.vaestro.com; http://voicethread.com
iPod	Audio learners Dual coding – view lyrics and hear audio Authentic materials (Podcasts) Listen and record Pronunciation practice	Podcasts http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~alew/TG_Podcasts.html http://www.epnweb.org/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/foreign_languag.html How to: http://images.apple.com/ca/education/products/ipod/iPod_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf
SMART Board (interactive whiteboard)	Collaboration Social Constructivist Multiple Learning Styles Learner Autonomy Skills Integration	SmartTechnologies: http://smarttech.com/ Tutorials and Downloads http://staff.msad71.net/nshuman/smartb/smartdownloads.htm Lesson Plans http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-us/ http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/ Lessons for ESL http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm#ESL
Tablet PC / DyKnow	Interactivity; pair work Social constructivism Collaboration – document sharing and shared sessions; peer reviews; instant teacher review of student's work Skills Integration; learner-centered Easy access to authentic materials Saved annotations and student notes; Schemata Activation–graphic organizers that can be marked up and saved	Tutorials http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/evaluation/features.mspx#EED One Note http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/HA100325211033.aspx Sticky Note / Windows Journal http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/evaluation/overviews/pctools.mspx Teaching with Tablet PC http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/papers/mock-ccsc2004.pdf