Tuesday, May 19, 2015

TES531 Weeks #12~15: CALL-in-Action + Readings




Part#1 Materials Development
The goal is to have you ‘dig deeper’ into the areas of CALL you find most interesting and put them to use in the ‘real’ world (now and in the future) by working on specific projects.

Task: Create at least three blog posts that describe and demonstrate specific ways that you might apply CALL tools to your likely teaching/learning environments. These do not need to be complete projects, but they need to be complete enough to show how you plan to use a particular tool or resource.

Possibilities include:
  • Creating a new blog and designing it for use as a class website 
  • Using Quizlet to create a set of Flashcard-related activities for specific lessons 
  • Creating a Proprofs/Quizstar quiz, Google form, ppt game, or other activity for your class 
  • Recording a Google+ Hangout interview with someone 
  • Developing a collection of useful RSS feeds that Korean educators would find interesting (Feedly) 
  • Posting Clyp.it recordings or a series of  Voki related to a particular lesson 
  • Creating and edited video for use in your teaching 
  • Demonstrating how you can use mobile devices in your teaching 
  • Creating maps, mindmaps, and/or graphic organizers for use in a lesson 
  • Creating a Prezi or Powtoon for a specific lesson 
  • Creating a comic-based activity from comics you’ve created (photo or video) 
  • Padlets and/or Wordles for specific lessons 
  • An annotated guide to useful Social Networking Groups for Korean educators (Facebook Groups, Google communities, LinkedIn Networks, etc) 
  • Make your own ‘how-to’ screencast guides  using Ocam or Screeencast-o-matic
  • Build and share a YouTube playlist 
  • ANYTHING ELSE that your CALL learning passions inspire you to create.


Please contact Jeff by May 29 to let him know what kinds of projects you plan to work on. This can be via email, blog post, or Hangout.  All blogs posts are due by June 12.


Part#2 - Readings
The focus of this course has been the practical application of CALL tools. There is however an academic world of CALL in which people do research, develop theories, and write papers. I’d like you to explore that world a little by finding a couple of articles that are relevant to areas of CALL that interest you.
On the Readings Page, you can find a list of journals, specific articles, and a Google Custom Search that will allow you to search within a collection of relevant journals.
Assignment
Please find at least two articles of interest and post a reflection on your blog for each. Reflections should be at least 200 words and are due by June 9. If you have problems finding articles of interest, please let me know what you’re looking for and I’ll do my best to help you find something relevant.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

TTP Spring 2015: The Rest of Session 2



Main Task (Weeks#10~14)    Imagine it is now September of 2015….
Congratulations!  You have been selected as teacher trainer by the Busan Office of Education!
(Of course, you will be compensated quite well.)
They are aware that you have completed the highly regarded BUFS TTP and would like to see a demonstration of how you might use CALL Tools and Resources in your present and future classes.  They’d like you to create at least three blog posts that describe different potential applications of CALL. These don’t need to be complete projects, just complete enough to show how you plan to use a particular resource. These can include materials to be used in class demonstrations. Possibilities include:
  • Creating a new blog and designing it for use as a class website
  • Using Quizlet to create a set of Flashcard-related activities for specific lessons
  • Creating a Google form,  Proprofs quiz, ppt game, or other activity for your class
  • Recording a Google+ Hangout interview with someone
  • Developing a collection of useful RSS feeds that Korean educators would find interesting (Feedly)
  • Creating an audio recording or Voki related to a particular lesson
  • Creating and edited video for use in your teaching
  • Creating maps, mindmaps, and/or graphic organizers for use in a lesson
  • Creating a Prezi or Powtoon for a specific lesson
  • Creating a comic-based activity from comics you’ve created (photo  or video)
  • Padlets and/or Wordles for specific lessons
  • An annotated guide to useful Social Networking Groups for Korean educators
  • Make your own ‘how-to’ screencast guides
  • Build a YouTube playlist or list of online reading resources
  • ANYTHING ELSE that your CALL learning passions inspire you to create.

By the end of week#10, please create a short blog post outlining your plans and goals. Feel free to integrate this with other projects and assignments.

Examples