Learning Call: May 2016

Monday, May 16, 2016

CALL Task Teams

For the next few weeks, we will work together to produce CALL-related materials for use in your teaching. In groups, discuss what type of materials would be most useful. Make a list of specific materials you’d like to produce. Post that list on your blog and start creating!

Possible Creations

YouTube Playlists (e.g. Class Starter Videos, Culture, Language Learning, etc. )
Create Padlets/Word Clouds Powtoons, Kahoots, Vokis, Storyboards, Mindmaps, graphic organizers for specific parts of your textbook or teaching.

Create Quizlets and/or Memrises for specific vocabulary sets
Find study materials from the Activity Guide for grammar topics your cover.

Create Screencasts (CALL tutorials or student tasks)

Use Google Forms to create Week#1 Questionnaire or other survey.

Class a Blog Template for your class website.
Curate a set of feeds for your own learning or professional development (or your students).
Create 'Flipped Classroom' materials you can use.
Anything else using to what we’ve covered in class or other CALL tools

Shared Resources

Quizlets

2016 수능 특강 단어 (TTP) Quizlet

YouTube Playlists

Monday, May 9, 2016

Week#11 - Social Networking & Another Lap Around the Buffet

Social Networking

Take a look at the Social Networking Guide and watch the Social Networking Screencast.

Explore some of the ELT groups and communities on Google+, Facebook, Diigo, LinkedIn, and elsewhere .

Join ones of interest, bookmark them with Diigo, and/or create a blog post about any interesting discoveries.

If you're feeling ambitions, join twitter, find some people to follow and send out your first tweet.

...and a few more Odds & Ends

We will soon start focusing on applying CALL tools and resources to your teaching situations. Before tackling those challenges, let's take another look at what we've 'tasted' on the buffet so far. Take the next few hours to attempt tasks that interest you, keeping in mind how you might apply these to your teaching.

Things to Do

Go to Feedly and check out recent blog posts from current TTP'ers and CALL alumni
Brush up on your phrasal verb, tag questions, collocations, or other skills. Activity Guide
Check out more Google+ Communities, or Facebook Groups on the Social Networking Guide
Create some funny images with sites like Photofunia and post on your blog Site Building Tools
Create a Padlet, Wordle/Tagul, or Storyboardthat comic strip and post it on your blog Site Building Tools
Work on a Prezi, Google Presentation, or Powtoon and post it on your blog Presentations Guide
Create your own Quizlet or Memrise set and post on your blog or try to set the TTP Scatter Record with your Activity Guide
Use Windows Movie Maker to edit a video. Video Guide Overview Screencast
Create YouTube playlists of your favorite videos. Video Guide How-to Screencast
Create a screencast using Ocam or Screencast-o-matic.com How-to Screencast Screencast
Download some audio books or podcasts that you can listen to on your way to BUFS. Audio Guide
Creating an audio recording using Audacity, Voki, or Clyp.it and post it on your blog. Audio Guide
Use Google Translate to practice pronunciation
Create a class survey using Google Forms - example Google Form How-to Screencast
Create a new blog for your classes or redesign your existing blog (new template) and add some gadgets Blogger Guide
Create Mindmaps or Graphic Organizers and post them on your blog.
Upload photos (or organize your photos) at photos.google.com or check out the TTP in Action photos Class 1 Class 2
Continue looking the megalist of CALL websites or the LearningCall Diigo group and add bookmark sites with Diigo.

Check out the Dessert Table
Take a look around the TTP in Brisbane Guide and/or add a few spots to our TTP Down Under Map
Play a few Word Games
Take a few personality quizzes or consult the cyber-astrologers Fun Stuff

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Week#10 - Presentations, Graphic Organizers, & Mindmaps

Graphic Organizers, Mindmaps,

Screencast Guide Here

Take a look at the guides for Graphic Organizers and Mind Maps.

Try to create a simple mindmap or graphic organizer and post it on your blog.

Examples:

Take a look at the Presentation Guide.

Things to Do/Try

Look for presentations of interest on Slideshare, Authorstream, or Prezi and post them on your blog.
Create your own Prezi, PowToon, or Google Presentation and post it on your blog.
Find presentations relevant to your teaching on Waygook.org Lesson Materials
(Login required: you can use bufsttp/4ttp-fun)