CALL Fall 2012 - Week#6

Welcome to the final week of CALL.  If you would like to spend your time reviewing materials from previous weeks, feel free. If you'd like to explore further, here are some items left on the buffet...

• Audio Guide - lots of 'comprehensible input' options and how to record and edit audio files
   
• Presentations - alternatives to Powerpoint (Prezi & Voicethread) and online sharing/posting of presentations
   
• Mapping Tools - create customized maps, post them on your site
   
• Graphic Organizers and  Mind Mapping  - find templates or make your own
   
• Site Building Tools - Other ways to create a blog, website, or Wordle
   
• Google Photos (Picasa) - lots of space to post and selectively share photos, easy to upload from your smart phone
   
• Copyright & Fair Use - find sources of 'open' photos, clipart, music, and other media
   
• English Central Guide - great site for 'extensive listening', vocabulary development, and speaking practice. 

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To Do 

• Make sure you have enrolled in the 5+1 English Central Course Page
   
• By the end of this week, please create a short post on your blog
  - reflecting on which CALL tools, skills, and, resources might be useful to you in the future teaching and learning
  and/or
  - which CALL tools, skills, and resources you'd like to learn more about
   
• If desired, set up email forwarding so that your Gmail will be forwarded to your regular email (hanmail, naver, etc.)
   
• If you like, join the 5+1 Facebook Group

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New Tasks to Try

• Upload a photo to your Google Photo space
• Download a presentation from Slideshare or embed one on your blog
• Post a text, audio, or Voicethread comment on Jeff's TTP Voicethread
• Create a VoiceThread and post it on your blog
• Create a Prezi and post it on your blog
• Record and edit a piece of audio as an mp3 file and post it on your blog
• Add a placemark to a Google Map
• Embed a Google Map on your blog
• Record and edit an audio file and save it (export it) as an mp3 file

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Review Tasks
Can you remember how to....

• Make text in your browser window larger or smaller?
• Look through your classmates blog posts in Google Reader? 
• Bookmark a site and share it with the Learning Call Diigo Group? 
• Create a Google Presentation and post it on your blog?
• Create your own Jeopardy Game?
• Create a quiz with ProProfs?
• Challenge Jeff to a game of Words with Friends?
• Post to the 5+1 Facebook Group?
• Create a survey with Google Doc Form and post it on your blog?
• Download a video file from YouTube? Edit video with Windows Movie Maker and post it on your blog and/or YouTube?
• 'Hangout' with a classmate? Stream it live and record it on YouTube?

Week#5 - Fall 2012 (5+1)

Part #1 - Games & Activities   Games & Activities Guide 

• Discuss the use of  Games & Activities in your teaching
• Creation Sites:Jeopardy (challenging)   Jeopardy Kids   Proprofs    Quizlet   GapFill
• Explore the Games & Activities Guide 
• Play a few online Word Games
• Look at 오정훈's examples - Hot Potatoes  ProProfs  Quizlet   WallWisher  (nice Google Doc usage here)
  
  To Do
• Explore activity sites and use Diigo to bookmark your favorite sites
• Create a quiz with Profprofs and post it on your blog
• Create other kinds of games using websites or downloadable programs
• Create a short blog post about your thoughts on activity resources and using them in your teaching

(if time permits)
Part#2 - Audio Sites & Tools

• Go to the Audio Guide
• Visit some of the audio sites, bookmark those of interest. 
• Take a look at the chatbots. Create your own at Voki if you like
• Try using Audacity to record and edit audio. 

*  If you need  a break from CALL activities, you can check out 'Outdoor Activity Options' and comment to add any destination suggestions. 

CALL - Summer/Fall 2012

Computer Assisted Language Learning 
for the Teacher Training Program
at Busan University of  Foreign Studies 

Fall 2012

Trainees will be using this site as their primary source of materials and assignments, but as an open content course, all are welcome to make use of the content and join in the conversation.  More about the course here.

Tools * Websites *  Skills Training * Readings *  Q & A

5+1	Week#1  Week#2   Week#3  Week#4   Week#5   Week#6 5+1 Portfolios  Facebook Group   TTP Alumni G+ Community LearningCall Diigo Group    English Central Course Page Optional CALL: Week1  Week2  Week3  Week4  Week5  Week6  Week7

Week#4 - Fall 2012 (5+1)

Discussion

• What types of video and audio materials do you use in your teaching and/or learning?
• What sources do you use other than textbook and curriculum CD's?
• What kinds of  audio/video materials would you like to find for classroom use?
• What skills (if any) would you like to develop in order to make better use of audio and video in your teaching and learning?

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Video
In-class overview of the Video Guide

• Sites that use video for language learning
• Downloading YouTube Videos
• Editing Videos with Windows Movie Maker
• Watching TV Shows and Movies online
• Screen capturing & sharing

On your own...
Look at the Video Guide
- Explore the sites listed there.  Remember to use Diigo to bookmark those or other video sites of interest.

  Things to try...
  - Go to YouTube.com, find any video of interest and post it on your blog (instructions here)
  - Use a video download tool (like Maxthon or  KeepVid.com) to save a video file from a YouTube Video
- Use Windows Movie Maker to edit that video.
- Use your webcam to create and post your own video on YouTube.  Become a YouTube Star!  Guide here
- Go to the Fall 2012 TTP English Central Class Page, choose a video to watch and then 'speak the video'.

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If time and determination permit, we will experiment with Google+ Hangout.   In order to join the hangout, log in to Gmail, go to plus.google.com make sure Jeffery Lebow is in your circle, and look for a 'join this hangout' notification.  Click it and smile :) Class 1 Hangout here

More info about Hangouts in the Google+ Hangout Guide

Week#3 - Fall 2012 (5+1)

The Faces of TTP Fall 2012

Short Review
Diigo Bookmarking & Blogging questions.

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Google Docs & Presentations

• In-class demonstration
• Look at the Google Doc & Google Presentation Guides 
• Go to drive.google.com and turn your Google Docs into Google Drive

 Optional Tasks:

• Edit the group notes document for your class
• Experiment with the public copy of Jeff's Week#1 Presentation (feel free to make any edits)
• Create your own Google Document
• Try to create and embed a Google presentation (guide here) on your blog. 
• Try to create a Google Form (questionnaire) and embed it on your blog

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Google Reader

Subscribe to all TTP Blogs using Google Reader - Google Reader Guide  & Step by Step Instructions here

• Go to this Google Drive shared file and click 'Download'
  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxOJ72pvUhGSb1dWaUQtS0taWlU
• Log in to Gmail, click on Reader, Click on the and select Reader Settings, then Import/Export
• Choose file (find the file you saved above), click upload. 
• Then Click 'Back to Google Reader' and look at all of the blogs you're now subscribed to.
• Visit some of your classmates' blogs and leave comments.  
• Also check out some of the blogs in the 'EFL & Teachers Blogs'  & 'Bloggers in Korea' categories. Find other sites or blogs you like and add  them to your Google Reader 

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English Central

• If time permits, register at EnglishCentral.com 
• Information about how to use the site is in the EnglishCentral Guide
• Enroll in the TTP Fall 2012 EnglishCentral Class

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Any extra time can be sent looking through blogs in your Google Reader or sampling more sites from the CALL Websites Buffet and using Diigo to bookmark sites of interest.  For those with a Facebook account, you can also join the TTP Fall 2012 Facebook Group

3+3 - Week#8 Summer/Fall 2012

Assorted items from the buffet....

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Wallwisher - very easy group posting tool

     오정훈's examples - example1  example2  (nice Google Doc usage here)
Similar tools listed here 
Demo below.
Double click to add a note.

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Weebly.com   Site Building Tool
Welcome to Weebly video & Weebly Guide
Examples:   Mrs. Klien  ESLDrama

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Building a Wiki site with
PBWorks or Wikispaces
Guides:  PBWorks    Wikispaces
Examples:  Wikis in EFL TESOL's EVO  Welcome to the 21st Century

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Wordle   -  Graphic Word Cloud Generator 

Wordle Guide for Educators

Examples:  

  Learning Call Wordle    Gangnan Style

한글 friendly option: Tagxedo.com
Example here

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MindMapping Tools
(creating mindmap graphics)
 Graphic Organizers Guide

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Photo Editing 
Using a program like Irfanview
Irfanview Guide Here

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Copyright-friendly materials (graphics, audio, & video) can be found in the
Copyright Guide

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I hope you have a great experience in California. Please do your best to document your learning and share the experience.

Use Diigo and your blog to bookmark and share useful sites and resources.

Photos can be shared in the Facebook Group or by using Google Photos.
Google Photos Guide here

Mapping
Mapping Guide
TTP  SoCal Guide and Collaborative SoCal Map
Feel free to add links to the SoCal Guide and placemarks to the collaborative map

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Review Tasks
Can you remember how to....

• Make text in your browser window larger or smaller?
• Look through your classmates blog posts in Google Reader? 
• Bookmark a site and share it with the Learning Call Diigo Group? 
• Create a Google Presentation and post it on your blog?
• Download a presentation from Slideshare or embed one on your blog?
• Create a VoiceThread and post it on your blog?
• Create a Prezi and post it on your blog?
• Create your own Jeopardy Game?
• Create a quiz with ProProfs?
• Challenge Jeff to a game of Words with Friends?
• Post to the 3+3 Facebook Group?
• Create a survey with Google Doc Form and post it on your blog?
• Record and edit a piece of audio as an mp3 file and post it on your blog?
• Download a video file from YouTube? Edit video with Windows Movie Maker and post it on your blog and/or YouTube?
• 'Hangout' with a classmate? Stream it live and record it on YouTube?
• Add a placemark to a Google Map?
• Embed a Google Map on your blog?