Technology

Integration
Workshop
Unit 4:
Self Reflection
Keely Abood

 Skype
Rosetta Stone
Duolingo/
Livemocha
Lang-8.com
Eslgamesworld.c
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Classroom Blog
set up by
instructor

Set up for apps, or regular

use for any current
technologies consisting of
Personal computers, Laptops,
and almost any phone (in
most peoples possession).
Games help you retain
information longer and
keeps your learning
interesting and fun!

Tech Components for

Adult ESL
Use Skype to
develop extra
listening and verbal
communication
skills. Assignment:
Meet 2 times a week
through Skype with
native English
speaker.
(in my personal case
American English)

Lang-8: Communicate
with real people from
specified country for
written journals,
assign weekly
journals.

What is known:
How to
download
apps
How to access
websites
How to be
courteous by
means of
technology

What must be learned:

How to effectively
communicate
verbally and
nonverbally in a
secondary language
How to progress
using online
resources most
efficiently as per the
individual
How to recognize the
most beneficial way
to study as per the
individual

Technol

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What is known:
There are multiple sides to learning a
language (verbal, written, listening/
comprehension)
Not everyone learns best the same way
Connecting with real people in various
ways allows you to have real life
experience while learning, making
homework feel less pointless to students
Games and Social Connection provides
more
motivation to stick with it, and
What must
be learned:
inspires creativity among individual works
Students:
forits
theappropriate
class
When
to use each app or each
site even for self studying.
How to keep track of progress.
Teachers:
How students utilize each technology and
method.
When is best to assign each method/ and what
order to assign them.

Conte
nt

What is known:
Students and
people like to
socialize.
People learn best
while having fun. What must be learned:
Teachers:
Not everyone
What is the best way to set up
retains
blog most effectively for beginner
information the
ESL.
same way.
How to keep assignments the
Technology and
same while still being attractive
paper will create
for each new generation.
a fuller
How to best calibrate the
understanding of
difficulty level of each lesson to
the second
get the highest learning rate from
language.
the students (fairly).
Blogging will
Students:
show personal
How to push themselves with the
growth in reading
different technology uses.
and writing.
How to study most effectively.
In class verbal

First few
days:

o During the first few days of each new class,

instructor needs to assess what their
students already know.
o Each class needs to be run through the site
you are expecting them to use with
explanation and strain on the important
pieces.
o You dont want anyone discouraged from
asking questions, but you do want them to
access the necessary fields. Dont call
anyone out specifically, because you dont
yet know if these students have disabilities
or not.

In Class Application
Use group work paper and discussions.
Group debates work well on different
topics.
Have a method for Verbal tests, Auditory
Tests, and testing on pen and paper.
Include one test /project that is a
compilation of everything they learned on
their apps, blogging, and online
communications- so that they do not take
advantage of the easiness or the funness.
Their final assessment should be over all
components, just so you both know where
the student stands in each category of