Using DVD and video in ESL teaching

Using DVD and video in ESL teaching

Here I go again....

I am back again to complete this certificate in Educational Technology. I hope to make this a productive session. I welcome my new classmates and hope that we can share information and resources through our blogs.

Here I go...again....

Study Boost

I encourage everyone to take a look at this wonderful tool for the ESL classroom. It would be one of my favorite tools. In fact, I believe it can actually facilitate better organization for the ESL classroom by keeping students on track in their studies.

I have often discussed absenteeism in the classroom. The reality of teaching adults is that they have other responsibilities outside of the class. Amongst some of the barriers are ill children, shift or casual work obligations and the busy business of settling into life in Canada. Study Boost is a very efficient and effective tool to keep the students abreast of the day's or week's work.

The second use of Study Boost is having a resource in the case of my absence. I have had those days too where I have been too ill to come into class. Although there is a supply, I find I have to backtrack on my lesson. Using this tool would allow me to keep the students on track in my absence.

Do I dare....

If you haven't seen a Harlem Shake, then please, before you read on...take a look.....

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/02/15/the-harlem-shake-as-a-language-learning-activity/


Ok now that you are feeling confused, horrified, upset, perplexed, amused....

This is a prime example of how social media influences our society. It is so widespread that every so-called respectable institution has to get in on the action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkzupYOAN1Q


I have a lesson plan in the works.

This illustrates two things: one how we can use social media as material for our lessons and secondly, how by using social media we can further our students' interaction with technology and to increase their comfort level with it.

Comics Comics Comics

I have been looking for some other comic book apps and I think I have hit the jackpot! Take a look at this lovely list. To be honest, I have not had a chance to look at any of them, but they are on my "to do" list. If I find some real gems, I will come back and comment.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/10-ways-to-create-comics-online.html

Wonderopolis - searching for the fabulous!

Check out this lovely site! The uses are endless from setting up a Webquest for younger students to getting students to do some extra reading.

http://wonderopolis.org/

One of the nice "wonders" is a fractured fairy tale wonder. Check it out - lots of fun!

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/fractured-fairy-tales/

I found the following article interesting as it reinforces what I have been thinking about using technology in the classroom.


http://edtechtimes.com/2013/02/22/the-pros-cons-of-social-media-in-education-infographic/