1. Rae Sterrett, February 2016

3. What went wrong? What went right?

5. • CALL…
• Can be used in one place
(computer lab)
• Offers more information
on the screen
• Easier to ensure that
students are all covering
the same material, since
it is easier to see if the
students have gotten off-
task
• MALL…
• Allows students the
freedom to move
• Allows students to move
at different speeds
• Can gather information
from different locations
and send it to a central
location (e.g. scavenger
hunt)

6. 1.Prezi
2.Duolingo
3.Live Mocha
4.Anki

8. Positives
• Students generally enjoy
the “game-like” features of
the website
• It’s free, and so is the app
version!
• It ensures accuracy.
• Concepts are recycled, so
students are consistently
exposed to different aspects
of the language.
Drawbacks
• There is only one set way to
move through the site, you
cannot adjust the order in
which you learn the
material
• The sentences are often
uncommon or sound
unnatural
• Many phrases have no
direct translation.

9. • Your input and exercises are checked by native
speakers
• You can help others learn your native
language by providing feedback
• Offers spoken prompts, listening practice,
reading passages and writing exercises…all
four skills!

10. • You get to create the
cards!
• It will recycle the words
you have the most
difficulty with, in order
to ensure you keep
practicing the ones you
need to practice most

11. • What are some
differences between
regular phones and
smart phones?
• What can you use on
BOTH kinds of devices?

12. • Text messages
• Notes
• Phone calls
• Audio recorder
• Pictures/Video
on some devices

13. • Ask students to send a text message as their
homework assignment, when only one
sentence is sufficient
• Ask students to send each other information,
and one person from their group has to send
an answer to a group problem to the teacher
• Introductory text messages- send their name,
age, class information at the start of the term
so you can contact each other easily.

14. • Ask students to go out of the
classroom and write down in their
notes things that they know how
to say in English, and things they
don’t know how to say in English
(they write the latter in their L1)
• Have them write a paragraph for
homework in their notes and
show it to the teacher the next
day

15. Ask the students to call you and talk about a topic, or
ask them to leave an appropriate voice mail message
about a topic.

16. • Most phones have an
audio recorder. In lieu
of a phone call, a
student could record a
conversation or talk
about a topic.
• The benefit is that if a
student doesn’t like
their first recording,
they can redo it.

17. • Mostly exists only on
smart phones, but
many regular phones
will now allow for
photos too.
• Send students out to
take photos of objects
that connect to the
topic in class, or ask
them to describe their
pictures using
grammatical features.
• Videos can be shot to
demonstrate
conversation skills, or to
demonstrate knowledge
of a topic or
grammatical skill.

18. • Duolingo
• WordLens
• MobiLibs
• QR Reader
• Voice Thread
• Twitter

19. • Very similar to using
Duolingo on the
computer, but with one
important addition:
speaking practice!
• Use it everywhere, you
just need an internet
connection
• 8 languages available,
more being added

20. Translates individual words
Occasionally gets inventive
with translations
No Internet connection
needed once the app is
downloaded
You have to set up the
languages on your phone.
Asian languages with
different alphabets
(Chinese, Korean,
Japanese, Russian) are
available as well!

21. • More of a fun activity to
reinforce grammar than
one to organize a lesson
around
• Allows students to create
funny stories in English by
putting in different forms
of grammar, such as verbs
or adjectives
• Best for upper-level
bachillerato or IB
students

22. • So here’s a terrific idea for a class…
• Set up and print QR codes that link to
websites with audio recordings of vocabulary
words. Put the QR codes on the vocabulary
you want students to learn, or pictures of the
vocabulary you want them to learn, and have
them use the QR codes to hear the recordings.
• You can use it to link to websites or visuals to
assist students’ learning as well. This is one
site: http://www.qr-code-generator.com/

23. Communicate, Collaborate and Connect

24. • Students can link to an
article and write a
summary of it in their
tweet.
• Students put up an
image or link to an
image, and describe it
• Students ask questions
or send responses via
tweets

25. • Work in pairs or groups
of 3 with someone who
teaches the same level
as you
• Choose only one
method studied here
today and design a
lesson using that
method
• 10 minutes to work and
then a 2-minute
presentation!