1. And sign up for two sites:
Grockit Answers:
http://grockit.com/answers
and read this
grockit.com/blog/main/2011/10/17/answ
ering-the-question-that-youre-about-to-ask/
Socrative: socrative.com
and read this
GO AHEAD…
3. Quiz on Wednesday (opens Wed at 6pm, closes Thurs at 6pm)
20 questions, 1 hour to complete
Available: presentations, wiki, blogs
Wednesday’s presentations:
Hongbo: Chen, Belkada,, & Okamoto, 2004
Alan: Garrett, 2009
Materials 1 due 2/25
Rubric & description next class.
HOUSE IS KEPT
4. CALL -> not monolithic (not you
support it or not). Look at what
works for you…
Are there things in your teaching
that could be aided by a particular
tool?
Could your teaching be improved w/
technology?
What language learning is better
accomplished through specific
applications/tools than through
traditional learning?
A WARNING
6. Participation in class
Allow students to prepare answers
Allow students to see other’s answers
Teacher can collect multiple answers
Encourages participation from students who may not speak up in
class.
Participation outside of class
Students can complete tasks outside of class and instantly submit.
Students can engage in a wide range of activities/tasks and employ
multimedia input.
Make more interesting “homework”
Hybrid learning, flip-teaching, dogme/create-your-own
materials, etc.
CLASS PARTICIPATION
7. Most tools require registration (Unintended
side effect of Web 2.0)
Tools require careful scaffolding (i.e., in-
class practice).
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
8. Turn any web-based video into a Q & A
activity.
Search videos within Grockit’s search tool
(favors Youtube).
Create a New Q & A for the video.
Add questions at any part of the video.
Share the result with your learners.
GROCKIT ANSWERS
9. Listening comprehension activities.
Creating high interest/authentic teaching
materials.
Record your own videos (with any phone,
etc.)
Have students create videos of themselves
(doing practice presentations, interviews
with locals, tours of interesting places) and
their own questions.
USEFUL FOR…
10. Let’s try it out:
Login/sign up for Grockit:
http://grockit.com/answers
Go here: goo.gl/xkkQZ
GROCKIT ANSWERS
11. Socrative allows you to create quizzes and
activities.
Get feedback from each student
immediately (in class or out of class).
Students can answer the quizzes using
pretty much any connected device
(computer, tablet, phone).
SOCRATIVE
12. Let’s try it out…
Review for upcoming quiz
Sign-up/Login to Socrative:
Go to m.socrative.com
Join classroom 836637
Join a team for Space Race
SOCRATIVE
13. Do one of the three following activities for homework (for next
Monday):
1. Individually: Create a Grockit Answers activity using an
already existing Youtube video. Try it out with learners.
Post the Grockit and reflect on user responses on your blog.
2. Individually: Create a Socrative Quiz or Space Race. Try it
out with learners. Post the results on your blog.
3. With a partner: Record your own video with a teachable
moment (e.g., service encounter, description of a location).
Post it to Youtube, add a Grockit activity. Post the Grockit
and reflection on your blogs.
Be prepared to share your activity in class next week!
HOMEWORK
14. Essential steps:
Record the video on phone, camera, etc.
Create a Youtube account
Upload video
From most phones/tablets there is a button to
directly upload. (Must have your channel set up first
however)
From camera, transfer video file to your computer.
Login to Youtube via browser and upload the video.
Adjust settings for video in Youtube
Public/Unlisted/Private
VIDEOS -> YOUTUBE