The presentation demonstrates the procedure of using blog to setup a language learning portfolio, use mobile device to make recording, and connect the recording to the portfolio.

1. Using Audioblog and Mobile Device to
Assist English Language Learning
Hui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D.
Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D.
IRA 2013

2. Use of blogs
Do you use blogs in your classroom?
Do you use blogs to facilitate ELLs?

3. Blog
Fast and easy publishing
Chronologically archived posts
Compatible with multimedia elements
Categorize articles
Two way communication between author
and readers
Recognition and motivation

4. Common Blogging Tools
Live Journal (http://www.livejournal.com)

5. Common Blogging Tools
Wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org)

6. Common Blogging Tools
Blogger.com (http://www.blogger.com)

7. How do educators use blogs?
Individual blog
• Students’ reflection journal
• Learning portfolio
• Book talk
• Teaching blog
• Teaching sharing blog

8. How do educators use blogs?
Group blog
 Classroom newsletter (communicate with
parents)
 Group discussion blog

Class work multimedia showcase blog

9. Successful examples of using blogs to promote
language and literacy learning:
 Pinkman (2005): Increase EFL motivation for
writing
 Bloch (2007): Develop ESL academic writing
skills (immigrant learner case study)
 Huffaker (2005): Literacy learning and
development through dialogues & storytelling

Godwin-Jones (2003): Share collaborative
writing skills, writing for real contexts
 Hsu & Wang (2011): Increase college students’
reading and writing motivation

10. Audio blog activity requirement
A teacher’s blog
A blog for each student
Mobile device (iPod Touch, iPad, or
Blackberry)
VR+ ($1.99) for iOS version
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vr+-voice-for-twitter-facebook/id299049482?mt=8

12. How to setup a blog
Apply a google account (with existing
email account): http://www.google.com
Login Blogger.com with your Google
account
Create a blog
Post a new entry

20. Tips…
Encourage interaction
Integrate multimedia elements (graphics,
video clips, hyperlink resources)
Practice reading (informational text) and
writing (narrative, augmentative,
informative) connection
Integrate with Google Tools (translator,
YouTube, image)
Privacy

21. Blog + audio + portfolio
Easy archiving of assignments for
evaluation
Close evaluation
Self-monitoring learning progress
Multimodal pedagogical practices
Extended interaction
Individualized feedback

22. Teacher’s blog
Assign homework
Create links to students’ blogs

23. The teacher’s blog
http://ellaudio.blogspot.com/

24. Google translator can translate the whole web page from one language to another.

26. The student’s blog
Complete and archive assignments
Archive audio recordings
Use multimodal information
Interact with the teacher using comments
The student can add other teachers and
the parents to the blog readers

28. Recording audio
Create a VR+ account
Launch VR+ on iPhone/iPad

29. Record

31. Stop and share the recordings

32. Setup the sharing settings

33. Connect VR+ with the student’s blog.

34. You can write on the mobile device
and send it to the blog
automatically along with the audio
recording

35. The recording is immediately sent to the blog

36. Alternative solutions
DropBox
Google Drive

37. All procedures are listed in this book
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/amazing-ipad-book-for-teachers/id597252066?mt=11

38. http://ellaudio.blogspot.com/
Hui-Yin Hsu hhsu02@nyit.edu
Shiang-Kwei Wang skwang@nyit.edu