KSU ESOL Conference - Share Your Ideas

How can these tools be used in the classroom for different content areas? Share your ideas.

Comments

[Melissa Bayardelle]

I would use the recording tool to have students listen to their final writing pieces.

[Julia]

I would use these tools to help students learn pronunciation of content vocabulary.

Teachers can assign a short homework assignment. Students would call Gabcast and leave their answers to the homework questions.

[Paula Stinnett]

Students can teach other students about their countries of origin in audio/video. This assignment always initiates engagement! Students can download audio/video from the web add their own personal comments and present the presentation via the ActivBoard to the entire class!

I would use the technology to reinforce vocab pronunciation and usage.

[Melba Pesante]

I would like to be able to use the ipods with the audacity technology and the students' cell phones. Also maybe implement the blog strategy into my lesson plans.

[Delois]

B/c my school is low-tech, and many of my students do not have access to the Internet at home, I think that gabcast would be a wonderful way of reaching not only my students, but my parents as well. I could record homework assignments, post messages, etc.

[michele figueiredo]

I would like to try having the students record a message or read aloud a passage from a book we're reading; then have them listen to themselves. In time, they can create dialogues.

[Lynn]

I can see using Audacity to let students practice speaking and listening to their English.

[James Hurst]

I can use downloadhelper and recored youtube at home and then use the appropriate video footage at school. It will be fun.

[Ms. D. Clark]

I'd like to teach my kids to blog (which blog to use?) to give their persuasive reasonings on this blog for the entire class to view, with embedded audio (reading their blogs while posting)so I can check their pronunciation, and supporting their viewpoints with embedded video. Also, is there a way for the teacher to have a main blog, with the ability to paste an RSS code that I could embed to other blog sites, so I only have to blog once instead of writing the same blog in multiple websites?

[Greg Clark]

I will certainly begin checking on students' speaking and reading skills by having them call Gabcast and read a chapter or two on a regular basis. In this way, I will be able to listen to their reading multiple times when I have the time (at home). Or perhaps I will require oral responses to a homework assignment to be given in this way.

I'm not sure how audacity is helpful but wish I did.

Thanks for your presentation!

Also, by finding out how to download videos I would like to bring into the classroom that are not available on the streaming sites offered by the county, I will finally be able to use videos I haven't been able to use before but that I thought would enrich certain lessons.

[robin]

i would like to download clips from films to use as writing prompts and response logs. is it possible to play a dvd and just capture one scene? thanks robin

[B Tatum]

I can see their use within group and individual situations - to introduce, enhance, and reinforce instruction with ELLs and integrating listening, speaking, reading and writing in new & innovative I have yet to discover!