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Selasa, 30 Juni 2015
Assignment 6 ICT in Language Learning
The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English
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This was one of the trickiest “The Best…” list for me to compile. As I was going through my favorites, and all of the great suggestions others contributed, I concluded that it might work best to really create two lists. The first list — this one — will highlight sites that actually have students recording their own voices in a number of different ways and post their speaking assignments online. The second list, which I’ll publish later this month and will include a number of the sites that readers suggested, will focus on sites where students have to listen to spoken examples for developing better pronunciation skills.
That next list will be called “The Best Sites For Learning English Pronunciation.”
It’s sort of an artificial division, I know, and obviously in teaching and learning a second language speaking and listening are intertwined. In fact, students can use some of the sites on this list to practice what they hear on the sites in the next list. But I do think this separation works for the purpose of making these lists.
In order to make it on this list, a site had to be free, easy to use, and accessible to English Language Learners.
You can also find these links, and 8,000 others, on my website.
Here are my picks for The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English & Pronunciation:
Blabberize allows you to upload an image, have the mouth’s image move in a comedic way, and then “speak” your voice. Students can use their own photos, or a famous person, cartoon character, etc. Blabberize can be used in the same way ESL/EFL teachers sometimes have students use puppets — students can feel more comfortable speaking when it’s not really “them” doing the talking.
A Voki is a talking avatar students can design and easily post on a blog or website. Sue Waters has written excellent step-by-step instructions on how to post a Voki.
LiveMochais a fast-growing language-learning site that has an incredible number of features. For speaking, not only can users send their recording to whomever they choose, but there’s also a social network component that lets others provide feedback. Another nice aspect of the site is that it’s structured so that users are responding directly to prompts from LiveMocha’s scaffolded teaching/learning system.
Voice Thread is well-known. Between the free unlimited account for educators, the ability to type text as well as record audio, the ability to grab images off the Web to reinforce understanding, and the great feature of being able to leave audio comments, I don’t think anything beats it.
(Editor’s Note: I’m adding another site called Chuala to this list. You can read my post about ithere. )
I’m adding Voxopop to this list. Formerly called Chinswing, it lets you easily create private voice “chatboards.” Students can leave messages and respond to one another, or teachers can leave speaking assignments for students to complete. It’s similar to Grapevine and to Vaestro Voice Channel.
I’ve posted in the past about how the ability to make easy screencasts — with audio– could be an excellent learning opportunity for English Language Learners (you might want to take a look at that post). The online tool Screencast-O-Matic works okay for this purpose, but seems a little complicated.
Vocaroo is a super easy way for students to record a message — of any length — and then place a link or an embed code on a student or teacher website. It’s got to be one of the most simple ways for audio recording out there — no registration is required and you just click “record.” (NOTE: Unfortunately, Vocaroo has recently announced that messages will be deleted after six months)
The extraordinary The Art of Storytelling is a site from the Delaware Art Museum that allows you pick a painting, write a short story about it, record it with your computer microphone, and email the url address for posting on a student website or blog. It’s extraordinarily simple, and extraordinarily accessible to any level of English Language Learner. No registration is required.
PodOmatic looks like an extraordinarily easy way to create a podcast. Sign-up and your class has your own channel — all you need is a computer microphone.
Woices allows the user to easily leave an audio message about a specific place. That message can then be listened to by others. Students could could leave messages about where they live now, places they’ve visited, or their native countries.
Chirbit is a new site. After registering (which is very easy — I love sites that don’t require an email activation), you can very easily make a recording or use a text-to-speech feature to create audio. You’re then given a unique url address for the recording. It’s as simple as that. It has other capabilities, too, including responding to the audio message.
For students those without Internet access at home, here’s a tool worth considering:
I recently received my invitation to join Google Voice, Google’s new phone tool. You can read all about it at Lifehacker’s guide. In terms of teaching, I could see it as an easy way for English Language Learners, particularly those with no Internet access, to practice speaking “homework.” They can call my Google Voice number, leave a message, and I can then access both their audio and an automatically generated written transcript of what they said. I can then easily embed both on a classroom blog.
Audio Pal is a new tool that lets you easily record a message — either by using a phone, computer mike, or text-to-speech — and then add the embed code to your blog or website. Students can update it as often as they want, and get as many different ones that they want. It’s pretty neat. No registration is necessary, and it’s free.
A new site is called English Central. David Deubelbeiss has posted a very thorough post about the site titled English Central – Bringing “voice” and output to learning English. I’d strongly encourage you to read it — I don’t feel any need to “reinvent the wheel.” A quick description is that it’s a free video site for English Language Learners, lets users listen to parts of the video, then lets them repeat what the characters says and compares it to the original. You get graded on how well you do. It has even more features, but you can read David’s post or check out the site directly. The other great thing about it is that the videos are all appropriate for the classroom, unlike several other ESL video sites that have come online recently.
Fotobabble is a super-easy application that lets you upload a photo, provide a minute audio recording to go along with it, and then you get a link and an embed code that can be used for . It’s a simple tool students can use to practice their speaking skills. It’s very easy to use but, just in case, Russell Stannard at the great Teacher Training Videos has posted agood video tutorial on how to use the app.
Audioboo lets you easily create what is basically a voice blog. After signing-up (which is quite easy), you can make recordings of up to five minutes in length. Not only can your messages appear together on one public page, but you can also choose to embed them. People can leave text comments on the messages, but one negative is that they are not moderated. However, you do have to be registered on the site in order to leave a comment. (I talk about a great and easy way to use Audioboo in This Seems Like A Pretty Easy Way To Practice Speaking….)
David Deubelbeiss, founder of EFL Classroom 2.0, has an excellent speaking activity he uses with his English Language Learner students. He calls it Pass The Paper, and also a helpful PowerPoint.
Winkball lets you easily create a video or just an audio blog. You can also use it to send video messages. It seems to have other possibilities, too, but I’m still exploring the site. It could provide a good speaking opportunity for English Language Learners.
A teacher’s guide to using audio and podcasting in the classroom is a nice overview of applications to use in the classroom, including videos. It was created by Kit Hard.
Little Bird Tales lets you easily make slideshows where you can add text and, more importantly for English Language Learners, provide an audio narration. On nice touch is that you can virtually paint/draw artwork in addition to uploading images (unfortunately, the site doesn’t have the ability to grab photos off the web by url addresses). It’s free to use, but I’m unclear on if there will be an eventual cost to use the site. It appears to have an upper limit on the number of shows you can produce.
You can read about SMILE and CLEAR at a previous post.
SoundCloud lets you very easily record an audio message — the first 120 minutes are free — and then you can post the link or embed it where you like. They’ve also just begun a new site called Take Questions, which TechCrunch calls a “Quora for audio.” There, you can set-up your own page to take audio questions that you can then answer — in audio.
Spreaker seems like a pretty easy way to have your own Internet radio show.
Anmish lets you choose a caricature of a world leader and then lets you put words in his/her mouth for thirty seconds via a microphone. While you’re recording, you can also easily change facial expressions on your caricature by pressing a letter on your keyboard. It doesn’t appear you can embed the video, though you can a link to it. You also have access to parodies created by other users, which might make it problematic for classroom use.
Knovio might end up being one of the best Web 2.0 applications of the year. You upload a PowerPoint presentation, record a presentation with your microphone and webcam, and then it’s done! It’s free, and it is not open to the public yet, but I received an invitation about five seconds after I requested it.
Sock Puppets is a simple iPhone app that lets you easily record a student and upload it to YouTube. It can be used to briefly record a student speaking or reading in class, or even to have two or three students record a simple play (the free app allows thirty seconds of recording while for 99 cents you can upgrade to 90 seconds). One major advantage of using this for speaking practice is that it’s the sock puppet that’s actually speaking on the display, not the student. It looks like it could have potential. Thanks to techchef4u for the tip. NOTE: The upgraded version appears to be a bit buggy, so I’m only using the free app.
We’re also going to be trying out another iPhone app called Talking Wee Mee. It just allows one character, though it appears to provide a one minute recording time.
Lisa Johnson also suggested Photo Puppet Go. It’s a little more complicated than the other two I’ve mentioned, but it does have potential.
Shoutomatic is a new site that lets you quickly and easily (after a very fast registration) record a thirty-second “shout” — an audio message — that you can embed or link to…In addition, you have the option of uploading a photo to attach to your audio message, but you can’t just grab one for the Web with a url address. It could be a nice and easy way for students to practice speaking.
QWiPS easily lets you make a thirty second audio recording that you can — you can also connect it to a photo or video.
Record MP3 lets you, without having to register, create an audio recording that you can save on your computer and/or save on their site (a link is provided). It’s very simple to use, though I’m not sure what the maximum audio recording length is nor how long they keep it on their server. My recording uploaded quickly using Internet Explorer. However, it would never upload when in Firefox.
Croak.it lets you easily record a thirty second message with a computer microphone. You then get a unique url address that you can . No registration is necessary.
I’ve described some nice apps that let you add an audio recording to your photos and then them. enpixa is a new one that’s very similar to the others. It’s free, and you can add a thirty second recording.
You can never have too many of these kinds of sites, because you never know which ones will be blocked by school content filters.
Web Doc is/was a sorta’ blogging platform that makes it super simple to write individual “docs.” I especially like its ability to search the Web for images within your “doc” and just post it into what you’re writing. It also lets you add a speech bubble to the photo. It has tons more features, including providing an embed code. It was highly ranked on The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011.
Recently, it “relaunched” as Urturn and added several features, including the ability to record audio. That’s a really nice feature, but I couldn’t get it to work when I tried it. I guess they were having some relaunch “bugs.” Assuming they get it fixed, though,it could be very useful.
Dubbler joins the list of several free Smartphone apps that let you record a sixty second audio caption for a photo.
I’ve previously posted several times about Edcanvass, and it’s already on a number of “The Best…” lists. They’ve added another great feature — the ability to easily record up to five minutes of audio on any image or text you pin to a canvass, and you can pin many items on one canvass.
Shadow Puppet is a great iPhone/iPad app.
Tellagami is neat iPhone/iPad app that lets users quickly create virtual characters that can speak audio that’s been recorded or use text-to-speech.
source: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/the-best-sites-to-practice-speaking-english/
Senin, 25 Mei 2015
Assignment 5 ICT in Language Learning
Comment about Blended Learning
The blended classroom is designed to meet the individual
needs of student by allowing teachers to personalize instruction. This strategy
can be used for any subject and any grade level. Blended learning
combines the learning in classroom with computer. It allows students to work
with teachers in school and have online resources at home.
Three
words that are related to blended learning: teacher, classroom, and technology.
Blended learning is amazing to be applied in school nowadays. It combines
between face to face and online learning. It will help the students to get
acquainted with the modern media of learning. School should develop their
environment to apply blended learning. It will lead to increase students’
engagement and academic success. Blended learning is also can motivate students
to be independent.
Students work on projects at home, and in class. In class,
they can ask the teacher for help, and continue on the project at home, with
online materials for help. By having online materials available, students have
access to support when out of the classroom. Students access some material at
home and complete some work at home, while leaving more time during class to
get into deeper context with the teachers.
Mr. Rudi apply the blended learning strategy in ICT class.
He gives the materials through his blog and he gives the instruction. The
students follow his instruction and do the activities. He advices his students
to be smart in using the computer system.
Some techniques to apply blended learning are e-Learning, webinars, classroom, role play, coaching, OTJ, etc. It will be interesting because the students can browse the information from the online system. They will enjoy in learning process.
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Minggu, 26 April 2015
Assignment 4 ICT in Language Learning
E-Learning
What is e-learning?
E-learning (also called electronic learning) is any type of learning that
takes place through or with a computer. E-learning is primarily facilitated
through the Internet but can also be accomplished with CD-ROMs and DVDs,
streaming audio or video and other media. The purpose of e-learning is to allow people to learn
for personal accomplishment or to earn a professional degree, without
physically attending a traditional university or academic setting. E-learning
can be applied for all levels of schooling from grade school to graduate
degrees, and is versatile enough to accommodate all learning styles.
There is a plethora of different
e-learning systems (otherwise known as Learning Management Systems, or LMSs for
short). LSM is a global term for a computer system specifically developed for managing
online courses, distributing course materials and allowing collaboration
between students and teachers. A LMS will allow you to manage every aspect of a
course, from the registration of students to the storing of test results, as well
as allowing you to accept assignments digitally and keep in touch with your
students. LMSs are built on various platforms, commonly PHP, .Net or Java and
they will hook up to a database such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQL Server. There
are many LMSs out there, both commercial and open source.
Technologies used in e-learning
E-learning makes use of many technologies. Communication
technologies are also widely used in e-learning. Starting with the use of email
and instant messaging, message forums and social networks, we see a plethora of
tools that any internet user would use in any case. There are also some
technologies that work in a complementary manner to other software and enable
new features, for example software that adds a whiteboard on your video conferencing
tool to allow you or your peers to make changes on other people’s work for
review, or screen-sharing which allows someone to make a presentation while
still making comments and giving input using the microphone.
The benefits of online learning
1.
No
Boundaries, No Restrictions
2.
More Flexible
3. Mobile
4. No Travel
5. Technological
Possibilities
6. Global
7.
More
Fun
8.
Cost
Effective
9.
It
Just Fits!
The drawbacks of online learning
1.
Isolation
2.
Health
Related Concerns
3.
Lack of Control
4.
Learning Approach
5.
Technology Issues
6.
Computer Competency
How to make e-learning effective
An effective course takes a good deal of time, hard
work, and a commitment to high quality content. Here are some tips that can
help you create a highly effective e-learning course regardless of the material
or curriculum:
1.
Know your subject material
well!
2.
Online courses provided should
appeal to all learning styles
3.
Facilitate Contact
4.
Platform should be easy to
navigate and fully functional
5.
Course documents should be
available to every student enrolled
6. Set
and communicate clear goals
E-learning tools and applications
MuchEnough is an online marketplace and meeting
place for online instruction in any topic.
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Sympoz offers a truly great educational experience online. Courses cover a wide range of topics including: Wine, Cooking, Personal Finance, Parenting.
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CapAlly has
created a way for individuals, corporations, and educational institutions to
invest in a student's future through a peer-to-peer micro-finance investment
opportunity.
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GradeGuru
is a free knowledge sharing network where college students can share their
study materials, engage in collaborative learning and get peer-feedback while
building their online academic profiles for internships and career
opportunities.
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Automatically
make your own free slide show in seconds. Upload photos, pick music, add
captions in the show, and more.
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Your
plans are available anywhere and are simple to create. Attach files, Common
Core Standards, print, export to Word or PDF, share with colleagues.
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Create, Store, and Print worksheets, studysheets, exams and quizzes online.
Designed specifically for teachers, instructors, and homeschoolers.
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CarrotSticks is an online multiplayer game that improves math skills for 1st -
5th graders as they
practice and compete with peers around the world.
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