Training Teachers in

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• Training Teachers in
• Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
• CALL Certificate
• CALL Online Certificate

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Guiding Principles

• Sound pedagogy must come first
• Teachers have varying levels of technological
  proficiency
• Technology-use is never glitch-free

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CALL Certificate12 units (6 required 6
elective)

• Required coursework
• Introduction to CALL
• Computers and Curriculum Integration
• Computer-Assisted Assessment
• PC/Mac Troubleshooting

• Electives (a sampling)
• Using the internet for language teaching
• Web Design for language teaching
• Online and distance education
• Corpus, concordance, and CALL
• Teaching writing online
• Introduction to digital media
• Computer-mediated communication
• Directed studies

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Pedagogy first

• What is your teaching need?
• Are there ways in which the technology available
  to you could help you to address this need? If
  so, how?
• How will you design materials that incorporate
  technology in pedagogically sound manners?

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Project-based learning

• Working with teachers in a local school district
  to design curricula that incorporate computer-use
  
• Designing course websites to provide additional
  learning resources for students
• Looking at different types of computer-mediated
  interaction and considering the implications of
  such interactions for language learning
• Writing step-by-step troubleshooting guides

• Assessing (and then designing) computer-mediated
  language assessment tools
• Exploring the benefits and challenges of online
  classrooms
• Analyzing websites for learning opportunities
• Designing iMovie projects for learners in a
  community outreach course
• Creating language corpora for teachers and
  language learners

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The benefits

• Teachers are able to work on projects that are
  meaningful to them and useful for their learner
  environments
• Teachers are able to work at their own
  technological proficiency level
• Teachers demonstrate and develop their
  abilities to use technology in pedagogically
  sound ways
• Teachers are able to integrate their CALL
  coursework with that of their other MATESOL
  courses

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Some examples

• Curriculum Design gt Integrating Computers into
  the Curriculum gt Practicum gt TESOL 2004
  Presentation
• Principles Practices gt Sociolinguistics gt Web
  Design gt TA for Web Design gt Discourse analysis
  of Ss working with computers gt Development of
  pedagogical materials for teaching web design
• Curriculum Design gt Language Assessment gt
  Computer-Assisted Assessment gt Expanded test to
  include a feedback component

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Conclusions

• Technology must be used appropriately that is,
  it should reflect sound pedagogy and enhance
  learning
• We need to give teachers the opportunity to
  critique, examine, and experiment with different
  features of technology so that they can come to
  their own conclusions about what the technology
  can offer to them and to their students
• CALL creates learning and teaching opportunities
  for all teachers and students alike