Information Technology for Foreign Language Instruction

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Information Technology for Foreign Language
Instruction

• Helen Lily Huang
• Cassie Bowman

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Our Goals

• To provide you with information and resources to
  help you meet two of the criteria of the
  Technology Credentialing Standards
• Becoming familiar with computer-based
  collaborative tools.
• Using established selection criteria to evaluate
  materials.

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Goals (continued)

1. To provide information applicable to using
   technology to teach the three modes of foreign
   language interpersonal, interactive,
   presentational.
2. To augment what you have already learned about
   using technology for foreign language teaching
   from Prof. Azevedo.

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Agenda

• Introduction 5 min.
• Scavenger Hunt with MindMap 20 min.
• Hands-On Online Gradebooks 25 min.
• Deconstruction of Videoconferencing 30 min.
• Discussion 10 min.

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MindMap
Tonights MindMap
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Hands-on Use of Classroom Management Resources

• Presentation by Stephen Cohen, President and CEO
  of Vgrade.com
• Free Tools
• http//www.vgrade.com
• http//www.mygradebook.com
• Fee-based
• http//www.thinkwave.com

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Deconstructing Videoconferencing

• What do you know about videoconferencing?
• Overview
• Types of videoconferencing
• The benefits for foreign language learning
• The technical components.
• What you need to start
• How to set up desktop videoconferencing
• How to find and connect to someone else

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Continued

• The human component
• Guidelines for good practice
• Videoconferencing etiquette
• How it can support language learning
• Life in the Fishbowl example
• Connect to real teacher
• How to make it meaningful
• Planning a v.c. lesson
• Evaluating a v.c. lesson
• Pros and Cons

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Discussion

• Language Lab Ideas from Peter Chen of the
  Stanford Language lab
• Annotated resources online http//ldt.stanford.e
  du/step/
• Software Evaluation Guide
• Presentation evaluation online http//ldt.stanford
  .edu/survey/_.php

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The End