PODCAST Technology on the go - Using VOKI

TECH ON THE GO - Episode 2
Technology on the go is back. A podcast created by teachers, for teachers.
Each month, Camila Sousa (in Chicago) and I (in Brazil) interview different teachers around the globe about how they have been integrating technology to their classes.

This month, I am the guest speaker. 
I talk to Camila Sousa about the project I've been developing with my own students this semester. 
The main tool chosen was VOKI.

http://technologyonthego.podomatic.com/entry/2012-09-29T11_38_11-07_00






For more information about the project, you can read my previous blog post
http://lifefeast.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/voki-project.html
or send me an e-mail to anamariacult@yahoo.com.br

To follow TECHNOLOGY ON THE GO, visit our podcast page
http://technologyonthego.podomatic.com

Some months ago, VOKI sent me an interview about how I had been using the site in my classes.
These are the answers I shared with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C241RXxrCs

Investigating about SOCIAL PRESENCE: a thesis or a blog?

Inspired by Doug Belshaw's work, http://neverendingthesis.com/ , a dissertation shared publicly since its beginning as a wiki, I share the beginning of my own journey as I study about Social Presence and how it  influences learning in virtual environments.

As I'm doing my M.A.  in Brazil, I write in Portuguese. The thesis will be written as a blog where people can comment and suggest right from the start.  http://ufuanamariamenezes.blogspot.com.br/

My past , your past - Using BUBBLESNAPS

I love asking students to create different material using recently learned language using different webtools.

Last week, we were studying how to talk about PAST HABITS using USED TO, DIDN'T USE TO.

In class, I showed them my BUBBLESNAPS talking about my past



http://www.bubblesnaps.com/display.php?id=f5f3507f

Then, for homework I asked them to create one about themselves using positive and negative sentences. My objective was to observe how well they had learned the topic structure and if necessary I would address the problems next class.

 Well, most students created their bubblesnaps using pictures from their childhood and shared it in our Edmodo group with the rest of their classmates. IN the following class, I showed their bubblesnaps using the IWB and then talked about general language mistakes I noticed.

You can try BUBBLESNAPS at http://bubblesnaps.com

VOKI project with EFL students

In a previous post,
I described a project I intended to start with a group of students this semester.
http://voki.com


Well, I have  proposed the project to students ...

... and have been surprised with the results so far.

I was thinking of having students write their first draft, show the text to me, then I would correct it and give them back the marked paper. But then, I changed my mind, so now, students send me their draft, I record a screencast while I correct their text, explaining the mistakes and giving them a sample of how to read the text, the student watches the correction , records himself/herself reading their own text and then share it with the rest of the class as a listening dictation.





 To record the screencasts, I've been using a site called EDUCREATIONS, also an app for the ipad.
http://edcr8.co/NvKP8T



 Each week, one student is supposed to create a 50-word text with language recently learned. This last week, we've been exploring vocabulary that has to do with education. I was delighted and surprised with the text/recording created for this week where this young Brazilian student talks about education in Brazil.

TECHNOLOGY on the go - a podcast about edutech

"Technology on the go" is a podcast channel created by Camila Sousa (living in Chicago) and I (in Brazil) with the aim to talk to different teachers around the world about how they have been integrating technology to their classes. 

Camila Sousa and I often meet in skype to exchange ideas about how we've been using technology in our classes. Then, we thought "Why not share these learning moments with other teachers? "

The episodes will be recorded once a month and will have the duration of 10 mins max.

Check out our first episode which has just been recorded! 



The episodes are intended to be a very informal talk where we can learn from each other. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did talking to each other. Thank you, Kay, for the lovely interview.

The TECHNOLOGY ON THE GO podcast page is
http://technologyonthego.podomatic.com/

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Songifying the First Conditional

Last week, while studying how to talk about a POSSIBLE FUTURE using the First Conditional, I asked my students to create their own sentences hoping to make it more meaningful to them. I checked their sentences and used my own IPAD to record two different students reading their sentences using SONGIFY (app available for ipad, iphone and androids).



I explained to them that in a following class we would use the sentences as a dictation where they would be the ones reading to each other.

In a class, this week, I attached my ipad to the projector and told me we would have a challenge. We would TRY to understand the TWO sentences on each recording. As the sentences are changed into a musical version by the app, it is truly a challenge. We developed the activity as a whole class: students listened and then I elicited the sentences from them writing it on the board.

listen to ‘First conditional sentences’ on Audioboo

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 After playing all the recordings and eliciting their sentences, I asked them to look at the examples and tell me what structure was present in all examples. IF + S. PRESENT + S. FUTURE 

Oh, I forgot, to download the audio file created by the app, just send each recording to your e-mail and download it. SIMPLE, SIMPLE.