Effectively Apply Technology In Chinese Teaching And Learning

Yan Gao, Ph.D.

Henrico Public Schools School of World Studies, VCU

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yansjourneytotechnologyandlanguage.blogspot.com

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(804) 651 2516

Discussing Questions

1. What is technology?

2. Why technology?

3. Do you like technology? Why?

4. Do you think technology is helpful for your teaching or not?

5. Do you want to keep using technology?

6. How to use technology effectively?

What we need to think before using tecnology in your class?

★ ★ ★ ★ School Environment - Internet - Programs provided (trainings) - Administrator supports Curriculum - Language Levels - Skills (Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing) Teacher - Technology Skills …...

Students - age - knowledge bas - technology skills

What should we prepare for before using technology?

★ Any tools would be used you should test completely.

★ Create very clear instructional sheet to guide students.

★ Create very detail rubrics for the task ★ Be very very patient (this is not easy)

What technology did you use ?

Please list those tools you used in your class 1.

2.

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Something You May Like to Know!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Presentation Tools/Recording Presentation Tools - Prezi (good for culture, cannot type Chinese character) - Present.me

- Glogster - Jing Class Participations Tools - ClassDoJo Dictionary Tools -popupchinese.com

-listen-and-write.com

-lingro.com

Animation/Movie - Go Animate - Zimmer Twin Student Self-Study Websites -languageguide.org

-learningchocolate.com

Choose A Website For Banking

★ Google Sites ★ Wiki Space ★ Edmodo ★ WordPress ★ SchoolSpace/Blackboard

Class DoJo

Jing

Superb Screen Cast Tool Jing is the most popular set of videos on the site. It is the product frequently presents at conferences and workshops and it could used for any subjects in the curriculum Especially how teachers use it to provide feedback to students and also to get students doing speaking activities.

MyBrainShark

Podcasting Tool Make podcasts of up to 15 minutes and then share them as e-mails or embed them.

Present Me

Podcasting Tool Make podcasts of up to 15 minutes and then share them as e-mails or embed them.

Quiz maker softwares

Bubblr & Bookr

Comic Stip tools that work with Flickr You can access the millions of pictures on Flickr with these tools.

Choose the pictures you want to use in your presentation and then add text to them. Save the resulting presentation and share it with teachers or add it to students' blogs. Bubblr- Could type in Chinese character Bookr - Could not type in Chinese character

Zimmer Twin

Cartoon/Animation Site.

Good for practice student's speaking skills Students can create cartoons using a whole range of characters and pictures but it is so easy to use. Then they share the resulting cartoons with the teacher or a friend.

LinoIT

This is a great tool to get your students collaborating and sharing ideas for projects, discussions a and brainstorming. It is an electronic cork board which allows the sharing of videos, files, picture, text and websites.

Mentormob

Create playlists of content that your students can work through

Listen and Write-Dictation tool.

Dictation tool Allows students to listen to news items and try to write down what they hear.

Lingro

Dictation tool allows any website to become clickable and to immediately open up a dictionary. There are a variety of dictionaries to choose from includiing English to English and English to many other languages. Various Languages.

Questions?

-Lingro

Great dictionary tool that allows any website to become clickable and to immediately open up a dictionary. There are a variety of dictionaries to choose from includiing English to English and English to many other languages. Various Languages.