Event Report, Gunma Chapter June 2019

You don’t need tech in the classroom. What’s the problem? You’ve been motivating students for years. Chalk and talk, that’s all you need. Until you’re suddenly forced to work with a bunch of iPads. Now what? This happened to the presenters, Kayvon Havaei-Ahary and Jason Demsteader, and it could happen to you. Havaei-Ahary and Demsteader came to future-proof Gunma JALT members against just such an occurrence. Through their experiences they discovered, and subsequently shared with attendees, how choosing the right strategy can better prepare a teacher for life with tech in the classroom. Havaei-Ahary and Demsteader shared their experiences of getting started with Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) and explained how they adopted an approach based on UX design.