Technology in Teaching (TnT) Workshops

Digital technology for teaching and learning
All TnT workshops are on the 10th floor
Friday, 25 November 2016, 1:30 – 7:00 PM
Handouts form the 2016 TnT workshops can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1J-RP6sL5OkGB59PMJmYZ0RH7CzQwtFley3NJag…
As digital communications technologies become embedded in language education, teachers face the challenge of selecting appropriate tools and learning how to use them. The aim of the JALT pre-conference Technology in Teaching (TnT) workshops is to help teachers find their way through the exciting array of technologies available, select those that are appropriate for their teaching context, and learn how to effectively make use of them in the classroom. The TnT presenters, all experts in technology, will offer guidance on using technology and share ways to best integrate technology with language teaching practices. Participants should bring along a wifi or cellular connected device to participate fully in sessions.
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TnT Presentation Schedule (Friday, Nov. 25)
1st Session (1:30 – 3:00)
2nd Session (3:30 – 5:00)
3rd Session (5:30 – 7:00)
Rab PatersonUnleash Your Inner Tarantino!
Tom KennySmartphones & iPads for Active Learning in Class
Gary RossGetting Started with Web Development
Vander VianaWorking With Online Corpora in Language Classrooms
Philip NortonCreating Animated Storyboards with Web 2.0
Samantha KawakamiCoursebase: A Simpler LMS for Beginners
Thomas E. BieriMaking Exciting Activities With Quiz and Game Apps
Andrea CarlsonUsing Mobile Devices in Small Group Activities
Joseph TomeiRounding up References: Reference Software and You
Naeko NaganumaHow to Flip Your Classroom: Learning the Basics
Mark ShrosbreeMotivating Technology for the Communicative Classroom
Paul Daniels
Innovative Online Speaking Activities
Thomas E. Bieri
Title: Making Exciting Activities with Quiz and Game Apps
Ever asked a question of a class, even a simple one, and gotten dead silence? Had trouble getting students to give you feedback in front of their peers? Been unable to get a good check of comprehension before moving on? How about doing a quick poll of your class, doing a review quiz as a game, or having someplace online your students can go to study assigned vocabulary? If so, then this workshop is for you! I will introduce you to the apps Quizlet, Kahoot, and Poll Everywhere. Quizlet allows users to create and use existing study sets in formats such as flashcards and quizzes, Kahoot allows creation and use of game-like quizzes, surveys, and even discussions, and Poll Everywhere allows for live polling of a class or audience. No specialist skills are required, but please bring an internet-connected device, and maybe a few words for your students to learn.
Thomas E. Bieri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Nanzan University. He has over 25 years experience working in higher education. He holds a graduate certificate in Educational Technology and an MA in Applied Linguistics (TFL). He spent several years working full-time as a Technical Services Assistant and Director of Technical Services in a college, which included teaching faculty and students to use a variety of equipment. He is experienced at giving technology-related presentations as well as leading workshops and faculty development sessions. His instructional and research interests include educational technology and extensive reading.
Andrea Carlson
Using Mobile Devices in Small Group Activities
Technology-enhanced instruction has made possible new opportunities in language teaching. However, as language teachers, we know well that technology is only as good as its application. In this workshop, I will describe and show how I am using mobile devises with a range of online resources and applications to enhance and extend motivational and learning strategies, teach key concepts and provide opportunities for students to collaborate, practice, produce and review what they are learning. I will first give examples of and demonstrate how I have been using iPads and Smartphones in small group listening, reading, writing and speaking activities centered on online authentic materials such as TED Talks, National Public Radio and American Public Broadcasting programs, Storyline Online, ProCon.org, and others. I will then outline how I have been creating and using online materials to help students extend their understanding of these authentic resources. I will show how I am creating customized course websites using Weebly, developing and using animated videos with Go-Animate and music slideshows with Animoto, and creating online quizzes and games using Quizlet and surveys using Quia. The audience will have opportunities to create materials using these applications.
Andrea Carlson teaches in the Liberal Education Center at Aichi Prefectural University. She is interested in the types of roles technology can play in enhancing learning.
Paul Daniels
Title: Innovative Online Speaking Activities
Recent developments in web-based voice recognition and speech synthesis provide teachers with the tools to create innovative online speaking activities. In this workshop, the presenter will explain how voice recognition and speech synthesis tools can be used to develop speaking skills. Attendees will have the chance to evaluate a number of activities including a voice-shadow, a speech assessment, and a voice annotation activity. Implementation and limitations of CALL tasks that employ speech recognition will also be discussed. For attendees wanting to participate hands-on, a Windows or Macintosh device with the latest version of Google Chrome and a microphone are required.
Paul Daniels is a professor at Kochi University of Technology. His research involves CALL, ESP and project-based-instruction. He actively develops Moodle plugins and mobile apps for language learning.
Samantha Kawakami
Title: Coursebase: a Simpler LMS for Beginners
Are you interested in using an LMS (Learner Management System) with your classes? You’ve heard of Moodle, but feel overwhelmed by its wealth of features? Well, there is a simpler LMS. This workshop will focus on Coursebase (previously LanguageCloud), a free hosted LMS that is fairly straightforward and easy to use. The main features of Coursebase will be explained, with suggestions for how it can benefit teachers in different teaching environments. Participants in this workshop will set up a course, add sections, create assignments and quizzes, and add students to the course.
Samantha Kawakami lives in Izumo, Shimane-ken, where she has her own school, teaches at Shimane University, and works for APRICOT Publishing. She is constantly looking for ways to improve classes, often using technology to engage students and facilitate better communication. She enjoys sharing ideas with teachers.
Tom Kenny
Title: Smartphones & iPads for Active Learning in Class
Now that our students have smartphones, we teachers can leverage those devices to help students be better learners and make our classes more fun. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll see how apps can get students to participate in real-time polls, study vocabulary, take quizzes, and create presentations to share with their peers. Tom will show how simple iBooks and widgets can provide students with a variety of teacher-created activities, and how they can be connected with different LMSs. Participants will discuss their own experiences with tech in the classroom, how they might apply apps and tools in their own classes. This workshop is for everyone, from newbies, to the tech-savvy. Come to watch and to share your experiences!
Tom Kenny has taught ESL for 25 years, most recently at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies. He is the author of Listening Advantage (Cengage Learning) and Nice Talking with You (Cambridge). A former radio announcer, he is no stranger to technology and production, and he’s constantly creating materials for his students.
Naeko Naganuma
How to Flip Your Classroom: Learning the Basics
This workshop will help participants learn the basics of using the latest technology tools to flip a language classroom. More and more attention has been given to this specific mode of flipped teaching and learning in the language classroom; however, it can be a challenge for teachers to flip their own classroom. Through this workshop, while learning the fundamental concepts of the flipped classroom, participants will be introduced to several online software applications that can be used to create instructional videos so they can start their journey towards successfully flipping their language class.
Naeko Naganuma has been teaching EAP classes for twelve years as an assistant professor at Akita International University. Her research interests lie in the fields of CALL, second language vocabulary acquisition, and applied linguistics, especially pragmatics.
Philip Norton
Title: Creating Animated Storyboards with Web 2.0
Students love watching videos. Well, why not have them make some? Learn the basics of online video editing using WeVideo, a “free” online tool that allows students to turn still images into animated storyboards with voiceover, backing track and effects. This user-friendly, drag-and-drop Web 2.0 application has loads of potential for task-based and project-based lessons, and more. It’s quick, simple and provides great results. Moreover, the techniques you will learn in this workshop can be applied to video editing if you want to take your projects even further.
Phil Norton has over 20 years’ experience working with audio and video including as a writer/producer for ABC Radio National, Australia. He set up Radio Monash, Australia’s first student-run streaming radio station and produced vodcast material for Monash University. He currently teaches media at Kyoto Sangyo University and Doshisha University.
Rab Paterson
Title: Unleash Your Inner Tarantino!
Apple’s iMovie app has a wealth of functions and powerful features that only a few years ago were only available on professional level video editing suites. Now many of the effects seen in movies are at the fingertips of educators who have the latest version of iMovie. This session will show teachers how to find open access / copyright free online audio / photo / video resources to add to their iMovie libraries. It will also cover the importation of video clips from iOS devices and video cameras / DSLR’s and will go through the myriad tool set of iMovie. Tips for online hosting of your finished creations will also be shown and comparative benefits and educational usage tips for Vimeo and YouTube will also be covered. By the end of the session attendees should be ready to unlease their inner Tarantino and start using iMovie in their creative teaching!
Rab Paterson is Principle Instructor at Toyo University/UCLA Extension Center for Global Education, and is Director/Webmaster of the Asia Association for Global Studies, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, and Webmaster/Google Advisor for Tokyo JALT. He has a BA (Hons.) in Pacific Asian History, an MA in Pacific Asian Studies from SOAS (London), a Certificate in Educational Technology and Information Literacy, an MS in Multidisciplinary Studies from SUNY (Buffalo). Currently he’s at UCL’s Institute of Education on the International EdD program, conducting research on Creative Commons issues. He’s also an Apple ADE, certified Google Innovator, Trainer, Educator, and GEG Leader.
Gary Ross
Title: Getting Started with Web Development
The web has become a fundamental core of society, education, and culture. Yet for majority of its users, the inner workings remain a mystery. This workshop will take a light-hearted look at how the web works with a basic introduction to becoming a developer. From this workshop, you’ll gain an understanding of the future of the internet, the commercial pressures that impact its direction (“Will those 1000 tablets on order soon be obsolete?”), and the philosophy behind its development. If you’re an educator who wants to be able to make better decisions about technology in the classroom, or you want to get started as an online developer, or you’re just curious to know how the birth of the universe and the birth of the web are strangely connected, this talk will be both enlightening and enjoyable.
Gary Ross has been developing, programming, and designing online educational systems for 20 years. He ran his own web design and consulting company for a number of years, and is presently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kanazawa University, where he is Directory of English, and develops the online ESL program. He is also the webmaster for JALTCALL. His research focus is on usability, use of computer speech, and the integration of mobile into the classroom.
Mark Shrosbree
Title: Motivating Technology for the Communicative Classroom
With so much technology available, it can be hard for teachers – especially those who are not technically minded – to know what is most suitable for their classes. This workshop aims to provide participants with a range of practical teaching ideas which employ readily available technology. The focus will be on simple technology which can be reliably used by non-technically minded teachers to enhance communicative teaching approaches. There will be an emphasis on using popular technology, such as smartphones and YouTube, to motivate students to develop productive language skills. Methodologies described will include enhancing online listening, using smartphones for group presentations, and manipulating TED Talks. It is hoped that participants will leave the workshops with a range of motivating activities suitable for their classrooms.
Mark Shrosbree teaches at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan. His interests include course design, methodology and materials development, for both general EFL courses and English for Specific Purposes. He has a strong interest in using technology for communicative teaching. He organises a series of 12 “Lunchtime Workshops” each year at his university, and maintains an online materials bank on the university Moodle site.
Joseph Tomei
Title: Rounding Up References: Reference Software and You
Working on a thesis or dissertation? Want to recharge your research? Just want to get organized? In this presentation, I’ll be introducing Mendeley, a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers and showing some tricks for getting your research library up to date and up to snuff including showing how pdf meta-data can automatically enter your references. I’ll also try to add information about a second program, Zotero, so participants can determine the program that is right for them. While envisioned for people just getting started in their research careers, this presentation will have some ideas for those who have done research for a while but handle their references the old fashioned way.
Joseph Tomei is a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at Kumamoto Gakuen University. He has taught EFL in France, Spain, and Japan. A lifelong technophile, he is always looking for ways to make anything he does go into his computer in order to deal with increasing memory loss.
Vander Viana
Title: Working with Online Corpora in Language Classrooms
Have your students ever asked you a question about language use that you did not know how to answer? Do you sometimes wish you could explore English language use yourself without having to rely on published materials? This workshop will show you how to use large electronic collections of texts (known as corpora), which are increasingly made available online, to help you solve your and/or your students’ language queries. The session will (1) introduce the main principles involved in the analysis of online corpora, (2) showcase several free online corpora, and (3) discuss how you can use them for pedagogical purposes irrespective of the facilities available in your institution. No prior experience of corpus analysis is needed for this workshop, but it is recommended that you bring a laptop with Internet access. This way, you will make the most of the session by trying out the online resources for yourself.
Vander Viana is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling, working with Master’s and PhD students in TESOL and Applied Linguistics. He researches and publishes extensively in the fields of Corpus Linguistics, TESOL, (Academic) Discourse Analysis and Applied Linguistics.