start with a discussion about iPads?

[Jess McCulloch]

Hello to everyone on the technoLanguages email group!

I hope this finds you all well. 

I was wondering if anyone is interested in starting up this group again with some discussions about language teaching and technology? 

For those of you teaching asian languages, you may want to check out the new Technology Enhanced Language Learning group that the Asia Ed Foundation is running. 

For language teaching in general though, we can use this group - of you are interested!

Over at the TELL group the thread is about iPads. We could have a discussion about that there too if you would like to - anyone interested? iPads seem to be a bit of hot topic at the moment. 

So, please send app suggestions, ideas for using iPads etc and let's get this group moving again. 

It'll take some contribution from others though, so I won't want to bother you again if there are no responses. Up to you! 

Also, if you would like to be taken off this list, then you should be able to do that via the disclaimer at the bottom. 

Hope all is well with all of you and you are enjoying 2012 so far!

Jess Mc. 

[Thomas, Gwenda M]

Hi Jess,

I think it would be great to start this group again. I'm really interested in learning more about ipads.

Thanks for your great work,

regards,

Gwenda Thomas

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[OBrien, Brendan P]

Happy to join this Mel ... Good idea ... I'm Not teaching Lote, but have a cluster of half a dozen schools up here aiming to share lessons via polycom videoconferencing.

I have nice russian and italian apps on my ipad that i use to keep myself unrusty with these languages.
................... So happy to join in and contribute when i can ....

Kind regards,

Brendan 

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[Law, Kerry K]

Me too

羅嘉勵

Kerry Law ;)

[Aine Tyrrell Murphy]

Realy interested as well, but I am back as a generalist teacher but trying to use some CLIL in the classroom.  Would love to get our new language teacher involved as well.

Count me in.
Áine

[Gilly Hutchinson]

I'm interested too, Jess. Don't have an iPad but it's only a matter of
time - particularly if some good language-teaching resources start
popping up.

Gilly

[Law, Kerry K]

Hi Jess

I think I have replied your email, sorry I forgot I did or not, but I think I did.

Anyway I would like to join this group.

Do you need to register?

Thanks J

Kind regards

Kerry Ka-Lai Law

羅嘉勵

Doncaster Gardens Primary School Chinese teacher

Victorian School of Languages Cantonese teacher

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[OBrien, Brendan P]

Hi all,

Could i take this opportunity to put in a plug for putting cameras in students' hands and creating  a 60second video about science with a LOTE soundtrack.

I have created special LOTE categories with cash prizes as part of the www.60secondscience.net video competition.

Last year we got some great LOTE entries, and I am very keen to encourage cross-curriculum studies involving Languages.

Winning LOTE entries from previous years are viewable on the website.

Register by 1August, Upload by 26August. Free entry, all age groups catered for.

Kind regards,

Brendan 

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Convenor: International Science Video Competition www.60secondscience.net

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[Jess McCulloch]

Brilliant, thanks for that feedback! Nope, no need to further register - it's just using this email group. So to get an email to everyone on the list - and there are about 120 people - then you just send an email to technol...@googlegroups.com

you can also just hit reply - tho do remember that your reply will go to everyone (unless you specify otherwise) so please don't fill up people's inboxes with an email that just says 'thanks for that' for example. Make sure what you are posting has some substance and if you really want to send a thanks, then you can send it to that person privately. Just helps stop everyone's inboxes filling up with too much unnecessary stuff!

Right, so let's kick off!

iPads - are you using them for language teaching and learning? How? What do you like about them?

Discuss! :-)

Jess

[Law, Kerry K]

I am using iPad to teach reading and writing at the moment, plus getting students to record their Chinese speaking.

 

Using apps like “Chinese Writer, Learn Chinese with bookworm, Make Dice, Word Cloud, Type Drawing, Type it” for reading and writing, “iTalk & Sound Cloud” for listening and speaking.

 

All these apps are very easy to use, student would not have any difficulty to use it, and for the listening and speaking apps, you can actually link them onto twitter, facebook, or all the them can actually sent out as email attachment. So it is a good method to keep track with students work and assess them as well.

 

Oh anyone knows what’s iTune U and how it works? Can I use them for presentation in my class?

 

Thanks J

 

Kind regards

Kerry Ka-Lai Law

羅嘉勵

Doncaster Gardens Primary School Chinese teacher

Victorian School of Languages Cantonese teacher

EMR Studies of Asia Network Leader

Victorian School of Languages,Doncaster Campus, Chinese Faculty Coordinator

Victorian School of Languages, Area 1, Professional Learning Team Coordinator

Elluminate Online Conference Moderator

 

(03) 9848 5282,  0413 161 584

 

[Brown, Heather Jo]

Sounds great Brendan!

Many thanks for offering to do a session.

Kerry will send you a presenter’s pack. Just fill in the details and send them back to her.

Regards,

Heather

MLTAV President

[OBrien, Brendan P]

What offer 'to do a session'?

B

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[Varrenti, Roberta F]

Waiting to buy ipad 3 later this year. Have never used one and would love to know simple ways &  apps to start for French yrs 7 ,8

Roberta

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[Jess McCulloch]

Me again!

Just thought I'd put these links out there for iPads - 

1. Appitic is a site that lists over 1300 education related apps and puts them into categories under multiple intelligences and blooms: http://appitic.com/

2. Also, there is http://ipadeducators.ning.com and online learning network for educators interested in iPads. 

hope they are useful for you all!

Jess

On 15 March 2012 12:24, Jess McCulloch <jlmc...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Roberta and everyone else!

I've attached a document about getting started with iPads-  I put it together for some Chinese teachers so just ignore the front page, but after that it will all be helpful to you when it comes to getting things set up. 

Also, as for apps to start out with - get some free drawing ones, and voice recording ones when you do get your iPad. There are lots of apps for French there so it will just be a matter of searching - unless anyone out there has a list for French apps that they like? 

Anyway, I hope the guide helps a bit!

What else are people doing with iPads?

Here is a presentation I put together about iPads for languages - its got some general app suggestions and ideas for using them: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AT9K36bhLT3QZGM4czY0cjJfNjlma3F2NXBmNQ 

Happy iPadding!

Jess

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[Jess McCulloch]

Hi Roberta and everyone else!

Here is a document about getting started with iPads-  I put it

together for some Chinese teachers so just ignore the front page, but after

that it will all be helpful to you when it comes to getting things set up and doing things like changing the language on the iPad and putting in other keyboards: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Or49iCSmp6epy7O5661EXMQN0AeishqiSDXnt0cU-v8/edit 

Also, as for apps to start out with - get some free drawing ones, and voice
recording ones when you do get your iPad. There are lots of apps for French
there so it will just be a matter of searching - unless anyone out there
has a list for French apps that they like?

Anyway, I hope the guide helps a bit!

What else are people doing with iPads?

Here is a presentation I put together about iPads for languages - its got
some general app suggestions and ideas for using them:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AT9K36bhLT3QZGM4czY0cjJfNjlma3F2NXBmNQ


Happy iPadding!

Jess

On 13 March 2012 08:51, Varrenti, Roberta F <varrenti....@edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

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[Lin, Li L]

Thanks Jess. You have so many good ideas, I really like I can have time to try them one by one. Maybe in the holiday.

Li

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