Q#5What are your plans for using CALL

in the future?

Andrew

That will depend on the needs and desires of my class. However, I would like to explore CALL assessment and distance learning tools.

Afiwa

At this point, I am not sure because again, I do not know where I will be teaching. However, wherever I am, I will use my knowledge if technology is available and bring new ideas in the classroom to incorporate CALL.

Heidi

Hmm, well I am very proud of my professional website, so I plan to continue developing that. I have been exposed to a variety of social network sites that I would like to integrate into my classes for blogging/reflection like wordpress, tumblr, twitter, facebook, pinterest, among others. I also like the website creation sites that we have discussed and can see that becoming a project for a course. I am also a fan of media related programs for audio and video making and see those as very valuable. Essentially, I like giving my students options in the class, and I think that CALL has afforded me the knowledge to provide those options.

Kamila

I am going to use CALL in the future. Of course, depending on the context where I will teach it will be different. Right now I think I will use LMS to organize teacher-student interactions, encourage my student to keep track of their learning in electronic portfolios;and I would like my students to do joint-projects with English language learners all over the world.

Karen

My plan for using CALL in the future is to familiarize students with CALL. I think it is one thing for teachers to implement CALL in the classroom, but it would be ineffective if students are not using it properly. Therefore, I think the future for CALL is for students to know what kinds of resources are out there that will help them with language learning, and maybe even be the ones to suggest to teachers which ones help them learn best.

Robin

Fostering learner autonomy, go home, use computers on free time, fun, engaging manner, choices, music videos, Wikipedia, learning styles, different modes of learning, set up a pen pal program.

Celia

Depends on the needs of the students, level of students teaching, and the context. But I would definitely like to incorporate intercultural communication in the classroom through CALL.

Alicia

I honestly don’t know. It really depends on where I find a job following graduation. I neither want to deny students access to technology – particularly if it will help increase their employment/academic opportunities, etc. – but I am also not wholly committed to the benefits of CALL. While I cannot change the quick succession towards the rapid expansion of technology, I can selectively choose how much I want to introduce into my own classrooms, and what is appropriate for me – both for me personally and for my students.

Angelica

Well, since it’s my specialization, I’m sure I’ll use it a lot. My portfolio will be talking about that, so right now I don’t have a concrete idea/plan. But social media and Web 2.0 is definitely the direction I’ll take.