How to be a Super-Wiz-Techie EFL teacher

even if you have to - but you’d rather not!

Technology! - You either love it or hate it . . . butTime managementStudent motivationStudent engagementall require that we take it on.

There seem to be 3 types of people . . . You either: Enjoy it already work with it and want to expand and explore possibilitiesHate it and are leaving the profession because of the pressureSomewhere in between, technically ok, but without knowledge to run further.

So . . . What can you do? ~ What tools do we use?Moodle ~ Blackboard ~ & others.Built in technology that can be extended more than you think. (we will look at that!)

Google is one platform that can really enhance - and it’s easy to use. (we’ll check this out too!)

The application areas

Visual: still and moving images . . . Use them for:DemonstrationsVisual aids and aide-memoiresInfo-graphics to explain how grammar worksMovies to show how to do a quiz, or build a sentence

Audio . . . use it for:Recording voices and conversationsDemonstrating & guiding pronunciationMonitoring students’ speaking progressGiving instructions - homework, quizzes etc.

Interactive . . . used for:Eliciting and getting responses,Using forms to create quizzes, assignments, and projectsConversations and discussionsCurrent material to encourage involvement

Evaluation & managing your life! - you need to . . . Evaluate and assess students’ proficienciesKeep your sanity - and track your:● planning● teaching● grades

What you can do with - what you have already

Demonstration:Embedded Quizzes in BlackboardGraded assignments with FlubarooEmbedded Videos in BlackboardTransforming paper teaching tools into digital onesRe-think delivery of EFL - or any subject for that matter!

Helpful people and helpful softwareTeacher Training Vid

eos - Russell StannardTed.Ed websiteGuy Kawasaki’s graphics package - CanvaYoutube! Get your own channel

Moodle Cloud(try it out)Techsmith - Snag-it and Camtasia for recording your teaching, (costs)Screencast-o-matic (same but free)Google - drive - + - apps - hangout - etc

This is an embedded movie from our old friend - Youtube!

A short movie to show students how to collaborate on Live Binders using Snag-it

Any Questions?

Thank you and . . .

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: This presentation has been built on Google Drive using Google slides/Youtube(google), Google Forms(google), Flubaroo(google add-on). It is stored on the (Google) drive and will be shared with my colleagues and even possibly students on Edmodo(probably Google too!) Thank you Google, Goodbye Microsoft!