Teaching and Learning Chinese with iPad

Joanne ChenProfessor of Chinese Irvine Valley College

CLTA Conference 2013March 2, 2013

In this presentation

1. Why mobile learning?

2. How can iPad help our students

learn?

3. Apps and Lesson plans 4.

Suggestion &

Discussion

‘M’ is for Mobile ! Access my

online course

Blackboard

Check emails

SMS my boy

friend

Chinese lessons on YouTube

Search Club meeting place on

Yelp

Submithomewor

k

Hair Cut & Nail

Appointment

We Use Mobile Devices to

Search for Information Obtain Knowledge Social & Communicate Keep records Work & Learn Save Time Have fun

iPAD Light Weight

Touch screen

Long battery life

Lots of free & low cost apps

Flexible positioning

Large color screen

Enlarge screen function

Ease of creation: document, photo, sound, video

iPad mini, iPhone, 3G, Wi-fi

Is Buying the iPad for the classroom the

answer to get students focused on learning?

No. But A Good Lesson Plan is.

Teacher needs to

Have effective classroom management skills

Create useful and productive assignment

Pace and balance lesson plans between face-to-face teaching and using iPad apps for teaching

Five Critical Mistakes Schools Make with iPad

1. Focusing on content apps. Q. Are we only looking for apps to match the curriculum?

2. Lack of Teacher Preparation in Classroom Management of iPads.Q. Do I have a LMS / CMS for this course?

3. Treating the iPad as a computer an expecting it to serve as a laptop.Q. Am I engaging active learning?

4. Treating iPad like multi-user devices.usiQ. 1-1 model: Do my students have their own iPad?

5. Failure to communicate a compelling answer to “Why iPads?”Q. iPad is the tool, what is your goal? The language proficiency is the goal.

http://edudemic.com/2012/09/5-critical-mistakes-schools-ipads-and-correct-them/

The Three Big Pillars

The Web

Apps iBooks

Apps For Learning Chinese As of Feb 26, 2013

Search iPad apps (2012)

iPhone apps (2012)

Chinese 4614 (3737) 8530 (7923)Mandarin 597 (341) 945 (753)

Learn Chinese 1008 (566) 1374 (912)Speak Chinese 129 (56) 253 (146)Write Chinese 85 (47) 106 (79)

Chinese Reading

309 (248) 246 (172)

Chinese Book 593 (151) 574 (128)And thousands of eBooks, eMagazine, and Podcasts

Reference content

Interactive content

Activities that can publish student work or promote creative projects

Manipulate data/project

Easy import/export data

The better iPad Apps for classroom

Irvine Valley College Mobile Learn

Blackboard

IVC Chinese Classes Audio Video lesson, Oral assignment & project

Voicethread

Cloud Storage

Desk top => Mobile Devices => iPad Easy Access to your files Easy to updating data Syncing across computers

PersonalComput

er

Public computer

iPadMobilephone

Google DriveEvernote

Drop Box

Slideshark

SugarSync

Management & Organize

IVC Mobile Learn

Blackboard

Moodle Edmodo eduteacher

Dropbox notability

iBook

Evernote

Box Skydrive GoogleDrive

Photo and Video

aPhoto Picassa ishowphoto

AnimotoVideo

WhiteboardTake a photo and edit

Paper by 53

MagistoVideo Editor

Picasa Collage Google + YouTube

Pronunciation

Pinyin Trainer

一千字說華語

Pinyin Teacher

Study PinyinTrainchines

e dictionary &flashcards

Chinese phrase book

iSay Nihao Hi Nihao

Speak Board Chinese

Virtual Language Lab from I love Chinese

Allset Pinyin

Write Chinese Character on iPAD

Word Tracer

eStroke

TrainchineseChinese Writer

eZi Test Chinese

写汉字 iLearn Chinese characters

学前必备六百字

iCQuiz

Chinese Writer

Chinese Words Lite

Art Pen

Read Chinese on iPAD

Hundred s of audio and animated books Various levels Search “Chinese Reading”

5Q ChannelChinese Reading Apps

Nciku Reader Hanzi Reader

Old Master Q

Learn Chinese

Flashcards

Flashcards +

FlashcardletFlashcard

Deluxe

CS Zika Hancard HSK Text

快乐学堂

gFlash+

Flashcard Touch

L-lingo audio flashcard

Byki Chinese

Quizlet LLCiPhone

Dictionary

PlecoHanyu Chinese Dictionary

trainchinese

Dianhua Camdictionary

Textgrabber

Nciku onlineiCED Chinese

KT-dict eStroke

Write, Draw and Voice

Google Translate

Dragon Dictation QuickVoice VoiceThrea

dAudio Note lite

Upad lite

LiiHo Handwrite message link to FB

Doodle Body

Handwrittenpostcard

Showme Voice Record Drawing whiteboard

EducreationsVoice RecordDrawing Whiteboard

Soundcloud

And More Apps for teachers

Good Reader Pages TimerBamboo Notebook

Paperport Notes

MindMeister’Mind-mapping

Slide By SlideBy Slideshare

iBrainstorm

Pppplet Lite

Adobe Reader

Prezi

iTunes & iTune U

Search: Learn Chinese

Podcast iTune U CollectionsSongs

Combine apps together to create Active Learning Assignments

Project

based

Fun

Effective

Text inpu

tVoice &

Sound Image Rich

Simple

Task-based

Video

Photo

Integrated Lesson plan

InternetResearc

hApps

eTextbookActivities

Tasks

Lesson Plan 1: Research

Topic: Geography of China Students are given a worksheet about Chinese

geography Students are divided into small group to work Students are using internet to look up the

information Check your answer…. Discussion

Lesson Plan 2: Write, Draw & Tell

Students are given a list of new Chinese vocabulary

After teacher’s demo, students practice writing on iPad.

Students can draw / tell /record a story Students handwrite on a e-postcard, and email to

the teachers.

写汉字showme

Doodle body Handwritte

nPostcard

Educrations

Lesson Plan 3: Do Homework on iPad

Students write homework assignment on iPad Teacher save homework to PDF, upload to a

teaching platform or email to students. From iPad, students can download the PDF and save

to Notability and write or type the homework with the stylus pen and than email to the teacher

Writing homework now is paperless

Notability

Lesson Plan 4: Story Telling

Take a snap shot from a comic of The old Master QSave the image in Photo album

Use iDraw HD to edit photo and add the text iDraw HD

Old master Q

Insert words & description

Lesson Plan 5: Journal, Notes, & Essay

penzu

Notebook+Free

Lesson Plan 6: Pronunciation Practice

Flashcards with sounds

Hi Ni Hao Record and compare your pronunciation

Speak Board ChineseClick and practice the useful phrases

iLove Chinese

Lesson Plan 7: Project

Create Oral Presentation, photo story project WithVoiceThread

Draw, write, add an image, tell a story, do a presentation With Showme

SoundCloud & Quick Voice Recorder Record ideas, voice memos, voice email, dictation, dialogues

Lesson Plan 8: Flashcards

Go with a program Create you own sets

There are dozens of Quizlet/Studystack powered iOS apps. These apps let you download sets of Quizlet or Studystack flashcards.

Lesson Plan 9: Music, Sing along

愛K歌 錢櫃KTV Piano 有聲童謠經典兒歌 寶寶童謠

Lesson Plan 10: Games

Chinese Chess

Chinese Checker

Chinese Chess Master

Go Game Chinese Food Quiz

Yo China Quiz (Travel)

Chinese Voc Quiz

Chinese New year Maze

Big Chinese Quiz

Chinaquiz

CMS and Social Network

Edmodo

Edmodo makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information. Use your iOS device to send notes, post replies, and check messages and upcoming events while away from the classroom.

Think Before you start ….

Course

Syllabus

Budget

AppsScalability

Grading &Assessment

StudentLearning Outcomes

ClassroomManagem

ent

Curriculum1:1

iPad

Model

Optional Accessories

Stylus Pen

VGA Adapter

iPad Dock Giving Tree

Piano ApprenticeMobile Charge & Organize Station

Thank you Joanne Chen 蘇芳儀老師 Professor of Chinese Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA

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