Plenary given at the CoTESOL Convention, Denver, CO, Nov. 1-3, 2018

1. Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Saint Michael’s College,Vermont, USA
cbauer-ramazani@smcvt.edu
URL to access the presentation:
http://bit.ly/CoTESOL2018
PLENARY
Engaging, Encouraging,
Empowering
Teachers and LearnersWith
Technology
CoTESOL 42nd Annual Fall
Convention
November 2-3, 2018
Radisson Hotel DenverSoutheast
"Engagement, Encouragement,
Empowerment"

2. Balancing the Four Strands
The Four Strands—Nation & Macalister (2010)
1. Meaning-focused input
2. Meaning-focused output
3. Language-focused learning
4. Fluency development
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Nation, I.S.P., & Macalister, J. (2010). Language curriculum design. NewYork, NY: Routledge.
Nation, I.S.P., &Yamamoto, A. (2012). Applying the four strands to language learning. InternationalJournal of
Innovation in English LanguageTeaching, 1(2), 1-15.

3. Technology across the curriculum
TPACK—Technological Pedagogical
Content Knowledge (Mishra &
Koehler, 2006) – the integration of
• Technological Knowledge (TK)
-- CALL
• Pedagogical Knowledge (PK) --
teaching/scaffolding
• Content Knowledge (CK)—
vocabulary/concepts
Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006).Technological Pedagogical
Content Knowledge: A new framework for teacher
knowledge. Teachers College Record 108 (6), 1017-1054.
Source:TPACK.org
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4. An example of the Four Strands &TPACK
in Action– a newscast project
Amazing Facts About the Brain
(a newscast project in Current Events)—
high-intermediate level
• Collaborative
research
• Collaborative
Storyboard
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5. STRAND 1:
Meaning-Focused Input in the
receptive skills of
Reading and Listening
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6. Meaning-focused input in
READING through Flipped Learning
ESL/EFL
Teaching/Learning
Resources—Reading
(http://bit.ly/ESL-
reading-resources)
Source: Christine’s
7,000+ Links
Compendium
Resources:
• Extensive Reading
• Literature/Books/Stories
• Folktales/Proverbs/Famous Quotations
• Reading & Listening
• News
• Magazines
• Newspapers from around the world
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7. Newsela (web, iPhone/iPad, Android)
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• Thousands of articles
• For grades 2-12 but appropriate for
ESL in other areas, too
• Many subject areas, reading
skills/standards, genres
• Differentiated Learning: Newsela text
at different levels of difficulty and
number of words
• Assessment: Quizzes,Answers, and
Write Prompts—built into every article
at every level
• Annotations: interactive comments
between students and teacher
• PRO: offers a type of LMS with a
BINDER for text sets and tracking of
student performance
Reading in Content-Based Instruction

8. Read & Listen: ESL-BITS
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9. Read & Listen:
Dreamreader
• free online reading practice in
different genres at different
proficiency levels (low-
intermediate, intermediate,
high-intermediate, advanced)-
-text, audio, comprehension
quizzes, vocabulary worksheets
(word forms, definition,
sentence);
• academic English, Easy English,
Interesting English, Fun English,
Practical English
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10. Meaning-focused input in
LISTENING through Flipped Learning
Resources for Listening
(audio/video)
• News /Talks
• History
• Learning English—AUDIO
• Learning English—VIDEO
• Movies
• Sound clips (to movies,
lyrics/songs)
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ESL/EFL
Teaching/Learning
Resources—Listening
(http://bit.ly/ESL-listening-
resources)
Source: Christine’s 7,000+ Links
Compendium

11. LISTENING – News/Talks
• Technology-mediated
Listening:
– with/without subtitles
– With/without transcript
• Research
• Non-native speaker
experience
Danan, M. (2016). Enhancing listening with captions
and transcripts: Exploring learner differences. Applied
Language Learning, 26(2), 1-24.
Hubbard, P. (2017).Technologies for teaching and
learning L2 listening. In Chapelle & Sauro (Eds). The
Handbook ofTechnology and Second LanguageTeaching
and Learning.
TED-ED
Video—
Lessons
Worth
Sharing –
subtitles
only
TED-ED
Playlists—
subtitles
only
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12. LISTENING – News/Talks
• Technology-mediated
Listening:
– Reduced speed
– simplified
– without subtitles
– without transcript
Voice of America
Learning English
TV (video)
Voice of America Learning
English Broadcast—audio only
(30 min., short news events)
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13. STRAND 2:
Meaning-Focused Output –
the productive skills of
Writing and Speaking
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14. OUTPUT--Examples of possible products
Oral Products Written Products Media/technology
products
 speech
 debate
 presentation
 live newscast
 panel discussion
 summary of a book/article,
etc.
 play/drama
 Storytelling
 poster session
 lesson
 sales pitch
 weekly book/article/ listening
reports & rubric
 vocabulary logs
 tests/quizzes
 summaries/responses/essays
 research paper/report
 letter/memo
 book review
 brochure
 script
 guide/manual (how to)
 blog, editorial
 audio recording/podcast
 slideshow
 drawing/painting
 collage
 photo essay
 video/animation
 web page for a web site
 digital story
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15. AudioTools VideoTools WritingTools Virtual
Reality
• VoiceThread (collaborative space for voice
discussions/narrations with
video/audio/web cam, pictures, slides,
other graphics)
• An audio message board with YouTube
• Voki (a speaking character)
• audioBoom (mobile/web platform for
audio recording/uploading; shareable from
computer, tablet, or phone)
• AudioPal (for voice messages)
• Vocaroo (record speech/messages, save it,
and upload it as a link to a Web space)
• Audacity (excellent audio recorder &
editing tool)
APPS:
• Free iPhoneVoice Recorder
• Free Android PhoneVoice Recorder
Video recorders on smartphones
• YouTube or TeacherTube
(upload/edit/share video)
• Vimeo (upload/share videos)
• Animoto (create a video)
• Movenote (add audio/video to
slides)
• EdPuzzle (Crop a video, add
your voice; add quizzes)
• bubbli (turns photos into 360
degree video with sound)
• moovly (Create animated
videos.)
• Knovio or Knovio Mobile
• Magisto (makes movies out of
photos/videos; adds music,
themes, effects)
For screencasting:
• Jing
• Screencast-O-Matic
Collaboration
• Google Drive
• Sketch
• Edmodo
• PBWorks EduHub
• Trello boards
Storyboards
• Google Drive,
VoiceThread
Reflections
• Blogger
• EduBlogs
• Weebly
• Edmodo
• PBWorks EduHub
• Padlet for posting
reflections, photos, exit
tickets, etc.
• Google Drive
• Google Forms
VR BookTour
• Google'sVRTour
Creator
Steps:
• See this video.
Adding pictures:
• See Photos for Class
• Watch this video on
how to layer-in
pictures from class or
online
• Adding audio: See
this video.
Creating virtual reality
scenes with animated
characters:
• Patches
TOOLS to create oral and written products/projects
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16. Links to ESL/EFLTeaching/Learning
Resources for Writing and Speaking
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ESL/EFLTeaching/Learning
Resources—Writing
(http://bit.ly/ESL-writing-resources)
Source: Christine’s 7,000+ Links
Compendium
ESL/EFLTeaching/Learning
Resources—Speaking
(http://bit.ly/ESL-speaking-resources)
Source: Christine’s 7,000+ Links
Compendium

17. STRAND 3:
Language-Focused Learning
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18. TPACK as the synthesizer!
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Technological knowledge:
TheT identifies the most appropriate
technology tool(s) to accomplish the
tasks.

19. TOOLS to support language-focused learning
1. Electronic dictionaries/apps
2. Electronic highlighters and annotation
tools
3. Vocabulary apps: Quizlet Live, Quizlet—
Flashcards, Learn, Speller,Test, games
4. Electronic sticky notes
5. Graphic organizers
6. Text-to-speech programs
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20. Dictionaries -- used in class for pronunciation,
dictionary work; used outside of class for vocabulary
logs in listening and reading
FREE Apps or links placed on home screens; copied from
my syllabus:
1. Free apps by operating system:
o Apple--Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic
English;
Android: Advanced English Dictionary &
Thesaurus (AED);
o Windows: Advanced English Dictionary (AED)
2.Web sites:
o Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (for
English learners, definitions,
examples, phrases, examples from the corpus, some
word families);
o Cambridge Dictionary of American English (for English
learners, definitions,
examples, pronunciation-audio, phrases, word families);
o Vocabulary.com (good for word families)
NOT ALLOWED: Dictionary.com
(not a learner’s dictionary;
definitions typically incomprehensible
to learners)
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21. Hypothes.is -- Annotate, highlight, and tag web
pages and PDF documents.
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Dean, J. (2015, Aug. 25). Back to School with Annotation: 10 Ways to Annotate with Students. Hypothes.is.
https://hypothes.is/blog/back-to-school-with-annotation-10-ways-to-annotate-with-students/

22. TPACK as the synthesizer!
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Pedagogical Knowledge:
TheT creates instructional scaffolds/graphic
organizers for students to conduct
collaborative tasks.
Source: Koehler, M., & Mishra, P. (2009). What isTechnological
Pedagogical Content Knowledge? CITEJournal.

23. TPACK as the synthesizer!
Source: Koehler, M., & Mishra, P. (2009). What
isTechnological Pedagogical Content
Knowledge? CITEJournal.
Content knowledge:TheT identifies and
pre-teaches the concepts and
vocabulary in the content (theme/topic),
e.g. the environment, conservation,
biology, architecture, etc.

24. IntegratingTechnology
TPACK (Technological Pedagogical And
Content Knowledge):TheT uses the
affordances of the tech tools to maximize
student learning.
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Source: Koehler, M., & Mishra, P. (2009). What isTechnological
Pedagogical Content Knowledge? CITEJournal.

25. STRAND 4:
Fluency Development
This means PRACTICE, PRACTICE,
PRACTICE!
Putting it all together for engaged
and empoweredTeaching with
Technology
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26. Scaffolding projects with technology
1. shared team folders on Google Drive
• Collaborative research
• Collaborative note-taking
• Collaborative writing (summarizing,
scripting, story-telling, etc.)
• Peer reviews
2. Electronic dictionaries/apps
• Collaborative identification of important
vocabulary for pronunciation
3. Google slides
• Collaborative slide show creation
• Practicing
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Template for Speaking ProjectsTools and components for Speaking
Projects

27. GROUP PROJECT: Campus Survey
on Sleep Habits
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Technology scaffolds Language scaffolds

28. Campus Survey on Sleep Habits
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Video: 49 sec.

29. Thank you for
participating!
Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Saint Michael’s College,Vermont, USA
cbauer-ramazani@smcvt.edu
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URL to access the presentation:
http://bit.ly/CoTESOL2018