A Personal (iPod) Touch to Languge Teaching and Learning
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This document summarizes a presentation about using iPod Touches to enhance language teaching and learning. It discusses: 1) A project at Montclair State University where 100 iPod Touches were distributed to students in Italian and English grammar courses to facilitate mobile learning. 2) How iPods allow learning to extend beyond the classroom and encourage a constantly connected learning environment. 3) Various apps that were used on the iPods, including Twitter, Voice Memos, Google Earth, Learn10 vocabulary app, and WordPress. 4) Preliminary findings that the learning curve for using the technology was high but that students were willing to participate more in class and share information using the iPods
A Personal (iPod) Touch to Languge Teaching and Learning
- 1. A Personal (iPod) Touch to Language Teaching and LearningSWALLT Online PresentationMarch 12, 2010Enza Antenos-Conforti, PhDMontclair State University
- 2. iPods at Montclair StateSpearheaded in Fall of 2009Montclair State’s ESL program had previously piloted Mobile Assisted Language Learning (Susana Sotillo)100 iPods were distributed to 4 professorsMy courses using iPodsFA09 (25 students)SP10 (40 students)Grammar & Composition I Intermediate Italian 1Advanced Italian Grammar *Grammar & Composition II
- 3. We are a society that is always on, hyper-connectedHoward Rheingold, Smart Mobs (2002)
- 5. What does the classroom look like?
- 6. Where does learning take place?CC Krossbow (Flickr)Montclair State’s Amphitheatre
- 8. iPod Touch - TrainingEntire class time dedicated to training on iPod Touch and applicationsEmailiTunes (Students are also invited to download other apps as they wish)Twitter (instructions sent in advance to create account)Learn10 (no app, but icon saved to iPod Home)Wordpress(instructions sent in advance to create account)Voice Memo (microphone given in class & tested)
- 9. iPod Touch - Language
- 10. In the language classroomSPRING 2010FALL 2009
- 11. A Twitter backchannel in the FL classroom?
- 12. TwitterWriting assignment: What is your most prized possession?Voice Memo
- 13. Google Earth
- 14. Exploring the destination 1Google Earth
- 15. Exploring the destination 2Google Earth
- 16. Learn 10
- 17. Learn 1025 premium accounts
- 18. Vocabulary personalized to suit course needs
- 19. Page personalized for Montclair StateIn Advanced Italian GrammarPhonetic transcription
- 20. Denotative and connotative meaning of vocabulary in tweetsPreliminary FindingsLearning curve is great for both researcher and studentUsing applications vs. mobile web pages (Learn10)Seamless integration into lessons not always possibleStudents’ willingness to participate in class and share informationStudent use of iPod is not solely for my classes
- 21. Grazie! Thanks!Great thanks to the following people who helped bring this project to life:Patricia Kahn for procuring the iPodsPatrick Scoscia for training and the personalised iPod guideAnd a very special thanks for working with me in the Fall of 2009 and for cosponsoring my researchMike Robinson, Nicola Robinsonova and Learn10