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This document discusses various tools and resources for encountering the world through technology and mobile learning. It recommends using social media like Twitter to filter information and find relevant feeds, as well as social bookmarking sites like Diigo to organize and share resources with others. The document also provides examples of entertainment, language learning, and news resources that can be accessed on mobile devices or through online streaming.
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Encounter the world_through_technology
- 1. Encounter the World through Technology Sharon Scinicariello, Director Global Studio University of Richmond [email_address]
- 2. Bringing the World to Richmond Global News Sources Radio and Television Press Entertainment Radio,Television, Film Print Games Language Learning Podcasts Software Virtual Language Partners
- 3. So Many Resources, So Little Time Use tools to manage and filter Twitter + Twitter lists 'Headline' information Social Bookmarking Organize everything in one place Share resources with others Build on others' work Research together (collaborative annotation) Personal Start Pages > Public Start Pages Organize resources in one place Build web pages relevant to interests
- 4. Hardware Networked computer Broadband connection (for video) Headset iPod Touch iPad
- 5. Mobile Learning Constant immersion Set your default language to your target language Find apps to keep you immersed To do reminders Streaming media News updates Games Language learning Dictionaries Vocabulary Audio practice
- 6. Mobile Learning Podcasts E-Books Project Gutenberg (Stanza Reader) Travel Guidebooks Metro maps Magazines, Recipes, Movie Reviews There's an app for that! http://sites.google.com/site/workshopsandpresentations/actfl-2010/sites-for-finding-applications
- 7. Bookmarks for This Workshop An example of social bookmarking: http://groups.diigo.com/group/encounter-the-world If you want to contribute to the group, ask to join and send me an e-mail.
- 8. Resources on Campus Need username and password for computer-based resources http://globalstudio.wordpress.com Information about World Television Links to Global Studio wiki TV and Other Resources Ask for your favorite TV stream Less-commonly-taught languages Rosetta Stone, Tell Me More, Eurotalk Book and audio/video combinations MRC (Pimsleur materials, film)
- 9. Community Resources MHz WorldView (23.3, 469, 202) International Programming in English or with subtitles Public Libraries Mango Languages (Henrico and ?) 'Meet-up' Groups
- 10. Global News Sources International Radio and TV FIOS, cable, satellite Online streaming livestation.com http://wwitv.com/ http://beelinetv.com/ Press http://libguides.mit.edu/flnewspapers http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php
- 11. Twitter, aka Microblogging What is the purpose of Twitter? Staying in touch with colleagues and friends Gathering and filtering information Recommendations from our PLN Headlines from news sources How can you use? Create lists with selected people or resources Follow on the web, using a client, or via RSS
- 13. Activity and Discussion Use a search engine to search for: 1. Twitter lists you might use 2. Twitter feeds of people and resources of interest Some search engines: 1. Google 2. search.twitter.com/advanced 3. listorius.com How might you use Twitter lists?
- 14. Entertainment Film Try to find trailers in another language Podcasts Radio and Television Streaming sources for news YouTube, DailyMotion, etc. National TV Network Sites http://www.rtve.es/ http://www.montalbano.rai.it/R2_HPprogramma/0,,1067181,00.html http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/afrique/ Radio Sites
- 15. Entertainment Fiction eBooks and print books Audiobooks Games Apps Board games Social Networking Facebook Second Life Podcasts
- 16. Activity: Find a Podcast Use iTunes to find a podcast: 1. Use US iTunes Store 2. Change country and use its store 3. For Spanish: http://www.mundopodcast.net/ Steps 1. Open iTunes 2. Go to iTunes Store > Podcasts a. Note that iTunesU is separate 3. Search by name of language (and subject, perhaps) a. Use name of language in the language
- 17. Activity: Find a Video Use YouTube or DailyMotion to find a video Was it easy or hard? Why did you choose the video? Do the related videos lead to videos that interest you? Examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15EU4h1n7E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfKMixvLqE0&feature=fvst http://www.dailymotion.com/arteplus7#videoId=xh92bm
- 18. Language Learning BBC Languages ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ ) BBC World Service in Many Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/languages/index.shtml Podcasts Software and Apps http://www.byki.com Virtual Language Partners The Mixxer ( http://www.language-exchanges.org/ ) Live Mocha ( http://www.livemocha.com/ )
- 19. Activity In your browser, find several resources that you might use. Use separate tabs or browser windows to keep the resources open.
- 20. Social Bookmarking Sharing resources = Collaborative filtering Tags = keywords Easy searching Aggregation of similar bookmarks Sharing CiteULike for academic papers Delicious Diigo = social bookmarking + collaborative annotation http://www.classroom20.com/ Information literacy skills are important
- 21. Activities Create Diigo account Join the Encounter the World group Share a bookmark with the group
- 22. Personal Learning Environments (PLE) PLN = Personal Learning Network = People PLE = Resources (including one's PLN) PLE = Centered on the Learner LMS = Centered on the Course Generally Teacher > Student Learners take responsibility Requires autonomous learning skills Requires reflection Requires information literacy skills
- 23. Personal Start Pages iGoogle my.yahoo.com Pageflakes Netvibes The advantage of Pageflakes and Netvibes: the creation of 'public' start pages. Teachers can gather resources for learners as an example. Students can create pages and get feedback.
Editor's Notes
- #2: http://www.diigo.com/list/sharongs/desktopswithoutborders
- #8: I put bookmarks for all of us into a Diigo group. You can all join the group and share resources. Everyone can see the group; if you want to join, you need to be approved. (E-mail me once you’ve asked to join.)
- #13: Here's an example of a list that I created within my 'french300' account--created for classroom use. You can find this list at http://twitter.com/french300/newsinfrench To follow a list, log into your Twitter account, navigate to the list address, and click the 'follow this list' button. To create a list, log into your Twitter account, find the people and resources you want to have in the list, and follow these people and resources. With search.twitter.com/advanced, you can search by language. Go to Lists on your home page and choose 'new list', name the list, and add your people and resources.
- #14: For myself, I use Twitter lists to stay up-to-date on news--particularly certain kinds of news, e.g., cycling and French economic news. With students, I can imagine at least two 'quick and dirty' activities plus one 'lifelong learning' activity: 1. Have list feed up on screen when class begins--ask students to (a) find new vocabulary, (b) guess what headline might be about. 2. In computer classroom, have pairs or triads of students pick one tweet, go to the expansion, and be ready to report back to the class about the event. 3. Have students create a twitter list for the class using feeds that are interesting to them. AND/OR Have each student create a personal twitter list that all the others will follow. They can then ask each other questions about tweets in the lists.
- #23: Connections made through Twitter, Twitter lists, and social bookmarking are elements of one's personal learning environment. But you still don't have everything together in an easy-to-use format. The idea of a PLE is that it is a collection of resources, but you need a 'virtual filing cabinet' or a 'virtual notebook' you can easily consult. That can be the role of the 'personal start page'. That's great for us 'mature learners'--we know--or at least can experiment, reflect, and decide--which resources are useful to us. Our students need to acquire these skills--and it's very difficult in our current environment where everything is oriented toward the test, the grade, the credential.