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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| FROM THE NEWSLETTER CO-EDITOR |
| Joyce Cunningham, Professor Emerita, Tokiwa University, Mito, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
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| FROM THE CHAIR |
| Scott Duarte, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA |
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| FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT |
| Julie Lopez, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM AND ITS APPLICATION TO ESL/EFL CONTEXTS |
| Evelyn Doman, Marie Webb, & Kerry Pusey |
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How viable is a flipped ESL/EFL classroom in various cultural
contexts? Data collected from surveys, focus groups, and reflective
essays indicated that the flipped classroom has worked well in three
very different contexts across the globe, and can be applicable to any
university-level ESL/EFL learning environment. Read More |
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| NINETY YEARS OF PROGRESS IN STUDENT-GENERATED MEDIA |
| Scott Duarte, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA |
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A current educational movement has emerged, giving students
more autonomy, creative freedom, and an actual hand (or two) in what
they learn and create. But is this really new? Scott Duarte examines one
of the earliest examples of student-generated media creation along with
its pedagogical foundations. Read More |
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| EXTRA CATEGORIES |
| DIGITAL IDENTITY TEXTS: IMMIGRATION STORIES OF COMING TO CANADA |
| Angela Sioumpas, Toronto District School Board, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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The merging of identity texts and digital media can be a
powerful tool to engage your ESL students, and what better way to get to
know them than to learn of their immigration stories? Read More |
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| DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING FOR ELLS |
| Pablo del Olmo and Sarah Elia, State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA |
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The authors offer a creative unit plan on documentary
filmmaking for ELLs. The unit is intended for students in an intensive
English language program. Read More |
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| HOW MOBILE APP VINE CAN CONNECT TECHNOLOGY WITH LANGUAGE USE |
| Suzanne Bardasz, University of California, Davis, Extension, Davis, California, USA |
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In this report, Suzanne Bardasz describes how 6-second, looping
videos recorded and shared via the mobile app Vine can be used in the
classroom to promote interaction and communication. Read More |
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| FLIPPING THE ESL CLASSROOM--MY STORY, MY FEARS, MY SOLUTIONS |
| Robyn Brinks Lockwood, Stanford University, Stanford, California, US |
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Have you ever wanted to explore the transformational potential
of a flipped classroom, but weren’t sure what that meant or how to do
that in a second-language setting? Robyn Brinks Lockwood presents some
simple ways to start flipping your L2 classroom. Read More |
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| FLIPPING TO CROSS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE |
| José Antônio da Silva, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil & Erika Oya, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil |
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In a world in which technology develops at mind-boggling speed,
it is important to be connected to the right sources. A teacher who
flips his or her class by anticipating content or using follow-up
activities enhances the quality of the teaching-learning process and
simultaneously promotes students' autonomy. Read More |
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| CHOOSING FILMS FOR LOW-LEVEL L2 STUDENTS: SOME USEFUL CONSIDERATIONS |
| Kathe Geist, Showa Boston Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Using full-length feature films in class can be problematic if
students’ language abilities are fairly low, but it is possible to show
top-rated, even classic films if one thinks about them carefully and
applies particular filters or criteria when choosing them. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| VDMIS OFFICERS 2015-2016 |
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| VIDEO AND DIGITAL MEDIA IS: PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT TESOL 2015 |
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| MINUTES OF THE VDMIS OPEN ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, TESOL 2015 |
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| CALL FOR ARTICLES |
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| VDMIS MISSION STATEMENT |
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