VDMIS Newsletter - July 2015 (Plain Text Version)
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VIDEO AND DIGITAL MEDIA IS: PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT TESOL 2015
9:30 am–11:15 am Building Custom Video Content to Increase Student Engagement Presenters share knowledge about how brains learn best, highlighting students’ cognitive engagement through whole-brain tasks. By shifting the action focus to students, teachers simplify class-time preparation by designing lessons that trigger students’ language processing. Attendees participate in work that replicates students’ cognitive engagement and control over their learning. 9:30 am–11:15 am Using Video to Approach Sensitive Topics in Diverse Classrooms How can we help students improve their English language skills while teaching them about social justice? Presenters discuss ways that they prepare students to discuss controversial topics and build bridges to greater understanding. Each identifies a dilemma. The films selected include the themes of immigration, discrimination, and bullying. 1:00 pm–1:45 pm Students Gathering Data Through Creating Online Forms for Production Activities In this session, participants explore a variety of ways to integrate Google Forms into ESL classrooms. Using electronic surveys offers several benefits from student engagement to expanding lexical resources. Examples of assignments/activities, samples of student work, and guides on how to use the program are available for participants. 2:00 pm–2:45 pm A Journey Toward Flipped Lessons in Reading and Writing Courses Many educators believe creating video-enhanced lessons requires too much time or special skills; however, the presenters demonstrate how they have used new technologies to create flipped lessons in just a few minutes without any special training. Participants engage with the presenters at various intervals in this session. 2:00 pm–2:45 pm Teaching Film to Low Level L2 Students: A Successful Methodology Much of the literature on teaching film in the L2 classroom has been aimed at high level English learners or describes extensive dialogue transcription projects. This workshop presents methods for choosing high level films, understandable to low level L2 learners. 3:00 pm–3:45 pm eStory: Developing Multiple Literacies With Beginning ESL Students This session demonstrates project-based learning using the read/write-web model with beginning students of English. Shifting from conventional literacy to digital literacy, students in a reading/writing class embarked on a multimedia adventure, creating eStories. A step by-step guide, rubrics, and examples are provided. FRIDAY, 27 MARCH 9:30 am–10:15 am Using Online and Student-Generated Video to Teach Progressive Tenses Teachers can help students understand the meaning and use of progressive tenses when used alone or with a simple tense by using online and student-generated videos. Presenters show how to choose an appropriate video, how to assign video projects, and how to use the projects effectively in class. 10:30 am–11:15 am Developing Academic Writing Through Digital Literacy: New Role for YouTube This presentation shows how teachers can use YouTube to foster advanced academic writing. By transforming traditional writing activities into multimodal projects, students are able to grasp more complex writing concepts, increase their vocabulary, and practice other language skills, while demonstrating motivation and engagement with the assignment and the revision process. 3:00 pm–3:20 pm How Mobile App “Vine” Can Connect Technology With Language Use Smartphones are prevalent and may be viewed as distractions byteachers. However, smartphones can be another teaching tool. “Vine,”a video-making mobile app, is one such tool that is easy to use. Thispresentation introduces “Vine” and how it can be used for grammar,writing, and speaking activities. 3:00 pm–4:45 pm “Hotel Pennsylvania”: Mediatized Representations of Teachers and Students in TESOL Representations of English language teachers and learners in films, television, and social media have important sociopolitical and pedagogical implications for the TESOL profession. This session begins with a viewing of the short film “Hotel Pennsylvania,” followed by critical analyses from presenters and an open discussion with audience members. SATURDAY, 28 MARCH 9:30 am–11:15 am From Consuming to Creating: A Comprehensive Approach to Mobile Multimedia Multimedia in the ESL classroom has shifted a long way over the decades. Mobile technology has expanded educators’ ability of what their students can accomplish with classroom multimedia. The right apps and ingenuity allow teachers and students to explore, create, and manipulate multimedia in new and exciting educational ways. 11:30 am–12:15 pm And…Action! Using Authentic Video in the Second Language Classroom Authentic video is an incredibly versatile tool in the L2 classroom. However, there is more to using video than simply pressing “play.” In this presentation, participants take part in demonstration activities and discuss how to choose appropriate content and develop meaningful communicative activities for the classroom. 12:30 pm–1:45 pm Fresh Ideas From Teachers: Videotaping Students to Build Skills Using video for instruction to help students see and hear themselves can be a powerful way to assist them in building their skills. In this roundtable, various ideas from teachers that videotaped their students to meet students’ needs and shape abilities while having fun are shared. 1:00 pm–1:45 pm “Flipping the Classroom” and Its Applications to ESL/EFL Classrooms The presenters discuss the findings of a 2-year experiment on flipping university-level EAP classes in Macau, the United States, and Colombia, making comparisons across borders and questioning whether flipping the classroom is applicable to ESL/EFL classrooms. 1:00 pm–1:45 pm Making Engaging Videos With High Production Values on Low Budgets Transport your students out of the classroom by making engaging, low-budget videos that present meanings clearly in context. Get tips on script writing, camera work, lighting, audio, and video editing, along with ideas for building an audience. 1:00 pm–2:45 pm Incorporating Digital Media to Enhance Speaking and Pronunciation Skills A panel of experts shares tips, activities, and strategies for incorporating digital media content for language learning, practice, and assessment with emphasis on speaking and pronunciation skills. The panel provides pedagogical suggestions and shows sample videos illustrating their use of digital video in their own classrooms and with ITAs. 2:00 pm–2:45 pm Student Generated Videos to Enhance Speaking In order to become proficient in speaking, young adult ELs need to be provided with realistic models for language practice. In this presentation, the speaker shows how intermediate-level students can adapt movie scenes and record their own productions in order to enhance their speaking skills. 5:00 pm–5:45 pm Integrated Video Feedback for Student Presentations This presentation demonstrates how to apply screen capture to create an integrated video for instructor feedback on student presentations. Presenters provide student and instructor perceptions of various feedback types and share best practices to improve efficiency and practicality for traditional and/or online courses. |
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