TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND HOW THEY AID LEARNINGDeborah Healey and Robert Elliott

dhealey@uoregon.edu robert@uoregon.edu

sites.google.com/site/technologytoolsforlanguage/

Overview• Section 1: Easy time-savers

• Breaking News English• Word comments

• Section 2: Google suite• Docs• Forms• Sites

• Section 3: Interesting teacher tool• Visuwords

Ready-made lessons/exercises• Breaking News English: www.breakingnewsenglish.com

Variety of topics• Pre-reading• Reading• Listening (mp3 + gap-fill)• Follow-up• Pair and group work• Word and PDF format• 11+ page handout to adapt as you like

www.breakingnewsenglish.com

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1101/110131-chocolate_drought.html

Use the .mp3 file

Word features• Word options for Teacher Feedback

• Insert Comments • Track Changes

Insert Comments• Open the essay that you will comment on.• Find a place where you want to comment. Highlight the

word that will anchor your comment.• Review ribbon – click on New Comment

• Office 2003: Pull down Insert to Comment.

• Type your comment.

Sample with Insert Comments

Track Changes

Compare Documents

Good for process writing – see what changes students made.

Section 2: Google Tools• Google Docs• Google Forms• Google Sites

Sharing with Google Docs• Share files easily• Collaborative writing tool• Simultaneous editing• Set who can see the shared documents

• Anyone• Anyone with the link• Only people you specify

• http://docs.google.com

Sample: http://tinyurl.com/sampletable

Google Forms• http://docs.google.com => Create Form• Create a survey (no limit and free)• Get the results (only the creator and others with

permission)• Create graphs

While editing

The final version

Available for use

Sample form: http://tinyurl.com/4ujhm84

Spreadsheet view

Graphical view

Google Sites• http://sites.google.com• Create a space to share files, photos, ideas• Users can be editors or viewers• Teacher/editors can see who did what - versions are

named• Four basic formats for pages

• Web page• Announcements (blog)• List with defined categories• File cabinet to upload files easily

Easiest to use

Types of pages

Sharing

Section 3• Visuwords: http://www.visuwords.com• Another way to explore and learn vocabulary