meridaBC

ICT in ELT
This is a video of my workshop for the ICT in ELT event in Merida, Venezuela. A one-week teacher training workshop on the use of web tools for language teaching and learning.

**//Voice e-mail and Podcasting//**
Dafne González Universidad Simón Bolívar Caracas, Venezuela

Abstract:
Language Teachers around the world are incorporating online components to their face to face classes to offer students the opportunity to communicate with speakers of the language worldwide. To take this challenge, teachers need to **be e-literate and** learn to take the best from the web tools available. The new approaches to education claim for multi-directional interaction which is even more relevant in language learning if we want to promote negotiation of meaning, a crucial aspect in learning a language. Not many years ago, it was very difficult to teach listening and speaking in blended and online courses since most of the applications available were mainly to promote reading and writing. In this workshop, I will be showing some examples of how some voice applications can be used to enhance listening and speaking, and you will learn hands-on, how to use some of these tools **of the Web 2.0** to enable voice communication through Internet. We will be dealing with voice e-mail and podcasting with the use of different applications freely available online. (e.g. Springdoo, Podomatic, Vaestro)

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 * Video**

[|Power Point Presentation]

[|MyChingo] [|Springdoo] [|BubbleShare] [|Podomatic] [|Vaestro] [|Audacity]
 * These are some of the links used in this presentation, where you can register for free**


 * Links to sites where the applications are used:**

[|My students´ MyChingo board] [|My students´podcasting blog] My students' wiki pages where they use springdoo [|A colleague's birthday story created in bubbleshare]


 * Give it a try!!**

[|Vaestro forum created for the event] [|Daf's MyChingo Voice Board] [|Springdoo]

Motime blog: http://dafneusb.motime.com/