““The Cloud Ate My The Cloud Ate My Homework!Homework!”” : Inspiring and : Inspiring and Engaging TodayEngaging Today’’s WL Studentss WL Students

ACTFL ConferenceACTFL ConferenceSan Diego, CASan Diego, CA

November 21, 2015November 21, 2015https://web.utk.edu/~wiley/

Dr. Pattie Davis-Wiley Dr. Kelly MoserProfessor, WL/ESL ED Assist. Professor, FL EDThe University of TN MS State Univ.

pdwiley@utk.edu kmb479@msstate.edu

AgendaAgenda

• Welcome & Overview of session

• A look at the generations

• New face of America

• Profile of today’s teachers

• Teacher use of technology

• Learning principles

• Language proficiency

• The brain: Growth, Lang. readiness

• Student and teacher-friendly digital resources

• Challenge to engage WL students

• Conclusions, Discussion, Q & A

Generations:Generations:19401940--20152015

The Silent The Silent Generation/GI Generation/GI Generation/VeteransGeneration/Veterans

• Children of the Great Depression and World

War II

• Born before 1946

• Tend to be conservative in most life aspects

Baby BoomersBaby Boomers

• 40% of those in the current workforce

• Born between 1946 and 1964

• Have high values on status and career paths

• Believe in anything can be accomplished

• Strong work ethic…put in long hours

• Believe in stock options and deferred compensation

GEN XGEN X

• 16% of those in the current workforce

• Born between 1965 and 1980

• Many have Baby Boomers as their parents and work supervisors

• Believe in work-life balance

• Like flexible work schedules

• Usually want their compen-sation now and prefer not to wait until retirement

•

Gen Y/Gen Y/MillennialsMillennials

• Some are children of the Baby Boomers

• 25% of the current workforce

• Born after 1980 (current ages 13-35, as of 2015)

• Is said to be the most balanced techno-savvy of all generations

• Can relate to others easily without face-to-face encounters

• Most ethnically-diverse of all generations

Gen Y/Gen Y/MillennialsMillennials((EchoBoomersEchoBoomers))

• Gen Y: Born after 1980

• Millennials: Born after 2000

• White: 59%

• Latino: 18.5%

• Black: 14.2%

• Asian: 3.2%

• Mixed race/Other: 3.2%

• Source: Figuring out Boomers, Gens X and Y. Retrieved from http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/2431/boomers-generations

Ethnic Profile of Ethnic Profile of Gen Gen YersYers

Source: The Millennials.Retrieved from http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1437/millennials-profile

Gen Z: Gen Z: Ages 0Ages 0--15 in 201515 in 2015

• Born after 2000

• Considered to be the first true mobile mavens/digital natives

• “They won’t distinguish between online and offline, since their mobile devices will keep them connected most of the time. ”

• Digital mediums are essential and preferred to non-virtual connections with ALL gens.

Meet Some Brand NewMeet Some Brand NewGen ZsGen Zs

• A magazine is an iPad that doesn’t work:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk

• One year old playing Angry Birds on iPad!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHqbcGgf90o

GEN Z contGEN Z cont’’dd

• More tech-fluent/internet-connected than any other previous generation

• Have a multi-cultural, global-oriented mindset

• Would rather communicate online in spurts of shorter, but more frequent, bursts of information*

• 1 in 3 teens send 100+ texts a day*

• Crave constant and immediate feedback-result of having every whim addressed with a few keystrokes **

• “Generation Z takes in information instantaneously,” she said, “and loses interest just as fast.” ***

GEN Z contGEN Z cont’’dd

• “As a generation growing up in economic austerity, Gen Z will likely inherit a set of anxieties about their financial situation—indeed, they are already anxious about their future. This anxiety will drive frugality (62% of kids say they like to save their money) but also an ambition to achieve in the face of adversity.”

Source: GEN Z: Digital in Their DNA

Retrieved from http://www.jwtintelligence.com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/04/F_INTERNAL_Gen_Z_0418122.pdf

GEN Z: ResourcesGEN Z: Resources

*Teens and Mobile Phones

Retrieved from:

http://www.pewinternet.org/2010/04/20/teens-and-mobile-phones/

**…Boomers and Millenials

Retrieved from:

http://www.lincolncourier.com/x227107806/Rick-Holmes-Boomers-and-millennials-reshaping-the-workplace

***Move Over…Here Comes Gen Z

Retrieved from:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/fashion/move-over-millennials-here-comes-generation-z.html?_r=0

Who Who ARE ARE

TodayToday’’s s Teachers?Teachers?

Hint: They are not ALL Gen X Hint: They are not ALL Gen X and Gen and Gen YsYs!!

Source: Feistritzer, C. E. (2011). Profile of teachers in the U.S. 2011. National Centerfor Education Information, p 11.

Use of Technology by Use of Technology by TodayToday’’s Teachers in the s Teachers in the

ClassroomClassroom

• “In spite of a widespread public perception that technology use is common in our nation's schools, surveys indicate that only about half of U.S. teachers use technology in classroom instruction.”

Author. (2011). Encouraging teachers’technology use. Education World.

Retrieved from

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech159.shtml

Types of Technology Types of Technology That Teachers UseThat Teachers Use

Sometimes/Often

Rarely Never

Individual Emails

30% 13% 57%

Group Emails 24% 13% 63%

Course/Teach-er Webpage

28% 11% 61%

Online Bulletin Board

11% 7% 82%

Course or Teacher Blog

5% 6% 89%

Source: The chalkboard: How teachers use technology (2011). Retrieved from http://www.good.is/post/the-chalkboard-how-teachers-use-technology/

TeacherTeacher--toto--Teacher Teacher Communication:Communication:

Communicating with the GensCommunicating with the Gens……

The research reports that:

•• MillennialsMillennials (a.k.a. Gen (a.k.a. Gen YersYers, , Echo Boomers), Echo Boomers), are more likely to instant or text message more frequently than they email.

•• Gen Gen YersYers prefer texting almost exclusively.

•• Gen Gen YersYers and Zsand Zs expect quick feedback, anytime, anywhere, on their preferred mode of com-munication, on their timelines.

Communication TipsCommunication Tips……

• “MillennialsMillennials most enjoy interactive full motion multimedia, color images, and audio although they can use any media, even [written] text.”

Source: Retrieved from

http://certi.mst.edu/media/administrative/certi/documents/Article-Millennial-Behaviors.pdf

Communicating with the Communicating with the GensGens……

•• Baby Boomers Baby Boomers often prefer face-to-face, phone calls and emails. Their emails may be lengthy, almost like a letter or formal paper. They prefer personal communications and even write letters on occasion.

•• Gen Gen XersXers and Gen Gen YersYers don’t like small talk or face-to-face encounters, prefer to communicate online and see nothing wrong with being online when in the presence of others---it is not considered rude for them.

•• Gen Zs, Gen Zs, expect instant info; prefer to text/be texted to and communicate using short, telegraphic messages; have little patience and say that they can multi-task.

Tips for Texting with Tips for Texting with BoomersBoomers’’ Parents, the Parents, the

Super SeniorsSuper Seniors*ATD- At the Doctor's* BFF - Best Friends Funeral* BTW- Bring the Wheelchair* CUATSC- See You at the Senior Center* FWIW - Forgot Where I Was* GGPBL- Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Lo* WAITT - Who Am I Talking To?*KCNM - Kids Calling Need Money

Guiding Principles for Learning

Tell me, I forget. Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Show me, I remember.

Involve me, I understand.Involve me, I understand.

-Confucius

What Does This Mean for What Does This Mean for Educators?Educators?

ALL learning should be…•presented in context,•active,•social, and•reflective.

Source:

Driscoll, M. P. (2000). Psychology of learning for instruction (2nd ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

DaleDale’’s Cone of s Cone of ExperienceExperience

• E. Dale. (1946). Audio-visual methods in teaching. New York: The Dreden Press

Source: Author. Bit of Bilash : Improving second language education.Retrieved from:http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.Bilash/best%20of%20bilash/dalescone.html

…and using technology in the classroom can do all of the above by providing “the means through which individuals engage and manipulate both resources and their own ideas" (Hannafin, Land, & Oliver, 1999, p. 128).

Hannafin, M., Land, S., & Oliver, K. (1999). Open learning environments: Foundations, methods, and models." In C. M. Reigeluth(Ed.), Instructional design theories and models: A new paradigm of instructional theory (Vol. 2, pp. 115-140). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Gardner, H. (1983, 1993). Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences, New York: Basic Books.

PDW and The Man!

Brain Research

Growth of the Human Brain

Brain Growth Patterns

What Motivates Students?

• Instructor's enthusiasm

• Relevance of the material

• Organization of the course

• Appropriate difficulty level of the material

• Active involvement of students

• Variety

• Rapport between teacher and students

• Use of appropriate, concrete, and understandable examples

What Engages Students?

• Intellectual (authentic, personalized, relevant, project-based, student voice)

• Emotional (positive environment; trusting rapport)

• Behavioral (brain-based; classroom management)

• Physical (familiar routines; multi-sensory activities)

• Social (co/cross-curricular; demo of learning; community-based)

• Cultural (importance of community, in and outside of the classroom)

Source: http://edglossary.org/student-engagement/

We will add: Generation-friendly

Excuses…

More Excuses…

• “My computer crashed!”

• “My printer ran out of ink!”

• “My computer/tablet/iPad is

not charged!”

• “My (same) grandmother died (again).”

• “My hard drive crashed.”

• “I was busy working on something for my other class.”

• “I didn’t have anything to write with.”

• “My mom was supposed to wake me from my nap to start my work.”

The Role of Teachers

Some of Teachers’ Challenges

The WL Student’s Role

Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Tips…• Different levels of experience: WL

teachers must be able to identify and accommodate not only students’ different learning styles and content knowledge but also their differing levels of technology usage.

• School infrastructure: Not all schools embrace/support accommodation of differentiation issues nor do they have daily technology available to all students

• Keeping up: It is a challenge for all generations of WL teachers to keep abreast of learning challenges and the latest technology tools and how to use them successfully in the classroom.

How to Hook the Gen Yers

and the Gen Zs…

Source: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/06/25-

ways-to-develop-21st-century-thinkers.html

Tips for Using Technology

With Today’sWL Students

Student and Teacher-Friendly Internet Resources

Free Cloud Storage:

• Dropbox.com [2 free GB cloud storage]

https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NjE2NzAzNDg1NTc?src=referrals_email9&eh=b3ca7dd

• SugarSync (5GB)

• SkyDrive (7GB)

• MediaFire (50 GB)Retrieved from

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33153_7-57499774-10391733/get-50gb-of-free-cloud-storage-from-mediafire/

Free tech site for teachers: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

AdditionalResource: Free Class

Network• Twiducate• Rather than having your students sign

up and enter an email address, you sign up and create a class code.

• Using this code, your students log in to your class network.

• Here, they can answer questions, collaborate on problems, and even embed pictures and videos. As a teacher you have full control over the network. You can even add other teachers!

• Retrieved fromhttp://www.twiducate.com/

Online Resources…

• Meta Primary Source of Web 2.0 Tools…and more to encourage language skills for WL students

• http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Creativity+Tools

[this is the mothership of

I-tools]

FREE Fun Sites to FREE Fun Sites to Encourage Expressive Encourage Expressive

Language CreationLanguage Creation

•• StorybirdsStorybirds

• http://storybird.com/

• See:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T00YjRBIcIw&feature=related

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79f1DLtMt-w&feature=related

•

More Sites…

•• ZooburstZooburst

• http://www.zooburst.com/

• Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwE25dx2CaU&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKeMv61hljw&feature=related

•• Story Jumper [create and publish a Story Jumper [create and publish a book] book] http://www.storyjumper.com/

•• WordleWordle [word cloud] [word cloud] http://www.wordle.net/

•• BlabberizeBlabberize (talking head)(talking head)

http://blabberize.com/

Inexpensive Sites

•• SpeakaboosSpeakaboos [songs, stories, nursery rhymes, games, activities: 4.99/month]

• http://www.speakaboos.com/

•• GlogsterGlogster [$29.95/year/50 accounts]

• http://edu.glogster.com/

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvC47fUANLk

Freebee Sites• Voki: http://www.voki.com/ (talking avatars to

stimulate L2 practice)

• Vocaroo: http://vocaroo.com/ (Record voice messages; website

• Voxopop: http://www.voxopop.com/

(Create online talkgroups)

• Toondoo: http://www.toondoo.com/

(create cartoons)• Cartoonize: http://www.cartoonize.net/

• PowToon:http://www.powtoon.com/?edgetrackerid=10055003352452&gclid=CIfvmKGak8kCFVIbgQoddfsLpw

(create animated videos)

• Second Life: http://secondlife.com (virtual world—can be used to take virtual field trips or to practice L2)

• Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/ (flashcards, quizzes, homework aids and more!)

• Virtual Field Trips:http://pasdtechtraining.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Field+Trips

Apps

Comic Life: http://plasq.com/apps.comiclife/macwin/(create comics)

Thing Link: http://www.thinglink.com(Annotation)

Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/(Annotation)

Blabberize: http://blabberize.com/(text to speech/audio)

Tellegami: https://tellagami.com(Storytelling)

Today’s Meet: http://todaysmeet.com/(Interactive sharing/collaborate)

SeeSaw: http://web.seesaw.me/(Portfolio)

Plicers: http://plickers.com(Assessment/quizzes/games)

More Sites for the WL Classroom

• Nearpod

• Kahoot

• Socrative

• Blurb Mobile

• Crazy Talk

• PuppetPals2

• Toontastic

Using Cells in the Classroom: There is a Time AND a Place…

Classroom Management/Organization

• Random name picker:• http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/• Online stopwatches:• http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/• Skitch/Evernote:• https://evernote.com/skitch/• (organization across devices)• Versal: https://versal.com/education• (create online courses/resource storage)• Free Rubric Generators:• http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm• http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshellc.cfm?sid=13&s

ms=publicrub• Authentic Assessment Toolbox:• http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/rubri

cs.htm

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&feature=fvwrel

• Sugata Mitra’s Hole in the Wall Project

• http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html

ConclusionsDiscussion

Q & A