tom walton easy, fun, meaningful tasks with technology
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Tom Walton
Easy, fun, meaningful tasks with technology
With a partner…
1. Show your partner an object of personal value
2. Find out all you can about your partner’s object
3. Photograph it
Do it #1
#1 Single digital image +text
Original idea: TechLearning.com “Portraits of Learning” Example: enmibolsillo.blogspot.com
Steps
• Take out (bring?) object of personal value to selves
• Show to partner
• Partner discovers all about object, why important
• Partner takes photo(-s) of object
• Partner writes text
• Swop roles
• Edit text and (single, best…) image
• Share texts and images (blog, Flickr, noticeboard…)
Sharing photos
• On camera /phone
• Via Windows Explorer
• Noticeboard in classroom
• Flickr.com
• Blog
Easy, fun, meaningful tasks…
Easy…•Uses technology available in school
•Fast, easy to set up
•Free
•No installation
•Can’t go wrong (in theory!)
•Limited post-class production
•Technology-light
Fun…•Creative
•Enjoyable
•Shared
•Motivating
•Successful
Meaningful…•Tasks with “answers” that matter to people
•Real questions
•Have an end-product that is shared
•Lead to real language use… and to language learning
Using technology to create and share end-products
With a partner…
1. Look around you for an object (possibly the same one as before)
2. Photograph it from an unusual angle/very close up
If you are waiting for a camera:
What are the advantages/disadvantages of using a disposable camera for this project?
Do it #2
#2 Mystery pix on a disposable camera
Original idea: Susana Ortiz
Steps
• Single disposable camera provided to first pair
• Pair have 48 hours to take 3 photos of “mystery objects” (no “telling”!)
• Camera then handed on to the next pair
• Pictures printed, shared via noticeboard
• Guessing game, orally/via pieces of paper
mobile phone, digital camera, webcam
blog, Flickr…
via blog comments
#2b Adv.+Disadv. of disposable camera
• Having to develop (cost)
• Limited number of photos
• Can’t upload (without scanning first)
• Can’t edit (unless scanned)
• … ?
• Easy !!!
• Greater mystery
• Shared experience
• More of a challenge
• … ?
#2b Alternatives…
• Eyes
• Feet
• Shoes
• Pictures of city…
• Etc.
Editing images
• Paint *
• Picnik.com *
• Picasa *
• Gimp *
• Fireworks, €400 (?)
• Photoshop, €985 (?)
*free
Do it #3
In groups of at least 4…
1. Discuss when language learning actually occurs
2. Storyboard a tableau vivant using stick figures
3. Create tableau
4. Photograph it
Roles: Director, camera person, actors/actresses…
DON’T just do it: CREATE it (#3)
Original idea: Tom Walton
#3 Language learning taking place
#3 Language learning taking placeSteps
• Discuss when language learning takes place, in what circumstances, what factors affect it..
• Storyboard tableau vivant with stick figures
• Create tableau (roles: director, cameraperson, actors…)
• Take photograph(-s)
• Share and present photographs (+text?)
open class, but poss. on blog, as ppt. presentations
keep, share, scan (?)
noticeboard, PowerPoint, blog…
Original idea: Tom Walton
This is my classroom…
(a) where’s the technology…?
(b) what’s the technology being used for…?
twalton@bcn.ihes.com www.ihes.com/bcn/tt/eltblog/blog/
door window www.whiteboard
what’s the technology being used for…?
• creation, sharing, engagement, interaction, dialogue, owning and belonging…
where’s the technology…?
• not getting in the way of language learning
twalton@bcn.ihes.com www.ihes.com/bcn/tt/eltblog/blog/
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