INNOVATIVE USES OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING ORAL SKILLS Panelist: Kristi Reyes, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA

Web 2.0 Tools for Student Oral Projects  Video sharing sites  Slideshow sharing  Blogs  Wikis  Podcasting  VoiceThread  Glogster  Handout and PowerPoint at Handout and PowerPoint

Video sharing sites  YouTube, TeacherTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, blip.tv YouTube TeacherTubeGoogle VideoYahoo Video blip.tv  blip.tv allows uploads of 1 GB video max. blip.tv  Sample Sample  Commenting by text

Online slideshows  authorSTREAM authorSTREAM  Upload PowerPoint presentations with narrated slides or inserted audio  Sample Sample  Commenting by text  authorSTREAM directions authorSTREAM directions  Sample Past Tense Regular Verbs with audio Sample Past Tense Regular Verbs  Common Irregular Past Tense Verbs with audio Common Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Blog  Blogger Blogger  Audio files uploaded to other sites can be embedded; Many blogs allow direct uploading of video (100 MB on Blogger.com, for example)  "Speaking with the Stars" team project pre- and post- taping "Speaking with the Stars" team project  Mock Job Interview Team Project Mock Job Interview Team Project  Commenting by text  Blogger directions Blogger directions

Wiki  Shared class Web page; students can have their own wiki pages; with most wikis, uploading a video file straight to a wiki page will take up a lot of space, so consider first uploading to a video sharing site (YouTube, TeacherTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, blip.tv, etc.) and then embedding on a wiki page  Sample student video with comments on student wiki page of class wiki, using Wikispaces Sample student video Wikispaces  Commenting by text but audio and video commenting possible

Podcasts  Web-based audio broadcast, but many podcast sites now permit posting of video  PodOmatic PodOmatic  Upload video files or record with webcam, upload audio files or record with computer microphone, upload images; audio/video media files up to 350 MB; 500 MB total storage with a free account  Sample of Mock Job Interview Project (second taping) on class podcast page Sample class podcast page  Commenting by text  PodOmatic directions PodOmatic directions

VoiceThread  Upload images, documents (PowerPoint, PDF, Word, Excel), or video files and narrate or comment by text, voice (computer microphone, phone, uploaded audio file), video (webcam)  VoiceThreads are saved on the site but can be ed or embedded on a Web page or blog  Sample Sample

VoiceThread  Others found through site search using "ESL":  Class Basic Conversation Class Basic Conversation  Basic vocabulary Basic vocabulary  Intermediate vocabulary Intermediate vocabulary  Pronunciation of vowels Pronunciation of vowels  Pronunciation of consonants Speaking practice for a class Talking about the news Tell a story about a picture Pronunciation of consonants Speaking practice for a class Talking about the news Tell a story about a picture  Student oral responses to pictures 1 and 2 Pronunciation of /l/ through song Class interviews with instructor feedback 1 and 2 (video) 12 Pronunciation of /l/ through song12  VoiceThread directions VoiceThread directions  VoiceThread Manual VoiceThread Manual  VoiceThread Tutorials VoiceThread Tutorials

Glogster  Multi-media online scrapbook pages: posters that combine uploaded user images, video (uploaded from your computer, hyperlinked, or embedded from video sharing sites like YouTube), and audio (music, sound effects, voice recordings) with text and designs  Each “glog” is saved to the site but can also be ed or embedded on a Web page or blog  Sample Student Project 1 Sample Student Project 1

Glogster  Glogster edu provides master accounts for teachers, integrating all student accounts and keeps accounts private Glogster edu  Sample Student Project 2 Sample Student Project 2  Commenting by text  Glogster directions Glogster directions

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