Tag: classroom

  • Upcoming: Google Forms for Assessments and Classroom Surveys

    Event Speaker: Edo Forsythe
    Fee for JALT members: free
    Fee for non-JALT members: 1000 yen (500 yen for students)
    Contact or Queries: iwatejalt@hotmail.com
    Date and Time: Sunday, February 24, 2019 – 1:30pm to 4:30pm
    Location: AIINA in Morioka Rm 606-607

     

    Event is Co-Sponsored by JALT CALL SIG

    Note:  The speaker will be referencing Google Docs and Forms during their talk. Participants are encouraged to bring a smartphone, tablet or laptop, and to create a Google account if they do not already have one.

    発表中グーグルドックスとフォームズについて話しますので、スマートフォン、タブレットまたはノートパソコンをお持ちいただくことをおすすします。またグーグルのアカウントを作って頂ければ、もっと充実したセミナーとなります。

    Abstract:

    Technology can make tests and assessments easier to administer and grade. Following on January’s topic of using Google Education tools, the presenter will demonstrate how Google Docs and Forms can be used to create and administer a variety of types of quizzes, surveys, and assessments. Specific examples of tests for listening, reading, and writing courses, as well as surveys used to collect student opinions and feedback will be demonstrated. Attendees will create their own quiz and learn how to administer it to their students. Attendees can bring actual questions they want to add to their quiz or they can use sample questions provided by the presenter.

    テストを作成したり評定をつける時にテクノロジーを使うと評価しやすくなります。今回は1月に行われた岩手JALT会議でのグーグルの教育ツールの発表の続きとして、グーグルドックスとフォームズを使って様々なクイズや試験、アンケートの作り方を説明します。リスニング、リーディング、ライティングの試験や学生の意見やフィードバックをまとめるアンケートについて説明します。セミナー中参加者は自分のクイズとアンケートを作成することができます(実際にクイズに使いたい問題があれば、それを使うこともできますし、発表者が準備する質問の例を使うこと
    もできます)。

    Bio:

    Dr. Edo Forsythe is a long-time practitioner of CALL and has published and presented extensively on the use of technology in language learning. He is the Publications Chair for the CALL SIG, who are co-sponsors of today’s presentation. Edo is a Professor at Hirosaki Gakuin University in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture.

  • REMINDER: Call for Presenters – MEES 2018

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    CALL FOR PRESENTERS for the main conference (Sunday 3rd)

    PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 16, 2018

    MAIN CONFERENCE THEME (Sunday 3rd):

    “Observations on Teaching and Learning; Whatcha doin’?”

    We are approaching this year’s topic broadly and informally. For example, have you noticed any changes in your classes recently? Are you doing something new that seems to make a difference in your students’ motivation or grades? Have you learned something that other teachers might find useful?

    These questions as well as more formal types of observation are just a few of the requested presentation topics. Presentations related to active research, classroom feedback, anecdotal evidence of learning or teaching, or even just insights about your teaching and learning are welcome!

    Presentation proposals should address changes related to language pedagogy, perceptions of language education, and/or other relevant topics. All proposals should be 100-200 words in Word or PDF format.

    Session Presentation: 30 minutes (20 minute presentation, 10 minute Q & A). Please advise about your presentation style: Hands-on Workshop, Lecture, PowerPoint Presentation, etc.

    Send presentation proposals by April 16, 2018 to:

    Greg Anthony:
    anthony@hachinohe-u.ac.jp

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    Full details of Conference.

  • Upcoming – Creativity and Playfulness in the Language Classroom – Malu Sciamarelli

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    Date and Time: Tuesday, 21 November 2017,  19:00 – 20:00
    Speaker: Malu Sciamarelli
    Location: Hirosaki Gakuin University (13-1 Minorichō, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori-ken 036-8231 0172-34-5211

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    Fee for JALT members: Free

    Non-JALT members: 500 yen
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    Creativity and Playfulness in the Language Classroom

    Children are driven by curiosity and playfulness. An approach based on children’s Four Corners Poster - Malu in Hirosakinatural way of interacting with their world, a playfulness approach, would go a long way to creating a more inclusive learning environment and more effective schools in general. However, a playfulness approach should not just be limited to school, but should be encouraged throughout a learner’s lifetime. This approach contributes to the development of problem solving, creativity, perspective taking, and the development of language.

    This playfulness approach, with an emphasis on experimentation and risk-taking, inventing and failing as well as succeeding, develops our ability to learn with the skills that will allow us to build the sustainable cities, environments and societies of the future. Such an approach also encourages, accepts, and acknowledges not only the skills of the individual, but also how people share these skills with each other through the exchanging and joining of ideas and experiences.

    In this workshop, we will explore how teachers can offer activities that:  provide role modelling of playfulness; support and value creative thinking; lead to active engagement; and help develop the critical skills for children to learn a language through play.

    Playfulness can help foster a desire for lifelong learning in our students as well as an ability to adapt throughout their lives. It provides the base for our students to be able to explore better opportunities to create and develop their own future in a global age.

    (This workshop is based on my chapter “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation” in the new British Council’s publication Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom: With reference to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, London, 2017)

    Bio

    Malu Sciamarelli has been an active member of the ELT community for 24 years, working as a teacher and freelance teacher trainer in Brazil.  She has also been an active member of C Group, a group of teachers dedicated to increasing the amount of creativity found in language classrooms throughout the world.  She has been a committee member of the C Group for 2 years, and has published book chapters on ‘Teaching Children with Mascot-Inspired Projects’ (British Council 2015) and the importance of creativity and play in language learning (British Council 2017). Her articles on creative writing and using literature in the language classroom in several journals have helped generate a higher level of discourse around creativity in the language classroom within the ELT community. In addition, her work guest editing an issue of the ETAS Journal on ‘Creative Writing and ELT: Intersecting borders in creative writing and English language teaching’ (2014), offered a chance for new authors around the world to engage and broaden the conversation on the role creativity plays in the language classroom.

    Malu Sciamarelli is also a part of a new movement in ELT, one which uses blogs and other media to quickly disseminate new ideas to the ELT community.  Her posts on creativity and literature on Teaching VillageiTDi, the IATEFL Teacher Development Interest Group (TD SIG) Blog, and her own blog show her dedication to constantly engage with the community in real time and help shape the flow of ideas around the use of literature and creativity within the language classroom.

     

    Personal Website: www.malusciamarelli.weebly.com
    Twitter: @malusciamarelli
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/malu.sciamarelli
    The C Group: www.thecreativitygroup.weebly.com