COURSE: Technology in

Language Education
DOXOLOGY
ATTENDANCE CHECK (MONITOR)
 LEARNING AGENDA
Technology Integration in English
Classes
USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE
CLASSROOM
1.Run a Virtual Field Trip
• simulate a virtual trip by buying a google
cardboard
• ask: “How will this connect with a learning objective?”
•visit a foreign landmark, holding a mock conversation in that
country’s language
• study the area itself from a geographic perspective.
These can add a new, engaging element to your lessons.

2. Preview Field Trips Virtually

•use Google Earth to explore locations before actually visiting
them.
•Let’s say your class is set to go to the Zoo. Find the location,
traveling through it using Street View to see which exhibits pique
the most student interest. You can quickly discuss what they’re
looking forward to, boosting excitement levels for the trip.
•Popular field trip destinations will also have websites filled with
visual media you can use to complement the preview.
•All it takes is a device connected to a projector or large screen.

3. Quiet a Noisy Classroom

To make it easier to give lessons and presentations, use a tool that
tracks and displays classroom noise.

For example, Too Noisy is an accurate noise meter. You’ll likely

find that — without having to tell them — students will become
quiet when the meter spikes.
This means most of them won’t be as disruptive when you give a
lesson or run an independent work activity. They may even shush
each other.
4. Use Videos for Mini-Lessons

•You can bolster your lesson plans by using videos as stand-alone

overviews for some topics.
•Also available as skill reviews and previews, there are many
websites that host teacher-made video content.
•Teacher Tube is an example of an education-only version of
YouTube, covering core school subjects.
•You can search for a specific topic or browse by category, quickly
finding relevant videos
•This easy way to use technology in the classroom adds a
multimedia element to your lessons, which can effectively
resonate with visual learners.
Research has shown that the use of animated videos can
positively impact a child’s development in several competence
areas including memory, creativity, critical thinking, and problem
solving.
5. Co-ordinate Live Video
•You don’t have to limit yourself to pre-recorded videos, as
conferencing technology can allow subject matter experts to
deliver lessons.
•Whether it’s a contact from another school or a seasoned lecturer
you reach out to, bringing an expert into your classroom will
expose your students to new ideas and can lighten your workload.
•You can add the person as a contact on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or
whichever platform your school users!
•Ask your students to prepare questions, helping them enjoy — and
fulling participate in — this modern take on traditional lessons.
6. Play Podcasts
•Playing relevant podcasts for kids can not only supplement your
lessons, but engage auditory learners and act as a learning station.

•Made by groups ranging from media giants to ordinary people

passionate about a particular subject, you can find podcasts that
are:

•Interviews with the author of a book your students are reading

Lessons about studying techniques and strategies
Explorations of a curriculum-related topic
Lectures from professors
• For a high school course, you may want to design a project that
allows students to create and play their own podcasts. This is
one of the easiest ways to use technology in your classroom —
you just need a device with strong speakers.
7. Add Multimedia Elements to Presentations
Whereas slideshow presentations entirely made up of text can
disengage students, ones with multimedia elements can effectively
hold their attention by varying content delivery. When applicable,
try to include:

•Images
•Graphs
•Pictographs
•Podcast clips
•Sound effects
•Short video lessons
•News, movie and television show clips
• You don’t have to scour the Internet to find relevant graphs and
pictographs — you can make them yourself. There are free
online tools that take you through steps to input data, adjust
labels and modify your design.
8. Send Adaptive Content
•If each of your students has a smartphone and is always on it, why
not use the situation to your advantage by delivering content
through the phones? There are adaptive learning programs that
students can access through tablets and smartphones.

•For example, ClassK12 offers a mix of adaptive math and English

exercises for students. It’s made up of mobile apps that students
can download onto their personal devices.

•As a teacher, you can create virtual classrooms, deliver

assignments and run reports. Delivering appropriate content
through such programs may seem difficult, but the process is
usually intuitive and automated.
9. Share an Online Class Calendar

To keep students informed regarding the content they’ll be

tackling, create and share a class calendar that details lessons and
highlights important dates.

You can use a program such as Google Calendar, emailing your

calendar’s hyperlink to your students or their parents. This not only
keeps them informed, but helps you stay organized — you’ll
quickly see if you’ve set too many due dates in a short period.

And by keeping students in the loop, you’ll help them come

prepared for each class.
HELPING STUDENTS PROCESS CONTNT

10. Use Virtual Manipulatives

•When teaching and reinforcing some math concepts, students can
use virtual manipulatives in more ways than physical ones.

•For example, a 6th grade geometry activity from the National

Library of Virtual Manipulatives involves using geoboards to
illustrate area, perimeter and rational concepts.

•Check which ones may apply in the context of language and

literature.
11. Run Learning Stations

•Learning stations are a method of both delivering a range of

content and giving students different ways to process it. With a
device at each station, you can provide videos, podcasts,
slideshows and other digital media. Students can then solve
challenges to build understanding of the material. This can involve:

•Using virtual manipulatives

•Solving relevant problems in a computer game
•Recording their thoughts about, and responses to, a podcast
•Contributing notes to a group Wiki page, which this guide
explains in a later section
12. Provide Online Activities for Students Who Complete
Work Early

•Similarly, you can set up stations for students to use when they
complete work early, giving them engaging ways to further process
content.

•Set up a few devices that have videos, websites and educational

games open. Take time to ensure that this material is aligned with
your lesson, allowing students to delve into relevant topics. By
doing so, you’ll encourage them to wisely use every bit of class
time. Even those few minutes before the bell rings.
13. Save Time for Exit Tickets
Saving ten minutes at the end of class for exit tickets opens the
door for easy technology use. Exit tickets can take the form of:
•Online Journal Entries — Using an online notepad, students can
write a journal entry to summarize what they learned.
•Slideshow Comments — Sharing copies of slideshows from the
day’s lesson, students can make comments through PowerPoint or
Google Slides to review and expand on important points.
•Tweets — In 280 characters or less, students can summarize the
most important point they learned in class. You can easily see what
they wrote by asking them to use a class-exclusive hashtag.
Exit tickets are not only quick from a student perspective, but you
should find them easy to introduce and oversee.
14. Use Twitter Hashtags to Take Questions
•Just as you can use a class-exclusive hashtag for exit tickets, you
can use it to take questions throughout the day. By inputting the
hashtag in Twitter’s search bar, you can display the feed on a
screen during class or check it periodically on your device.

•You can choose to answer all the questions at once, or as they pop
up. Either way, you don’t want to see an empty feed. Encourage
students to ask inquiry questions, as well as specific ones related to
lessons, presentations, homework and more.

•This use of technology can be especially beneficial for introverts,

who may not be comfortable asking questions in front of the class.
15. Study, Review and Critique Content on Web Pages
•Here’s a technology-focused spin on notetaking: Find a web page
with content reflecting or related to your lessons, and get students
to make notes directly on the page. Using a program such as
Bounce, you can create an interactive screenshot of any page just
by inputting its URL.

•When students open the screenshot, they’ll see commands to

create notes, feedback and other edits. In classrooms with one-to-
one device use, students can do this individually. In classrooms
without one-to-one device use, you can make it a group activity.
Ask each group to make notes and feedback aimed at improving
the web page’s content. Once each group is done, compare the
edits to see which group improved the page the most. Who knew
writing notes could be so engaging?
16. Use Online Mind Maps for Class Brainstorms

•A digital take on brainstorming, there are websites you can use to

create clear and detailed mind maps faster than written ones.

•For example, many teachers use MindMeister, as its features are

designed for students and educators. Put the program on a screen
that everyone can see. Work with your students to brainstorm ideas
as a way to reinforce lessons or launch a problem-based learning
exercise. It should only take a few minutes to set up this kind of
classroom technology.
17. Gather Student Feedback
To encourage student input about content-processing activities,
create and distribute surveys. In a few minutes, you can create
forms and polls using applications such as:

•Socrative
•Google Forms
•SurveyMonkey
•Poll Everywhere

Students can give responses through personal or classroom devices,

giving you insight about the activities they prefer. Based on the
results, you may find an easy way to improve lessons. This could
even involve using new technologies in the classroom.
18. Launch a Wiki Page for a Collaborative Assignment

•Collaboration doesn’t have to take place face-to-face, as you can

give group assignments focused on creating a wiki page. There are
many programs you can use to create wiki pages, which are web
pages that different people can edit.

•As a project, students can create one about a relevant topic. This
process inherently encourages collaboration — students must
contribute their own content to the page, editing and refining each
other’s work.

•This version of a group paper may also prove to be more engaging

than its classic counterpart.
19. Set Up Student Blogs
Blogging can be a creative outlet for students, lending itself
especially well to language arts classes and other writing-heavy
subjects. There are free templates and comprehensive privacy
settings on platforms such as WordPress, which you can use to host
each student’s blog. As for the products they can create? Some
popular options are:
•Poems
•Short essays
•Diary entries from the perspective of a historical figure or
character from a novel

Blogging takes some time to set up, but — once you’re rolling —
it’s one of the easiest ways to introduce and use technology in the
classroom.
20. Offer Open-Ended Projects
When it comes time to start a new project, give students a list of
options to choose from. This way, you can appeal to their distinct
learning styles and they can effectively demonstrate their
knowledge. The projects can involve:
•Designing web content
•Putting together ebooks
•Creating original artwork
•Composing musical tunes
•Crafting multimedia products
Students can use widely-accessible software to complete these
projects, which you may want to provide on classroom devices.
This way, you can dedicate in-class time to project work while
giving students some autonomy over how they use technology in
school.
21. Use Online Sign-Ups
When it comes time for students to deliver presentations, using
digital signup forms is an easy way to incorporate technology. Like
sharing a class calendar, send students a link to a survey. It should
just contain a list of dates to choose from, so they can schedule a
presentation time that works for them. They’ll likely be happy to
complete the project on their own paces.
22. Base Assignments on Technology-Focused Subjects
Worried that students will find it too hard to use specific
technologies when creating products? Instead, you can base
assignments on subjects related to software and other technology.
For example, students can write guides explaining how to use their
favourite computer programs. For a greater challenge, they can
investigate and report how certain technologies have impacted
history, politics or any other subject. They may develop a new
appreciation for the technologies in question.
Offering a Unique Learning Experience
23. Introduce a Game-Based Learning Platform
An ambitious way to use technology in the classroom is to
introduce a game-based learning platform. Most are designed to
engage students, enlivening difficult topics and subjects. Research
backs up other benefits, too.
•For example, video games stimulate an increase in midbrain
dopamine to help store and recall information, according to a 2014
article in the journal of Learning, Media and Technology.

•Prodigy Education offers adaptive game-based learning through

Prodigy Math and Prodigy English. Teachers can create
classrooms, track student progress and deliver custom questions
through plans and assignments.
24. Play Simulations

Geared to solo and group use, online simulation games can add
context and real-world applicability to your lessons. Most
simulations deal with subjects such as business and economics,
which require the player to have math skills higher than the
elementary level. But it is possible to find ones that appeal to
younger students.

Regardless, as simulation programs become more advanced, they

grow more engaging by teaching students how to apply their
knowledge in a greater range of scenarios. And, because many of
these programs work on most devices, you’ll have an easy time
testing and using them.
25. Participate in a Webquest

Webquests encourage students to find and process information in

engaging contexts, adding an interesting spin to the research
process.
These free online adventures could, for example, place students in
the role of a detective. To solve a specific case, they may have to
collect clues — and information — related to a curriculum topic by
scouring certain sources and web pages. You can create your own
adventure, but you should find webquests through some Google
searches. By the end of it, your students will surprised by how
much research they did.
References:
https://drexel.edu/soe/resources/student-teaching/advice/how-to-use-technology-
in-the-classroom/
https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/25-easy-ways-to-use-technology-i
n-the-classroom--downloadable-list/
FOR PAPER 4

Choose 1 way of integrating technology in your

class. Provide a comprehensive context on the
lesson that you have, and how technology
integration can be assistive in unpacking the
content to achieve the set learning goals.