About Me

Hello! I'm chidchanok  Songmuang. I'm study English major faculty of education, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University

My Learning Reflecation on lessons

      These thing I learned  from computer    Applcation For English Teaching in this  semester.

          The first of study, there are many questions about multimedia technology in the globalization in the day.  The teacher gave me and my friends answer questions with multimedia technology. There are 

1. List computer technology you have used in your study. What are they used for?

      ◊ E-learning used learn language, lesson, and practice to listen and think skill.

     ◊ CAI  used for learn language and lesson to computer by  themselves.

2. List you favorite websites. How often do you use them? What can you learn from those websites?

     ◊ YouTube used for learn language and lesson to computer every day.

     ◊VOA use for learn language and lesson. I train listen and speak language.

    ◊www.Thaiteacher.com is website for learn teaching skill. There are teaching for teacher and   student. I used to every week.

     ◊ www.google.com is website search information for study.

3. What computer technology will you used in your classroom?

    ◊YouTube because YouTube website have video about lessons for students went to learn language and students interest study

Other that, I leaned the article. There are Innovative Educational Technology In The Global Classroom, Thinking on the Application of Multimedia into College English Teaching and  On the Problems and Strategies Of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching

Innovative Educational Technology In The Global

This article is written by Deoksoon Kim. He tells about Innovative and multimedia technology in English Teaching

      Integrating Instructional Technology into an Assignment.

Seeking to understand how ESOL teacher create meaningful content for future teaching, How teaching content ,such as case study portfolios, can be integrated with instructional technology, such as  online ,discussion,podcasts,Bbolgsandwikis to enhance learning experiences and provide better curricula.

      The ELL Case Study

Case Study pedagogy engages students and teachers in a dialogue with real-life situations in school setting. Case study portfolios give pre- and in-service ESOL teacher opportunities to analyze ELLs in order to gain experience working with common issues related to these students. The teachers can investigate linguistic and cultural backgrounds, devise rel-evant educational scenarios and solve authentic linguistic problems.

Blogging

The written portion of the case study  become the student’s online journals, which they uploaded to the Web as blogs. Blogs are online commentary, personal reflections or news on a particular subject. They can include text, graphics,PDF files, pictures and links to other social media related to a give topic. They did  so using blog@USF ( http://blog.usf.edu) blogger (http://www.blogger.com)

Podcasting

Internet-based audio programs available for downloading that allow the listener to play the  audio through a computer or on an MP3 player. Transformative opportunities for new information-delivery system in education settings. Podcasts not only cater to listeners’ personal purpose and need for information, but also embrace higher education audiences  of any size. Consequently  having the opportunity to podcast about their ELL case studies enriched the preservice  ESOL teacher’ learning and teaching.

Tip  for Integrating Technology  in the Classroom

1.Take risks with new technology.

2.Be familiar with the technology  before introducing it to other.

3.make Sure that instructional technologies carefully fit with course objectives and outcomes ,and  that the procedures for implementation are clear.

4.Build a positive learning community This is essential because  students’ abilities vary ;advanced students can provide assistance to novice students.

5.Research and use various tutorials and helpful Web sites.

Creating a WiKi

The preservice ESOL teacher suggested teaching methods and activities to their classmates via a wiki in Blackboard or  another program or Web site.

Online Discussion

Online Discussion  provided a window to observe how the preservice teachers constructed knowledge and interacted with other.

Thinking on the Application of Multimedia into College English Teaching

1.The Current Status of Multimedia Teaching  method in college English Teaching.

2.Relationship between the Qualities of the college English Teachers and Multimedia Teaching.

3.Misunderstandings and Disadvantages of a multimedia Teaching in college English Teaching

      ◊ Teacher attending to trifles and neglect ion the essentials, and English classroom becoming a demonstrating hall of computer functions.

      ◊Teachers depending on multimedia teaching method excessively and neglecting its auxiliary teaching. function

     ◊ some teachers being impercipient to multimedia teaching method.

4.Some Suggestion on Multimedia Teaching in College English Teaching

     ◊Teachers should change their ideas of using multimedia teaching.

     ◊We should devote major efforts to developing multimedia teaching mode based on network

Circumstance.

On the Problems and Strategies Of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching

Analysis on Necessity of Application of Multimedia Technology to English Teaching

                To  Cultivate Students ‘Interest in Study

                To  Promote Students’ Communication Capacity

                To Widen Students’ Knowledge to gain an Insightful Understanding to Western Culture

                To  Improve Teaching Effect

Analysis on Problems Arising from  Application of Multimedia Technology to English Teaching

                Major means Replaced   by the Assisting  One .

                Loss of Speaking  Communication.

                The Shrinking of Students’ Thinking Potential.

                Abstract Thinking Replaced by Imaginal Thinking

Suggestion and Strategies to The Existing Problems

                The Beauty of Courseware Is not the Sole Pursuit.

                The computer Screen can’t substitute the Blackboard.

                PowerPoint can not Take the Place of Student’s Thinking and Practices.

                Traditional Teaching instrument and  Devices should not be Overlooked.

                Multimedia Technology should not be Overused.

After that I learn about computer programs to help in EFL classroom. There are

                Midjet mind manager Pro 7

   This  programs   helps engage and align We to work smarter, think creatively and save time by visually capturing, organizing and communicating ideas and information effectively.                                              

               Creating blog in www.blogger.com

     Is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. 
                Adobe Captivate 4 program

It can help to teach student in EFL in the classroom. The student learn that contents by  themselves.We are interest and fun with study.

Article about Blog in ELT

             

An article telling  why do we have to use blog in ELT?

         

                                                Blogging for ELT

                                                                            Submitted by TE Editor on 6 March2005 - 13:00

        This article takes a look at blogging, which is becoming increasingly popular as a language learning tool. It gives an overview of blogging websites, suggests why you might want to use them, and gives some practical advice on setting up blogs for use with your own classes.

What is a blog?        
        A blog (short for weblog) is a frequently updated website that often resembles an online journal. It's so easy to create and update a blog - it requires only basic access to the Internet, and a minimum of technical know-how. Because of this, it is one of the easiest ways to publish student writing on the WWW. It's almost as easy as sending an email. Nowadays, blogs can also display photos and some people are using them with audio and even video, but this article will concentrate on the basics, showing how a simple text-based blog can be used to great effect with your English language learners.
Types of blogs used in language teaching
Aaron Campbell (2003) has outlined three types of blogs for use with language classes:
        The Tutor Blog is run by the teacher of a class. The content of this type of blog can be limited to syllabus, course information, homework, assignments, etc. Or the teacher may choose to write about his or her life, sharing reflections about the local culture, target culture and language to stimulate online and in-class discussion. In this type of blog, students are normally restricted to being able to write comments to the teacher's posts. A great example of this is Aaron Campbell's own 'The New Tanuki' http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com/
        The Class Blog is a shared space, with teacher and students being able to write to the main area. It is best used as a collaborative discussion space, an extra-curricular extension of the classroom. Students can be encouraged to reflect in more depth, in writing, on themes touched upon in class. Students are given a greater sense of freedom and involvement than with the tutor blog.
        The Learner Blog is the third type of blog and it requires more time and effort from the teacher to both set up and moderate, but is probably the most rewarding. It involves giving each student an individual blog. The benefit of this is that this becomes the student's own personal online space. Students can be encouraged to write frequently about what interests them, and can post comments on other students' blogs. For examples, see the links to learner blogs from the class blog and tutor blog examples above.Of course, teachers who decide to use blogs often use a combination of Tutor or Class blog and Learner blogs, with hyperlinks connecting them.
Why blog?        
         So, why should you blog with your students? There are many reasons why you may choose to use weblogs with students. One of the best reasons is to provide a real audience for student writing. Usually, the teacher is the only person who reads student writing, and the focus of this reading is usually on form, not content. With weblogs, students can find themselves writing for a real audience that, apart from the teacher, may include their peers, students from other classes, or even other countries, their parents, and potentially anyone with access to the Internet.
Here are some other reasons for using blogs:
        To provide extra reading practice for students.
This reading can be produced by the teacher, other students in the same class, or, in the case of comments posted to a blog, by people from all over the world.
       As online student learner journals that can be read by their peers.
The value of using learner journals has been well documented. Usually they are private channels between teacher and student. Using a blog as a learner journal can increase the audience.
       To guide students to online resources appropriate for their level.
The Internet has a bewildering array of resources that are potentially useful for your students. The problem is finding and directing your learners to them. For this reason, you can use your tutor blog as a portal for your learners.
        To increase the sense of community in a class.
A class blog can help foster a feeling of community between the members of a class, especially if learners are sharing information about themselves and their interests, and are responding to what other students are writing.
       To encourage shy students to participate.
There is evidence to suggest that students who are quiet in class can find their voice when given the opportunity to express themselves in a blog.
      To stimulate out-of-class discussion.
A blog can be an ideal space for pre-class or post-class discussion. And what students write about in the blog can also be used to promote discussion in class.
      To encourage a process-writing approach. Because students are writing for publication, they are usually more concerned about getting things right, and usually understand the value of rewriting more than if the only audience for their written work is the teacher.
       As an online portfolio of student written work.There is much to be gained from students keeping a portfolio of their work. One example is the ease at which learners can return to previous written work and evaluate the progress they have made during a course.
      To help build a closer relationship between students in large classes.
Sometimes students in large classes can spend all year studying with the same people without getting to know them well. A blog is another tool that can help bring students together.
Where to start      
       There are lots of sites where you can set up a blog for free, but perhaps the best known and one of the most reliable and simple blogging tools to use with students is Blogger .It takes only fifteen minutes from setting up an account to publishing the first post using this valuable tool.
      The teacher sets up the tutor blog or a class blog. With a Class blog, students will need to be invited to participate by e-mail. Learner blog accounts can either be set up beforehand by the teacher, or done at the same time with a whole class in a computer room. The former gives the teacher more control of student accounts, but some advantages of the latter is that learners are given more choice  and a greater sense of 'ownership' of their new virtual writing space.
Tips for managing learner blog settings
       Use the 'Settings' in Blogger to add yourself (under Members) as Administrator of the learner blog. This is invaluable if students later forget usernames or passwords, and can also help if inappropriate posts are published
        Make sure you change the setting and turn the 'Comments' feature on. This will allow the others to respond to things the students write on their learner blogs.
        Also in 'Settings', you will find an option to receive an email whenever a student publishes their blog. This will save you time regularly checking learner blogs to see if any of your students have posted. Another way of being informed of this is to use the 'Site Feed' function .
Keeping students interested
        Many teachers who start to use blogs find the novelty factor is enough to create student interest in starting to use them. However, blogs work best when learners get into the habit of using them. If learners are not encouraged to post to their blogs frequently, then they can quickly be abandoned. A failed experiment. Here, the teacher in the role of facilitator is vital for maintaining student interest. Here are some ideas to how this can be done:
        Respond to student posts quickly, writing a short comment related to the content. Ask questions about what the learner writes to create stimulus for writing.
        Students should be actively encouraged to read and respond (through the commenting feature of the blog) to their classmates.
        Writing to the blog could be required, and it may form part of the class assessment. Students should be encouraged to post their writing homework on the blog instead of only giving it to the teacher.
Some ideas for activities
        Mystery guest. Invite another teacher or someone from another school or country as a mystery guest to your blog. Ask the students to engage him or her in dialogue and guess their identity.
        Project work. A blog is an ideal space for developing a project, especially if the project is a shared one between several classes or even classes in different countries.
        International link-ups. Contact another educational establishment to see if they are interested in a joint blogging project. Students can write about their lives, culture, interests, etc, and be encouraged to read about the other class and respond by writing comments.
        Photoblog. If you plan on using photographs in your blog, there are lots of tools available to help you. Flickr  makes publishing photographs to blogs easy. If you want to make photographs central to the blog, however, it is better to use a blogging tool such as Buzznet  which is a photo publishing tool and blog rolled into one.
Pitfalls to watch out for
        Unwanted comments. To avoid unwanted comments, you can always restrict comments to people in the class or to registered bloggers.
        Correction. It is difficult to use a blog for correcting students. Student written work can always be corrected before posting to the blog, or you can do class correction sessions using work published in the blogs.
        Privacy. By their very nature, most blogs are public. Anyone with access to the Web can find and read a blog, and write comments (if this feature has been turned on). If privacy is an issue, then you will be better off using a blogging tool that allows different levels of access rights. Live Journal  is a good choice, and is particularly popular with teenagers . Live Journal allows the setting up of a closed community, which could be restricted to the members of a class or to a wider circle including other classes, parents, etc.
Advanced feature       
        The easiest way to keep track of a lot of learner blogs is to use the 'Site Feed' feature. You will need to use another piece of software called a newsreader or aggregator to read site feeds. Using a newsreader means your e-mail in-box won't become cluttered with posted messages from students publishing their weblogs. One of the most popular, free web-based newsreaders is Bloglines .


Reference
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/blogging-elt

Exercise: acronyms

Exercise: acronyms

Directions: Find words or phrases standing for the following acronyms with short descriptions.

1.IT          Information Technology  

2.ICT       Information and Communication Technology.

3.CAI       Computer-assisted instruction 

4.CALL    Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

5.WBI      Web-based Instruction

6.CBI       Computer-Based Learning

7.CMC     Computer-Mediated Communication

8.TELL    Technology-Enhanced Language Learning

9.MUD     multi-user domain

10.MOO  MUD  object oriented

Directions: Describe the following terms.

1.     Synchronous Tools

       Synchronous tools enable real-time communication and collaboration in a "same time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect at a single point in time, at the same time. Synchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to engage people instantly and at the same point in time. The primary drawback of synchronous tools is that, by definition, they require same-time participation -different time zones and conflicting schedules can create communication challenges. In addition, they tend to be costly and may require significant bandwidth to be efficient.

2.     Asynchronous Tool

          Asynchronous tools enable communication and collaboration over a period of time through a "different time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect together at each person's own convenience and own schedule. Asynchronous tools are useful for sustaining dialogue and collaboration over a period of time and providing people with resources and information that are instantly accessible, day or night. Asynchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to involve people from multiple time zones. In addition, asynchronous tools are helpful in capturing the history of the interactions of a group, allowing for collective knowledge to be more easily shared and distributed. The primary drawback of asynchronous technologies is that they require some discipline to use when used for ongoing communities of

          
Reference

http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?itemnumber=13572