I decided what I wanted to do for the last assignment was to show you how to function minimally in Minecraft but to...

I decided what I wanted to do for the last assignment was to show you how to function minimally in Minecraft but to do that I would need OBS (open broadcast software) so I could screencast Minecraft and overlay my video, but I needed to download OBS and then remember how to work it. It occurred to me that I could show you how to do that plus I could show you in Zoom. It turned out to be more complicated than planned but I learned quite a lot in the process.

For one thing, I could not get the whole thing to work in one go so I needed a video editing software. To edit my video from Zoom I need to figure out how to use Windoze Photo app, which took a lot of figuring out. None of this was straightforward so I learned more than I had set out to do today, and in the end was challenged and enriched by the process.

Hope you enjoy the result. If you're new to OBS and think you can use it you'll need a 15 min run through like this to save you 15 hours trying to work it out on your own.
https://youtu.be/DemBDdI5i8s

In Japanese, there is a proverb that goes 一期一会 "Ichi-go ichi-e" (one time, one meeting).

In Japanese, there is a proverb that goes 一期一会 "Ichi-go ichi-e" (one time, one meeting). The idea is that the time one spends with someone else should be treated as precious because the same moment will never come back again.

https://en-tradition.com/tea/ichigo.html

I truly enjoyed this online course and would like to keep connected with all of you who learned a lot under Heike's guidance. As I demonstrated in my 3rd week video, I know how to avoid spamming Facebook friends' news feed, so if you have an account, please add me.

https://www.facebook.com/yuko.kato.9003888

P.S. My son tells me Facebook is for old folks but I don't care! (-;
https://en-tradition.com/tea/ichigo.html

This is my week 3 assignment.

This is my week 3 assignment. Better late than never. :) Here, I show Lisa my first attempts in Grammarly. Also, I show ozdic.com and all the possible combinations to improve writing with advanced students.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1D1SPtj3MctOVVaZu8p2m3_IjAsviSvfV

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone!
I need a program to convert youtube video music to mp3. Has anyone any suggestion?
Thank you in advance!
Montse

here is our task for week 3, Hosein Azizvakili and montse veyrat.

here is our task for week 3, Hosein Azizvakili and montse veyrat. I post it here and now because i am not able to see the post from Hosein at my community page, what is a little weird to me. Thank you +Hosein for your brilliant exposition! It will be very useful for me, and hope for anyone that take a look to it.

https://plus.google.com/104647063573929874652/posts/66JHCbE7BpR



Originally shared by Hosein Azizvakili

Hi everyone!
This is the video Montse and I recorded for our week 3 assignment.
Here I introduce www.finchpark.com as a resource for TKT trainers.
Montse had a great cooperation with me for recording this video. Thank you so much Montse!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUEAyoxxD_Y&feature=share

A final screenshot from our last live session with Heike Philp.

A final screenshot from our last live session with Heike Philp. Thanks again everyone and good luck with your assignments!

Here is the link to the FREE Future Learn course

Here is the link to the FREE Future Learn course
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/online-tutoring

They have many courses will paid upgrades if you like.
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/online-tutoring

Heike Philp I was wondering if you had any specific recommendations for a headset. What do you use? Thanks ;-)

I met Edwin online and introduced how to create a private friend list on Facebook so that you can share your post...

I met Edwin online and introduced how to create a private friend list on Facebook so that you can share your post with only certain friends.

However, the first recording had several black boxes. After spending two days figuring how to fix the problem, I created another one with Edwin's video embedded. I'm sorry, Edwin!

I still have a problem. I used a special cursor--the yellow circle, but it didn't show.

Lots of English mistakes, including "List the name" --- >"Name the list."
https://youtu.be/jtztFGUbYrI

It was really interesting and informative to work with Lisa today!

It was really interesting and informative to work with Lisa today! I got very useful things from her demonstration. Thanks a lot!

Week 3 task ( introducing a resource )

Week 3 task ( introducing a resource )
Thank you Nataliia star25016 for finding time to play the role of avery patient learner :)

I am introducing VocabKitchen to Nataliia star25016. Couldn't find a single How to... tutorial on this teaching/learning app, so tried to do my best to explain how Vocab Kitchen works. There is no appropriate vocabulary in my introduction, though I did research on usefull words and phrases for the purpose:

interface, navigation, click on icons, create your account, drag and drop
items from your desktop into your drive, search and install third party apps.,
click on drop - down arrow to view all the folders, some items appear at the
top, undo the action if you must, three-dotted icon provides you with more
actions, etc :)

Will facilitate my learners with the opportunity to learn the above mentioned vocabulary, and will learn them as well. They are not my active vocabulary at the moment.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gtETDLVhNzPhY_D3J1ACdjUzg9UQSvUk/view?usp=drive_web

Here's our next video...

Here's our next video...
I introduced a source for creating diagrams/mind maps to Mariia Ruban. Thank you, Mariia Ruban for being patient)))
I used a ready introduction video and can see now that it didn't work well as for sound but the image was good, so everything was rather clear.
Here's the link to the video:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PLXK_JKyhHW2f7spSiO-9tfEt5aAFWDG


Here's the link to the application:
https://coggle.it
https://coggle.it

I finally got together with Yulyia today to talk to her about Google Classroom...

I finally got together with Yulyia today to talk to her about Google Classroom...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NlecZoIu9AqC73mZx2gyGPm3N0wo8JvD/view?usp=sharing

Here Kevin in Tokyo shows Natalia in the Ukraine about two tools students can use to get example sentences of new...

Here Kevin in Tokyo shows Natalia in the Ukraine about two tools students can use to get example sentences of new words and phrases, similar to a concordancer, but simpler (SkeLL), and in video (YouGlish)- English for YouTube.
SkeLL is at https://skell.sketchengine.co.uk
YouGlish is at https://youglish.com

Video of Zoom meeting.
https://youtu.be/prMOGs9CL4c

I have again only obliquely addressed the task for this week.

I have again only obliquely addressed the task for this week. The prompt was a request from the Games and Learning Community Group in EDUCAUSE to present a "lightning talk" at their conference in Denver on Nov 1, and do it asynchronously through a recording. The talk is to explain to them how to join EVO Minecraft MOOC and why they would want to do that in the first place. So there was a real audience of English NS peers. I was joined in Zoom by my son who called himself "Teacher Vance" (my Minecraft name) but though that label appeared on my screen during the performance, it came out as a blank icon in the recording. His job in any event was only to run the PPT slide show in full screen, share it in Zoom, and advance the slides for me. Voila le résultat.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=156mz7F5J-abAw6IhLpb1cM7NnRTTLz4N

Here is the session worked with Paloma.

Here is the session worked with Paloma.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1enquX7OnRgnGlO4xTP5GJG46Btn340Gz/view?usp=drive_web

Here is my workshop with Eunice!

Here is my workshop with Eunice! I introduced two useful tools for special needs students: "fromtextospeech.com" and "onenote/learningtools".
I find the tool "immersive reading" extremely helpful for this kind of students.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2cfsj4c26u0c0gu/zoom_3.mp4?dl=0

This week, I had a great time working marianna casoria.

This week, I had a great time working marianna casoria. My aim was to introduce her a vocabulary list called NGSL on Quizlet. (https://quizlet.com/263180180/ngsl-flash-cards/)

We also did a quick comparison of Quizlet to another similar tool called Tinycards towards the end of the session. Marianna made a very good point about teaching the learners how to sign up/create an account for the learning tools.

For more information about NGSL, you can visit:
http://www.newgeneralservicelist.org/
(PS: Thanks Phil Brown for introducing me to the list)

Recording link:
https://youtu.be/18c_svmzwGU
https://youtu.be/18c_svmzwGU

I had a great time working with Paula this week! We did a lot of learning and technological problem-solving together.

I had a great time working with Paula this week! We did a lot of learning and technological problem-solving together.
You can watch her video below (or is it above?) where she showed me how to use WizIQ to teach online. I had never seen the host side of WizIQ before, and I see why she likes the platform so much.
In this very brief video, I talk her through how to share her screen with Zoom.

We didn't give each other feedback about language during the sessions since we didn't have any trouble understanding each other. We welcome our classmates' feedback!

https://youtu.be/Jjt1uh5qnbc
https://youtu.be/Jjt1uh5qnbc

Hi Everyone!

Hi Everyone!

Here is our assignment for Week 3.

I taught Anne how to use Wiziq to teach online.

We had a great time together!

Regards!
Paula

Anne & Paula's class

Hi

Hi Everyone!

https://youtu.be/CGs3ONlj6Yc

https://youtu.be/CGs3ONlj6Yc

Our dog Fiona and her correct pronunciation, intonation and accent when reading in English!

Our dog Fiona and her correct pronunciation, intonation and accent when reading in English!
http://tinyurl.com/y8aaft8b#.W9H-zuz7Aj4.google_plusone_share

So happy after sharing with Heike Philp the online tool called Voki (www.voki.com).

So happy after sharing with Heike Philp the online tool called Voki (www.voki.com). We had fun and learned together the different opportunities that this platform provides to teachers, especially languages teachers.

Please note as well the use of ESP expressions that Heike wrote during the trial.

Thank you for your feedback (if any).

Regards,

https://youtu.be/JdA9XHgJsgI

Copy of the Chat:

17:33:01 From Heike Philp : good evening
17:33:41 From Carolina Rodriguez : www.voki.com
17:34:02 From Heike Philp : create an account which is free
17:34:18 From Heike Philp : you can buy a license to manage your classroom
17:34:31 From Heike Philp : you can log-in and create an account
17:35:53 From Heike Philp : Voki is using graphics/ avatars which are designed for teenagers
17:36:06 From Heike Philp : If I click on create, then I can create an avatar
17:36:36 From Heike Philp : we can personalize the avatar
17:36:45 From Heike Philp : using different assets/ accessories
17:36:58 From Heike Philp : I can change colors of the eyes
17:37:16 From Heike Philp : it does not allow me to use hairstyles, because it is a dog
17:37:37 From Heike Philp : my students can type and can copy and paste their work
17:38:01 From Heike Philp : control C is a shortcut to copy and then I use control V to paste it
17:38:17 From Heike Philp : some of the expressions are underlined
17:38:37 From Heike Philp : as a non-native speaker I use grammarly
17:39:05 From Heike Philp : grammarly is free
17:39:41 From Heike Philp : as a teacher I pay a small amount to find plagariasm
17:39:51 From Heike Philp : I pay extra for that
17:40:20 From Heike Philp : usually you go to grammarly
17:40:36 From Heike Philp : you sign up and then you get a link for the add-in
17:40:49 From Heike Philp : an add-in for Word or an add-in for the browser
17:41:26 From Heike Philp : Now I can choose the voice with various accents
17:41:37 From Heike Philp : I can choose male or female
17:42:30 From Heike Philp : with excellent intonation
17:42:58 From Heike Philp : they hear words which are difficult to pronounce
17:43:21 From Heike Philp : if the punctuation marks are set, then the intonation is very accurate
17:44:29 From Heike Philp : they can play with it
17:44:45 From Heike Philp : they can save the texts and rehearse pronunciation
17:45:22 From Heike Philp : can this be saved, exported or embedded?
17:45:39 From Heike Philp : I can save the Voki
17:45:50 From Heike Philp : this is saved for future reference
17:45:55 From Heike Philp : I can share it then
17:46:11 From Heike Philp : it follows the mouse
17:46:42 From Heike Philp : the ones with the green star is for paying subscribers
17:47:36 From Heike Philp : it is linking the Voki with my Google account
17:49:37 From Heike Philp : when you start screensharing you can either share the desktop or a specific application

https://youtu.be/JdA9XHgJsgI

In this video I am role modeling week 3 task.

In this video I am role modeling week 3 task. I didn't have a partner and just used Zoom to record a tutorial on how to use Movie Maker (Microsoft) to edit videos. Movie Maker is free.
I would be very happy if you could correct my humble software English. Sometimes the way I explain software is long winded and can be expressed shorter and smarter. I am looking forward to your feedback here in G+

https://youtu.be/woGKaZm-aTM

Hi everyone! I managed to screenshot this rather nice photo of most of us in Week 2 :-)

Hi everyone! I managed to screenshot this rather nice photo of most of us in Week 2 :-)

Dear All

Dear All,
Am sharing an online event with a special guest, an expert in Teenage Money Matters, Heike Philp My learner Ostap is helping to do my Week 2 assignment, and is being very nervous.
He's been my English class student for three years and is really bright.
Thank you Heike Philp for editting the video. It was twice ad long as it was supposed to be according to the task.
Hope i'll learn to use the tool as well.
Haaaaappy to be on the course and learn from all participants.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=2iC5F2ng750

Week 3 Assignment:

Week 3 Assignment:

•Meet one of your colleagues in Zoom and imagine you meet your language learner whom you would like to introduce to a great learner resource online, a website, a piece of software or an app
•Before or after the session watch a YouTube recording of someone explaining a similar website/ software or app
•Note down ESP expressions

Just to make sure I understand the task correctly, may I ask:

1. Is this task somewhat like the one we did in Week 1, just that this time the 'teacher' is talking about a resource online/website/software/app?
2. How does ESP come in? Can you give some examples of ESP for this task?
3. Do we need to take turns to switch our roles as teacher and student?
4. Is there a limit to the timing of each recording?

Heike Philp, Phil Brown, Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto

Dear all, this is the material for the lesson i presented to you today.

Dear all, this is the material for the lesson i presented to you today. If you would like to use the notes for your lessons, you are welcome to do so. You will find instructions clearer here than they were in my presentation.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QHNOAmWMBvGBFlr6aZ1dH09mW_ZO-W6Z/view?usp=drivesdk

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone!
Last minutes before the sessionstarts I would like to upload the video where Montse Veyrat tells us how to make a Spanish national dish. I and my son enjoyed the presentation, hope, you will do enjoy it, too!!!
It took us moreeee than 10 minutes, and we couldn't finish it when needed, but it seems to me, it's a very interesting video)))
By the way, the presentation is in Spanish but it's quite understandable even to us, people from Ukraine!
Montse Veyrat, you are the best cook I've ever spoken to)))
No time ti upload it in Youtube, so, here we are!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=17wcPFerkSV_kortnrxxqhd2EuhzfcntL

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17wcPFerkSV_kortnrxxqhd2EuhzfcntL/view?usp=drive_web

I may not make it to class today :-( I will try my best to get there at some point but if I don't, I will catch up...

I may not make it to class today :-( I will try my best to get there at some point but if I don't, I will catch up with the recording... Sorry

I'm sorry that both of us, my partner and I, had a tight work schedule last week and couldn't find time to get...

I'm sorry that both of us, my partner and I, had a tight work schedule last week and couldn't find time to get together for the assignments.

Here come the slides I would use for my session. Once again, I recycled one of my materials, this time a video...


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ed43uHLJAlzHFZ33dXVV_66WwbscmJLl/view?usp=sharing

Week 2 task. This is the session created with Fernanda's students. Have a good time.

Week 2 task. This is the session created with Fernanda's students. Have a good time.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwVXiGugY3ykWFVKVkNJRWV5QWtzNUJpalByekg5YTFYYTFn/view?usp=drive_web

This is the video my partner, Anne, and I created together.

This is the video my partner, Anne, and I created together.
https://youtu.be/Al3g1WzmCY4
Anne did a wonderful job as a host (!), and I had so much fun experimenting and learning all about the Zoom.

As you can see, my presentation is short and sloppy, but I spent lots of time exploring what I can do with this platform. My learning objectives were...
1) to use various sound files effectively
2) to try different layout styles
3) to experiment how virtual background works.

Some of the tricks I learned this week....

--It is possible to have fake participants or virtual guests--it would be useful in case guest speakers can't make it to the meeting. This only worked with my iPhone 8 (not iPhone 5 or my old iPad).

--You can embed a sound file on each PPT slide and create sounds as if someone were speaking.

--You will not hear the sound unless you put a check mark on "Share Computer Sound" when you share your PPT file. (...so I should be able to hear the BGM of Kahoot?)

--It is possible to change the vertical layout style so you can view in Side-by-Side Mode. Just drag the video boxes and push toward the top of the screen.

--Only four participants were shown (and one person's video box was hidden) probably because I didn't put a check mark on "Display up to 49 participants."
https://youtu.be/Al3g1WzmCY4

Dear all, I have finally managed to record my FIRST ever online lesson!!!!

Dear all, I have finally managed to record my FIRST ever online lesson!!!!
Being an immigrant to the era of advanced ICT technologies, I didn't press on recording button and wasted + Heike's time.Shame on me!!! I asked + Heike to be my student for week 1 assignment on the day of recording the week 2 task. Heike kindly agreed. I didn"t do the recording, but I learned how to solve some technical issues on Zoom. Thank you + Heike.
Then I asked + Marianna Casoria to be my learner for the task. She not only agreed, she gave some additional instructions on the recording process. Marianna was of great help. Sooo here we are ..
The lesson is based on this year"s Oscar winning short silent film Piper. The story is great. But the lesson is longer than10 min. :( ...Sorry

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1as02n-DvFV0vm1xbjsgu0z-eieaTd21c/view?usp=sharing

Dear All!

Dear All!
here's our week2 video in which I conduct a lesson to Dima,a student of mine, and Kevin Ryan acts as an expert.
Sorry for numerous mistakes in my English (both Dima and I were nervous) so, we just started learning Past Simple and Kevin Ryan made Dima practise it.
I didn't do a recording of our face-to-face lesson because it was the very beginning of it... and zoom "did not want" to cooperate with me(((( several starts...
However, we had a great experience and I hope Dima will make progress in learning and practising English!
It was fun and a great pleasure, thank you Kevin Ryan, we did it!
here's the G+ link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C5mEg6PCoSCBj34mQjyI2soCuSkkThAf

https://youtu.be/C32rP1Rqbbo

Hi everyone

Hi everyone,
Here's my and Kevin Ryan's video where I act as a teacher presenting an online Microsoft free service sway.com
It's a bit late but I'm very happy to have done it! Thank you Kevin Ryan for patience (we started for several times...) and help)))
You are welcome to watch it now.
Montse Veyrat, I guess you had no time to join us unfortunately... We missed you.

https://youtu.be/Nyrn1_0bfJ4

This is our one to one guest speaker lesson.

This is our one to one guest speaker lesson.
Paula's student played a game with Kahoot trying to guess some info about me and my country...great experience!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/68zpqczc430mob3/zoom_2.mp4?dl=0

Here is my class with Jessica and her student Carlos.

Here is my class with Jessica and her student Carlos. We could finally make it despite our time differences. Hope you enjoy learning about my country!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Z_GqzU5z3kyz1lXazo5hvHXRwUPcb1T/view?usp=sharing

Hi

Hi,
This week has been full of challenges... finding a student to do this was the first one, sorting out a time was the next one, sticking to time limits is a challenge I always have, and uploading this video has been the final one ;-) Got there in the end...thanks Edwin for such an interesting insight into your culture. Nerea and I loved it!
https://youtu.be/OqO2pGBYNJs

https://youtu.be/OqO2pGBYNJs

At last, we could make our meeting today.

At last, we could make our meeting today. All the safeguarding policies and lack from support from the IT in schools/institutions can put down teacher's motivation, but this was not our case. Using our phone, Paloma "came" to our workshop and it was an unforgettable experience for my students. When the online meeting finished they created their blog entries, and a fun fact: They didn't want to go for their lunch. They just wanted to write and write about Paloma's grandchildren!
Thank you, Paloma! You are such a great teacher!

https://youtu.be/zT8toE43Xvg
https://youtu.be/zT8toE43Xvg

Yuko Kato was kind enough to host me as an "expert" speaker about storytelling.

Yuko Kato was kind enough to host me as an "expert" speaker about storytelling. Due to our time zones and our teaching situations, we decided to recruit "students" for the completion of this assignment.
I know there are a lot of videos to watch from a lot of people, but if anyone has time, your feedback is much appreciated!
https://youtu.be/cF1eK392fCo
https://youtu.be/cF1eK392fCo

Hi everyone.

Hi everyone. Hosein Azizvakili invited me to visit his class of teacher trainees in Tehran and speak to them about learner autonomy, though I was determined to model and demonstrate the process by which they could become autonomous teachers by talking WITH them about their practice and reflection (thereby making them the experts who were visiting me). I expected Zoom to cut us off at 40 min, and the first 10 min was setup and equipment adjustment, which I recorded because I thought it was instructive. Anyway we kept going not for 30 min but for almost 50 (expecting the cutoff at any minute). Sorry about that (you can just watch the first ten, and the last ten where Hossein's students become the experts and tell me about their challenges teaching in Tehran).

This is raw video. I'm leaving on a trip later today so I didn't have time for editing or enhancement. Also I learned (again) to be very aware of what Zoom is doing as opposed to what you see on your screen. The first part was fine, we went from gallery view as you see in the thumbnail to slide show (screen share) where the two cameras shared the top of the screen, but when I stopped the screen share I saw my audience on the screen with my camera at the top. But when I saw the video I realized that we were in speaker mode, and mostly the last part was talking head with me doing most of the talking. Note to self, after leaving screen share monitor whether you are in speaker mode or camera matrix mode. The latter is much more effective when there is a speaker and an audience. Nice that Hossein put the camera on the class throughout.

Enjoy, and I'll try to make it on Sunday, not sure how that will work out at this moment though.
https://youtu.be/RTF9EDXtSYM

Yesterday Lisa Woods conducted an online session to introduce the art of public speaking to two of my students, Ng...

Yesterday Lisa Woods conducted an online session to introduce the art of public speaking to two of my students, Ng Sai Sun and Ng Sri Sham.

They are brothers with Sai Sun at 12 years of age and Sri Sham at 10.

Pls view the video via the Google Drive link below: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HxDyRnQuPKUd29aBldxetDvAs-eCEngh
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HxDyRnQuPKUd29aBldxetDvAs-eCEngh

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone!
I hope you're all doing well!

I'm not very familiar with Zoom or Skype for teaching as I use a different platform for my online classes.

Marianna and I are going to have our assignment tomorrow (we're very busy teachers!) and I wonder how you record Skype conversations. Do you use your mobiles for that? Is that simple?

Waiting for some ideas!
Thanks a lot!
Paula

This week, Yuliya and I had the chance to get our students involved in a skype session together.

This week, Yuliya and I had the chance to get our students involved in a skype session together. In this video, I was Yuliya's guest expert to introduce Malaysian Traditional Games to Yuliya Zrada's students.Thanks Yuliya for organising the Skype session! You students asked some very good questions. :)
https://youtu.be/D341rMmGThg
https://youtu.be/D341rMmGThg

Hi! Eunice and me had our lesson on Monday :) . My students were really excited. Thanks Eunice :)

Hi! Eunice and me had our lesson on Monday :) . My students were really excited. Thanks Eunice :)

i want to check with you all if all is going good with my new account.

i want to check with you all if all is going good with my new account. I could'nt share my contents to the community because of my settings at my google+ account. Seems now all is right, though i had to create another account. But its still me!

Yuko joined my meeting room and we experimented with using annotations with the whiteboard and then she showed me...

Yuko joined my meeting room and we experimented with using annotations with the whiteboard and then she showed me how to use a virtual background.
It was very funny. Here are our experiments using PC and iPhone (Yuko's) and PC and Samsung (Heike). Btw, in all of the devices we got the whiteboard annotation tools working.
The virtual background works best with a greenish background.
https://www.screencast.com/t/95dUctPY




https://www.screencast.com/t/95dUctPY

Vance and Hosein's homework for this week, in case you want to join :)

Vance and Hosein's homework for this week, in case you want to join :)

Originally shared by Vance Stevens

Learning2gether episode 394 will take place Fri Oct 19 0530 UTC when Vance Stevens connects with Hossein Vakili's class of ELT teachers in Tehran

Hossein has asked Vance to present at a web conference for his teachers and colleagues at Raja Language Institute in Tehran and speak to them about learner autonomy, which Vance suggests has to start out with teachers themselves becoming autonomous learners.

Participants can read beforehand:

Stevens, Vance. (2007). The Multiliterate Autonomous Learner: Teacher Attitudes and the Inculcation of Strategies for Lifelong Learning. Independence, Winter 2007 (Issue 42) . Available: VanceStevens_multiliterateAutonomousLearner.pdf

Associated slides are posted here: http://www.slideshare.net/vances/lets-start-with-teacher-autonomy-multiliteracies-and-lifelong-learning/.

This is not a top down presentation; it is meant to be a conversation. Hossein's students are to read / review Vance’s materials and be prepared to ask questions in order to hold a conversation with the invited speaker (15 min). Online participants in the event will then be invited to speak to Hossein and his students about their view of online facilitation (15 min).

The event will take place in Zoom, https://zoom.us/j/5786977523

The conversation will be recorded and posted to YouTube. By attending, you implicitly agree to being recorded.
https://zoom.us/j/5786977523

A few of you have experienced some problems with watching the streamed recording from our Adobe Connect sessions.

A few of you have experienced some problems with watching the streamed recording from our Adobe Connect sessions.

We've downloaded the recording from the second live session, and made it available to view on YouTube, and to download from Dropbox. As always, please don't share the recordings with anyone not registered for this course.

The recording on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/SY3PYDAcv6Q

Download the recording via dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/imeh38k4omq2hcs/AAAeZG1zDPylqM4A160pyJnWa?dl=0

There are usually two reasons people have problems watching the playback from Adobe Connect, which you might run into if you need people to be able to watch a session of yours, too.

One is bandwidth. Heike and Phil have been modeling how to deal with this issue as they help members of our community with bandwitdh challenges.

The second is the Flash plugin, which Adobe uses. They are in the process of changing to html 5, wihch will make the recordings watchable on all devices. Until then, if you are using a mobile device and having problems with the recordings, you might try downloading the Puffin browser (iOS and Android). The recordings will play in Puffin.

We'll go ahead and download the first week's live session and make that available for download and on YouTube, but I wanted to get you this most recent recording first.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/imeh38k4omq2hcs/AAAeZG1zDPylqM4A160pyJnWa?dl=0

https://longmanhomeusa.com/eltwebinars

https://longmanhomeusa.com/eltwebinars
https://longmanhomeusa.com/eltwebinars

http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/2019_CfP_Info

http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/2019_CfP_Info
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/2019_CfP_Info

https://vwbpe.org/

https://vwbpe.org/

https://vwbpe.org/

https://ltsig.iatefl.org/the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-english-language-teaching-learning-and-assessment-...

https://ltsig.iatefl.org/the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-english-language-teaching-learning-and-assessment-either-friend-or-foe/
https://ltsig.iatefl.org/the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-english-language-teaching-learning-and-assessment-either-friend-or-foe/

Hello, I just wanted to share the full version of the presentation today.

Hello, I just wanted to share the full version of the presentation today. As I said, lots of things to be explored and corrected, but trying it is the best way to learn. https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/bzwY1ZAm98n/itdi/?mode=movie#/
https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/bzwY1ZAm98n/itdi/?mode=movie#/

Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto i don't know where to find videor ecordongs of the sessions, and Heike's wiki either.

Heike's office hours for Week 3:

Heike's office hours for Week 3:

Monday, 16:00 pm to 17:00 pm UTC
(Check your time: https://timeanddate.com/s/3pf3)

Tuesday, 13:00 pm to 14:00 pm UTC
(Check your time: https://timeanddate.com/s/3pf4)

The link for our Adobe room is:
http://itdipro.adobeconnect.com/towhk/

She can also be available by appointment, if you let her know that you need help but can't meet during these times.

You can find upcoming IATEFL Webinars here:

You can find upcoming IATEFL Webinars here:

https://www.iatefl.org/web-events/webinars#NEXT
https://www.iatefl.org/web-events/webinars#NEXT

https://sea.pcmag.com/gallery/26931/how-to-record-your-skype-calls

https://sea.pcmag.com/gallery/26931/how-to-record-your-skype-calls
https://sea.pcmag.com/gallery/26931/how-to-record-your-skype-calls

This is our first on-line lesson with Montse Veyrat.

This is our first on-line lesson with Montse Veyrat.
Happy to get acquanted with you, Montse.
Here I am a student and Montse is a teacher.
It took more than 10 minutes, it was our first try. However, we do not have enough time to do another recording, so here we are.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19MPUXgvTLWNIWZO8FEOT8nlQlPu_zfK7/view?usp=drive_web

Finally got the technical issue sorted.

Finally got the technical issue sorted. Here's the video where I introduced Malaysian Traditional Games to Yuliya Zrada. Thank you Yuliya for your patience to record the lesson several times with me because of the technical issue. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMVPdM6zzQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMVPdM6zzQ&feature=youtu.be

Good morning dear all!

Good morning dear all!

Simple and short introduction ... this is me! https://youtu.be/H2HFdP8vIec
https://youtu.be/H2HFdP8vIec

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone! Please accept my apologies for the very late upload, almost at the 11th hour - due to issues with scheduling and then a power cut!

Anyway, I'm happy to share a short lesson on introducing word connections and word webs to help learn and remember vocabulary and develop vocabulary learning strategies :-)

I hope that this is of some interest and/or use:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nSChhr1WlpQ57R7ZO5RaZnMxjCCuZy_B

And here is a link to the handout:
http://www.konan-wu.ac.jp/~espace/_assets/Word%20Webs%20&%20Connections%20Guide.PSB.29Aug2011.pdf

I look forward to any comments, questions, and/or suggestions!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nSChhr1WlpQ57R7ZO5RaZnMxjCCuZy_B

Hello everyone. Phil and I got our demo done this evening. It was a good learning experience.

Hello everyone. Phil and I got our demo done this evening. It was a good learning experience.

Thanks to Phil for all his help and Heike for introducing me to Zoom.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ohJIv50q12YcCcVw2ZIAs4k3joGoc8Cx/view?usp=drive_web

Hello to everyone.

Hello to everyone. I'm "the lost" partner of Montse. Unfortunately, it was a tough week for me at work that's why I could not start preparing home assignmet. Now I'm eager to start. Shall I do it by myself? I haven't registered in Zoom yet and haven't started anything but hope to be on time.
Heike Philp, I would like do tech check before we start.

Heike Philp I would like to know if it is possible in Zoom to hide moving images of a short silent film to let ...

Heike Philp I would like to know if it is possible in Zoom to hide moving images of a short silent film to let learners listen to the sounds and guess the characters and the surrounding
Thank you

This is my class with Lisa. Thanks to her for all her support!!

This is my class with Lisa. Thanks to her for all her support!!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CPu8F_MMc8casEm3nfKCsTFFMT9iLPjQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CPu8F_MMc8casEm3nfKCsTFFMT9iLPjQ

Title

Hi everyone.

Hi everyone. :) I have tried recording my lesson with my pair for several times, but all my videos turned out to be corrupted like this. Any advice how to resolve this?

I have just joined this class (on the day before our 2nd session).

I have just joined this class (on the day before our 2nd session). If anyone has not completed their first lesson homework and wants to, please let me know.

I would like to start about 3 hours before our next session (9AM UTC Sunday).

We should be able to finish pretty quickly.

Late as usual here, I am about to watch the video of the first session, then read messages to catch up before...

Late as usual here, I am about to watch the video of the first session, then read messages to catch up before tomorrow (night for me, I am in Tokyo).

I've got a lot of experience with edtech, starting way back before the Internet, and even before Windows (I started with DOS 2.0 really, but did some Unix before that). I was 2x President of the Tokyo PC Users Group and 3x president of the JALT CALL SIG. Most of my research has been in CALL, but lately tending toward the more broad edtech.

I taught Japanese online in 2003 for US high school students through a corporate setup that was the worst of both online and classroom worlds. Learned a lot about what not to do.

I use Moodle for my classes, administer it myself, and plan to adapt it to online teaching when I retire. I have the next 3 years to get up to speed. So I am just checking out more the management end of the experience. Looking forward to workshopping with illuminaries like Heike and Vance, as well as all you guys out there. See you tomorrow!

zoom_0.mp4

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aKmi6e23FtEWgpZ6aJ0-lRLU2p00FNGt/view?usp=drive_web

Mariia and I experimented for the very first time Zoom...

Mariia and I experimented for the very first time Zoom...
Sorry for the mistakes...
I showed a picture and invited speculation by asking questions.

Hello, everyone!

Hello, everyone!
Here is my video ---Introducing honorific verbs and reviewing some Chinese characters. I changed Japanese characters on the PPT to English so everyone can see what's going on.

Sadly, I already found some English errors in my speech as I haven't taught Japanese in English for a long time.... Also, I found out I didn't use my external microphone because Zoom automatically changed it to the default one. I must be careful next time.

Nevertheless, it was a great learning experience! I look forward to seeing everyone's video, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhbjPmNG6KM&feature=youtu.be

Hi, Yuko and I recorded our first lessons today.

Hi, Yuko and I recorded our first lessons today. Here comes my part. I recycled my ppt for classroom teaching as you can see. Some parts are still in Swedish, I'm afraid.


https://youtu.be/mBhiAro3xpE

Hossein Vakili and I completed our first lesson with me the teacher and Hossein the victim :-).

Hossein Vakili and I completed our first lesson with me the teacher and Hossein the victim :-). At the end of 10 minutes Hossein was conversing fluently, as you can see here :-))). If you'd like to try it yourself, the slides we used are available: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17btmO4akq15xoNmZ8iDdS_HkO2fRQ4HvdeDtW6loqAI/edit?usp=sharing
https://youtu.be/uDZ8ectclQ0

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone!
I have questions. If you're experienced with online teaching (or have been giving it a lot of thought),

Are there things you've found that you can do in the physical classroom that you can't do online?

Or things you can do online that you can't do (as well) in the physical classroom?

How do your teaching methods change for online classrooms?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, my partner Fernanda Taranco and I met today and recorded our first class (another one to come...) We had great...

Hi, my partner Fernanda Taranco and I met today and recorded our first class (another one to come...) We had great fun and Fernanda was a model student ;-) I was only slightly horrified when I played back the recording! I don't stop moving and I talk over my student (I find this really difficult, knowing when to speak to avoid speaking at the same time, it seems to happen a lot. Maybe it's just practice...?) I couldn't seem to hide my navigation bar for the slides in the bottom left hand corner, maybe someone can help me on that one... I was using Google Slides. Oh and my class is 5 mins too long, sorry... I did, however, find it a really useful experience and it's got me off the mark, I have now taught my first class online, yay!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IHf57GZ7eoNZ3Dv5wVRW1gnaOMG1psRY

Our first attempt to teaching/learning with Zoom. A great experience with lots of learning​ through exploration!

Our first attempt to teaching/learning with Zoom. A great experience with lots of learning​ through exploration!
https://youtu.be/mFXBTYt8MHs

Greetings all, Hossein and Heike and I met in Zoom to discuss our upcoming collaboration and to see what we could...

Greetings all, Hossein and Heike and I met in Zoom to discuss our upcoming collaboration and to see what we could do in the Zoom environment. We made an experimental recording and all concerned granted me permission to share it. I uploaded it to Google Drive and linked it here. Enjoy.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CkqyZkc64gUawprwqi6cKEj1TnsLdEbU

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone!

I'm a little late and happy to be able to join this course now! I'll do my best to catch up with you all.

I'm from Brazil and I've been teaching EFL for more than 20 years. I work with adults and teens. At the moment I'm living in a small town about 300kms from São Paulo where I used to live. Due to this moving, I started teaching online 5 years ago in order to keep my classes with my private students from São Paulo.
Besides that, I teach high school students at a private school here and I teach English privately to teens and adults. I'm sure this course will help me improve my online teaching skills.

A bit of sad news, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/technology/google-plus-security-disclosure.html.

A bit of sad news, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/technology/google-plus-security-disclosure.html. According to this article, Google+ is underutilized with respect to its potential liability to the company and Google will have shut it down by Aug 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/technology/google-plus-security-disclosure.html

How to sign up with Zoom and host your first meeting.

How to sign up with Zoom and host your first meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJpaKrnlqk

How to schedule a Zoom meeting.

How to schedule a Zoom meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAYv8sVPTxU

How to join a Zoom meeting.

How to join a Zoom meeting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFhAEoCF7jg

How do you find a common time even if your partner is in a different timezone?

How do you find a common time even if your partner is in a different timezone?
There are two possibilities which I have been using a lot.
www.doodle.com and www.timeanddate. com
Doodle is great if you want to suggest a set of 2 or 3 or more options for meetings. The time suggestions adjust automatically to the timezone of your meeting partners.
Timeanddate is great if you already know when you would like to meet.
For this I use the time announcer of timeanddate.com

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cFUmT7-nSOkNNh3oQUj2_W5rKWhONAG3/view?usp=drive_web

Great start to the course today #feelingmotivated. If you still need a volunteer Heike Philp , I'll do it ;-)

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone! I'll be the moderator for the Sunday live sessions in the Adode Room. I'm here to help, and I'm looking forward to learning and sharing with you.

Just this week, I was reminded that my first "online" or video-conferencing class I did was around 2003-4 in a language school in Japan where some students bought a system that worked through their TV. My first Skype student, however, was about 10 years later - a friend's wife who needed her IELTS for a visa to go to the UK, but at that time, I just thought of a Skype lesson as being the next best option since we couldn't meet face-to-face.

Whilst completing my MA TEFL/TESL by distance learning with various elements online, I met Steven Herder who'd set up a Skype MA study group. Pooling ideas and resources with others, we collaborated via Skype and with Google docs, etc to organise events, conferences and online courses from 2007 onwards. Then in 2009, I became a tutor on the MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL programmes and have been further supporting online teacher development as a volunteer Mentor for iTDi since 2012. In February this year, Steve and I launched The Teachers Room so I've been using Adobe Room weekly since February and now Zoom in recent months.

I've also introduced Zoom to my recent online students as an alternative to Skype and the results have been very positive. So, with the rapid advances in technology and more students opting for online lessons, plus having taken online courses myself, I see more and more doors and windows of opportunity opening - and so I hope that we may all find and create new paths and dreams whilst learning together and supporting each other.

https://itdi.pro/itdihome/the-teachers-room/

Hi, there! 👋

Hi, there! 👋

My name's Sue Sugizaki and I'm a teacher of Japanese, living in Sweden at the mo.

I've been teaching since 1987 mostly at uni. in different countries such as NZ, England, Uzbekistan etc.. I've been involved in e-learning since late 90's back in NZ and work partly as an e-learning educator. I'm a Moodler!

Looking forward to the course and meeting you guys!

Dear All

Dear All,
My name is Mariia Ruban. I have been teaching English at secondary schools in Ukraine since 1984. Have had a lot of experience facilitating teenagers with the opportunity to become conscious sitizens.
Believe that the teacher has more power in their classroom than any Prime Minister in their Cabinet. So I have been doing my best to use this opportunity and make a difference in my learners' lives.
I have been thinking teaching and teaching thoughts since I graduated from the Pedagogical University in 1984.
I am here on the course to learn and share.
Hope the course will be enjoyable to all.
CU there :)

Hi!

Hi! I'm from Ukraine. I've been the English teacher at school for 10 years (6-17 year old students) and I want to create my own online school. I've been teaching via skype for a year. I'm not so experinced as others here, but I hope I'll be like you are! I'm really interested in this course and I think my dreams of having an online school will come true!

Hello all!

Hello all! My name is Edwin Lam Choong Wai and I am the co-founder of My SKOLA+, a learning centre in Malaysia. Nice to meet all of you across the globe!

This "How to.

This "How to.... " is for all the tutorials needed to learn about tools and one of the first videos I would like to post here is the one on how to record using Zoom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYzPS28rg7E

Hi everyone!!

Hi everyone!!

I'm from Montevideo, Uruguay. I have currently lived in Tacuarembó- in the north- for 11 years. I’ve been teaching English for more than 20 years now. I worked for different institutions, both in primary and secondary schools, always in the private sector. Nowadays, I prepare students for Cambridge First, Advanced and CPE. I work in Company, also teaching beginner and advanced adults. My experience with online teaching is scant, through Skype and always combined with face-to-face classes. I would like to broaden my field of work in the future to come. See you all on Sunday!

Hello. It's very nice to meet you all!!

Hello. It's very nice to meet you all!!

I am originally from Japan and have been teaching Japanese at various schools including colleges, high schools, etc. since 1994. I started teaching online last year, using VoiceThread, Adobe Connect, and Zoom.

I have taken Heike's online class several month ago and really loved it, so I can't wait to join this course!

Hello everyone.

Hello everyone. I am Shi Min, but you can also call me Eunice. I teach English to students aged 13-17 in a Malaysian secondary school. I am entering third year of teaching in the school. Being a newbie in this field, I look forward to learning from all of you here! :)

This isn't my last word, but I created an introduction using an app for iPad I've used often to record sessions at...

This isn't my last word, but I created an introduction using an app for iPad I've used often to record sessions at TESOL conferences, where you want to move around from station to station and record whatever you can stick your tablet in front of. For some reason it didn't come out well in portrait view, I think maybe at conferences I was using landscape. Anyway, it recorded live on my YouTube channel so you can have a look here, https://youtu.be/nC5bkM56irg, and I'll record a better one later.
https://youtu.be/nC5bkM56irg

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone!
I’m Maria Anna and I live in Bozen. Although I live and work in South Tyrol, I come from the south of Italy and my family still lives there. I studied English at the University of Bari and got my degree in foreign languages (German and English). I like foreign languages very much. I teach English as a foreign language to teens in a Professional School. I have been teaching for 11 years and I like doing this job.

Hi

Hi,
I've just recorded my introduction using zoom for the first time (as you will see I couldn't work out how to turn it off! :-) I couldn't work out how to attach the video to this post either so I uploaded it to Google Drive. I imagine there is a more direct way...?
Looking forward to the course, see you Sunday!
Lisa
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16wxkizR2xC9PQPewRG1-07VCo6QQPiVI

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone! My name is Anne. I teach very young learners (ages 2+) at an eikaiwa (private conversation school) in Japan. Mainly, this means I get to read stories, sing songs, and be a human jungle gym for a living. It's exactly as much fun as it sounds.
I don't currently teach online at all. A few years ago I had a regular online student who I taught through Skype. I taught her for about four years. It was ok, but I always got the feeling I wasn't fully exploiting the potential of online teaching. I also have experience of online learning as a student in my distance MA course.
The rest of my online teaching knowledge comes secondhand from friends who create curriculum and teach for companies and friends who run their own Moodle LMS.
I'm looking forward to learning more about how to teach online even though it's not part of my current context. You never know what the future will hold. I'm especially interested in learning about ways to make online learning accessible to people in areas with slow internet or limited access. I'm also interested in online learning as it applies to young learners - since in the face-to-face classroom they need a faster pace and plenty of time to move and exercise their motor skills. How does that work online?
I am excited to learn from this community - iTDi course members always come with a wealth of information. See you on Sunday!

May I give this a start with an introduction of myself in video format.

May I give this a start with an introduction of myself in video format. If you want to try this too, please go to Zoom.us and create an account and host your first meeting and hit record. You will find the recording in a folder called 'Zoom' under 'My Documents' and you still need to double click it to convert. But it is not that difficult, give it a try.
If you want to write an introduction this is fine too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JetKBAntito&feature=youtu.be

I'll mostly be in the background during this course, along with Phil Brown, Steven Herder and Gareth Knight.

I'll mostly be in the background during this course, along with Phil Brown, Steven Herder and Gareth Knight. You'll get email messages from me after each live session with a link to the recording, a transcript of the chat, Heike's slides, and any resources shared. Those will also be added to this community for your convenience.

If you run into problems figuring out how things work, you can always send me a message by email, or here. Just post your problem in the "Help" category. You can make sure I see your message by putting a "+" in front of my name.

I'm excited to have a chance to learn along with you!

A warm welcome to all of the participants of the Advance Teaching Skills course "Teaching Online".

A warm welcome to all of the participants of the Advance Teaching Skills course "Teaching Online".

I am delighted to see your interest in this specialized field of teaching a language to learners around the world in real-time.

These are still early days and you are "early adopters", you are "webinerds".

This course will hopefully prove to be a step in your career. And we are not talking about replacing your local teaching with online teaching. Well, it is more like: we have two legs, one should be the offline one and one should be online. You stand firm using both legs and if you decide to move on from one teaching post to the other, it might be easier for you if you keep getting income from online jobs.

And even if you don't get more work through teaching online.... this can happen... then you will be able to get to know your colleagues and will learn where you can turn to for professional development. There are many online courses, yes, even Master degree programs online.

There are many opportunities.

Look forward to meeting you online!

rgds Heike