Sunday, February 22nd
Two Presentations by
Norihito Kawana, Sapporo International University
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Hokusei Gakuen University, Oyachi
1. The Road to the Software-Armed Skillful Language Teacher
If language teachers have their own e-Learning sites with photos, audio and videos, their teaching will be very powerful and effective. In addition, if they can create a free wi-fi spot around them, it will be even more convenient.
In this presentation the presenter will show the posibilities of those gdreams.h
The items to be shown are as follows:
- how to set up a simple original e-Learning site
- how to upload audio, video, and photo data
- how to show our products attractively as well as effectively on the web
- how to create a free wi-fi spot around us
key words: Blogger, Flickr, YouTube, mobile wireless LAN router
2. More Comunication with Skype and Blog
Interactive activities are very useful for language acquisition . Skype and blogging are two such tools. Especially when the learners are far from the campus, those tools become very powerful. In this presentation the way to utilize these two tools will be examined : First, a Skyped conversation is recorded, and then it is uploaded in a blog. Secondly, discussion and writing in the blog take place by reviewing the Skype data. Finally the teacher corrects the students' comments in the blog.
key words: Skype, blog, Call Recorder
Biography: Norihito Kawana has an MA in TESEL from Northern Arizona University and is a professor at Sapporo International University. He has developed motivation-oriented material for English learners.
There will be a 30 minute break between the two presentations for refreshments, discussion etc.
