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www.teachertrainingvideos.com Could this be the future of feedback? Todays Talk www.teachertrainingvideos.com Information about me (very quick). Talk about some key technologies that I have used to develop students speaking skills and story of how I developed these ideas. Explain and show some of the actual work the students have done. Conclusions.
Russell Stannard www.teachertrainingvideos.com Freelance teacher trainer/speaker. Part-time lecturer at the University of Warwick and a NILE associate trainer. Run www.teachertrainingvideos.com @ Last year 350,000 visitors. 18,000 subscribers to my monthly newsletter. Being put forward by various institutions/governments as a model for Continual Professional Development Provides FREE help videos to show teachers how to use technology.
www.teachertrainingvideos.com A quick story In 2000 I saw screen capture technology for the first time. Allows you to record the screen of your computer I thought this can be used for feedback But it took me 6 years to find out how to do it.
www.teachertrainingvideos.com The idea starts First example just correcting grammar. Providing general feedback to the whole class Providing feedback on vocabulary Providing feedback on grammar Began to realise it could be applied to all subjects and contexts Feedback on blogs Long essays on MA programme
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www.teachertrainingvideos.com Impacting on Quality www.teachertrainingvideos.com Students like the voice. Students feel it is more personal. More information is conveyed. Feedback can be elaborated on. Feedback can be very timely. Like having the teacher sitting next to you. Multimodal Student learning styles. Motivating/authentic listening material Special needs students Stylistic benefits
The technology Original work done with Techsmith Camtasia I then began to use JING ( free tool) More recently began to work with SnagIt ( about $30 for educational version) Experimented with other free tools like ScreenR and Screencast-o-matic Help videos for all these tools can be found on my website @
www.teachertrainingvideos.com Change of focus Get the students using screen capture Peer reflection/feedback ( Seror in Canada) Self reflection Teacher reflection Even for developing speaking skills Reflection on dissertations www.teachertrainingvideos.com Present.Me Proving very popular Students can upload PDF, Word, PowerPoint and then add webcam recordig Free for up to 60 minutes Great for distance learning, pair work oral work etc. Now using both screen capture tools and Present. Me for reflection www.teachertrainingvideos.com Present.Me for reflection www.teachertrainingvideos.com
Example of student working with PresentMe My student reflecting on the lesson @ Conclusions Despite suggesting this idea more than 8 years ago it is only now that it is really possible. Idea can be used for a huge range of areas of teaching and learning. More research beginning to emerge. Enormous interest in the idea including a second visit to the University of Oxford in August
Recent article published in Norway Peter's Article @ Recent piece on JING in the Guardian- Guardian Article @ For extensive information about the idea and examples go here. Russells page on feedback and JING @
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