COD 2014 - G761

Learning on the go: Mobile learning ideas for your classroom

EFL / ESL teachers who are interested in the topic.

2 sessions, start: 18-Sep

Course detail

Year: 2014
Level: General
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Jennifer Verschoor
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ARS 150.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 18 September 2014 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 02 October 2014 09:00 am 12:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Jennifer Verschoor

Jennifer Verschoor graduated from St. Andrew's Scots School. She holds a degree in Literary, Technical and Legal Translation as well as a Bachelor's degree in Educational Management, English Teaching and ICT in the Classroom validated by Trinity College London. She holds an MA in Virtual Environments and a Specialization in Education and ICT offered by the Ministry of Education in Argentina. She is the co-author of My First Digital Journey, an ebook published by The Round in December 2012. Currently she is working for the British Council in Argentina and Chile, ESSARP, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cambridge English and SimpleK12 giving teacher training courses on the integration of ICT. She has been hired by SBS International to co-moderate TIC en el AULA, nominated for an ELTon Award in 2013 under the category Local Innovation.
EFL / ESL teachers who are interested in the topic.
During this course you'll

- read several articles about MLearning.

- explore different apps for ELT.

- write an app review.

- devise a lesson sequence or an activity incorporating new apps (collaborative task).
- Mobile Learning advantages and challenges.
- Apps to explore (this content will be built with participants' help throughout the course).
- Frameworks for Mobile Learning.
- Mobile Learning case studies.
- Ways to evaluate educational apps.
- Lesson plans integrating Mobile Learning.
Hands-on workshop. Bring your own device to the workshop such as your mobile phone (IOS or Android or tablet)
Al-Shehri, S. (2011). Mobile social networking in language learning: A transformational tool. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 5(3/4), 345-359.

Anderson, C., & Wolff, M. (2010, September). The web is dead. Long live the internet. Wired. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/
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