obviously not a ‘new’ technology, but if I had to name the one techi thing that changed life in my corner it was the nifty usb recorder I started using five years ago…. what it means in practice is that the linguistically vulnerable student seeking advice about their writing (those using English as an additional language, for example) can instantly get a copy of the consultation (no cables, just pull it apart, stick it in their laptop) which they can listen to repeatedly at their own pace, and thereby learn so much more than from a single exposure which they may or may not well recall when back at their desk trying to put into practice the pearls of linguistic wisdom showered upon them… their feedback assures me this was the best investment for teaching I ever made…
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Wow – i was aware you were using this tool in your teaching programs eg the audio-story group tasks, but i wasn’t aware you used it as a consultation record. No wonder they love it.
In the current plans for eLearning upgrade, the students will have online file storage so they could upload their audio-file to their online storage, add their own personal notes/tags to make it easy to search and find later, and access it from where-ever they are with internet access eg uni lab, home, work, internet cafe. They will probably need their own headset however, if they are working in lab or internet cafe space. Just a thought…
I sure look forward to that! the fileshare option has been great for those students who don’t come with a usb or a laptop – so I can send them the audio file (which is too large for email). but in the future, being able to upload to and download from a ‘consultation’ space online will be even better I reckon, because that space could be connected to so many other relevant language development resources 🙂