Ten Tech Tools
The online world is a wild and wonderful place! It can be a little too wonderful, though. With vast numbers of websites and online tools available, it’s easy to get overwhelmed, and it’s time-consuming to separate the potentially useful from the promising but ultimately useless. This presentation introduces ten tried-and-true online tools that are free, easy to use, and guaranteed to make an EFL teacher’s life easier, without any software installation.
Among the wide range of tools presented are a few that make class feedback more dynamic and multimodal, such as Today’s Meet and Padlet. Educators looking for easy ways to gather student information, create self-grading tests, or conduct surveys will be gratified to discover the many facets of Google Drive. Class Dojo is an adorable tool for classroom management, while Amara offers a quick and simple way to add subtitles to YouTube videos. Vocaroo is a great discovery for EFL teachers wishing to give detailed feedback about students’ pronunciation; and online articles become manageable and portable with Readlists, which compiles them into a single ebook for future perusal or sharing.
The aim is for attendees to leave the presentation with great ideas and new enthusiasm for effectively integrating tech tools into their teaching, helping to make their classes more dynamic and interactive, their students more motivated and engaged, and their lives much easier.
Attendees will have an opportunity to try out several tools for themselves; bringing a smartphone pre-loaded with a QR-reader app is strongly encouraged.
Lindsay Herron has been a visiting professor at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Prior to that, she taught English on a Fulbright grant in Jeju-do. She holds a Master’s Degree in Cinema Studies from New York University, bachelor’s degrees in English and psychology from Swarthmore College, a CELTA, and the CELTA YL Extension. She is currently working on a Master’s in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Note: everyone is welcome to join us for dinner after (usually Ashley's Buffet). Dutch Rreat (you pay for your own).
