Articles in the Teaching with Technology Category
The World Intellectual Property Organization defines intellectual property or IP as “creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.” Each year, …
Well! I am back and with some exciting news. My new site www.academicplagiarism.com is finally up and running! What is academicplagiarism.com? Basically, it’s an affordable, and flexible alternative to the complicated corporate plagiarism detecting resources …
This video tutorial walks you through the steps of embedding videos directly on your main Moodle page using the “Label” feature. I prefer to embed videos directly as opposed to using links for two reasons.
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This semester I decided to experiment with Moodle’s Glossary block and so far, the results are great. Vocabulary development is an important component of both classes I’m teaching this semester (Integrated Skills and Listening/Speaking). Moodle’s …
It’s been a while since I last posted. Over the last 5 weeks, I’ve been very busy teaching a technology-enhanced integrated-skills course. As opposed to a hybrid course, students were required to physically attend all …
Voicethread is a wonderful resource to promote learner interaction in a collaborative environment. I discovered Voicethread through a colleague who used it in her speaking/listening class with intermediate students. Lindsey used Voicethread as a follow-up …
It’s incredible what you can do with technology these days. What better way to teach ESL students how to ask for directions and give directions than to actually take them on a virtual walk of …
Successful implementation of CALL depends on its ability to empower the language teacher to implement specific pedagogical tasks that are difficult to execute in other environments (Pederson, 1986).
Salaberry (2001) looked …
Digital storytelling is described by some as an art form and a powerful tool for self-expression. Googling the phrase “digital stories” returns thousands of sites that specialize in this unique form of expression. The majority …
