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Last Monday September 28th, Nicky Hockly, Director of Pedagogy of The Consultants-E, gave
a talk at Hotel UNL ATE, in Santa Fe, Argentina. She presented her new book
“Going Mobile” and mainly spoke about the use of technology in the educational
context.
Nicky proposed different alternatives to include our mobile
phones in the classroom, so as to encourage students’ participation and
engagement in the English lesson. She suggested, for example, an activity in
which students have to take selfies at a set time and share them in a Facebook
or Whatsapp group, describing what they are/were doing, and, in this way,
practise the Present Continuous or the Past Continuous aspect. For instance “I’m
doing my homework” or “At 3 p.m. I was doing my homework.”
Another exercise consisted of taking photographs to
“things related to” water, for instance. The result would be to deal with new items,
so as to expand students’ vocabulary.
Moreover, Nicky taught the audience how to use Aurasma, a
free app which allows you to create and share virtual content in real contexts.
She proposed using Aurasma to describe known places in your city in English, as
a kind of project or group work. Or even descriptions of member of your family,
or parts of your house.
The options are unlimited; you only need to take your
time to let creativity flow.
Nicky Hockly’s talk was not only entertaining, funny and
innovative, but also a great opportunity for English teachers who are willing
to include technology in their classrooms in an engaging way, and do not find
the way. The only thing you need is… a mobile phone!
Images taken from: http://www.amazon.com/Nicky-Hockly/e/B005TIYHYI
http://edtechnerdo.com/2014/03/26/augmented-reality/
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ReplyDeleteIt was a very interesting talk. Nicky Hockly's examples of how to include technology in our classrooms were great, but now we can start thinking about how to do it. Julieta and Yohana.
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