ELT Live - 'Start of the Semester - Korean University Edition'

Hi to all from an Englishman in North Germany.

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welcome to ELT Live, Gast 317

Thanks! Gast 317 = Dennis (Newson) Osnabrueck, Germany.

Very clearly.

I'm now following through chat, I'm a bit too distracted to keep up with the cam

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Hello all from Maryland, USA

Hi nina

That's a lot of preps!

Tuesday morning for us in Maryland, because of Labor Day.

What apps or tools are you using for the flipping?

Hi Jeff!

Hi, Nina.

I always start out with diagnostics, because I have to, and housekeeping tasks like student information sheet, syllabus, and of course some kind of icebreaker.

Daniel Cross, I've used a few different screencast utilities: Present.me has been my favorite so far in terms of quality, features, and ease.

I just read back in the chat and realized Gast is Dennis Newson. Hi Dennis!

Nina, I like diagnostics for my writing and listening classes. As much for me as for them.

@Daniel, yes, plus we need to make sure students have been placed correctly into the right level.

I give them 10 answers about myself and they work in partners to think of the questions

For me, it wouldn't really matter in terms of placement. I have to work with whoever comes to class :-) However, I could advise them to go elsewhere.

I like the idea of providing answers to the questions. Students always struggle with question formation.

ex. Then they interview each other with those questions

:-)

My wife always loved grouping people into what position they hada in their families - oldest, younger brother , only child etc.

fatherhood duties call. enjoy folks...

In writing, so they can't claim you never told them.

Give them an inch and they take a mile. True all opver the world, I suspect.

Are there expectations that American teachers have which Korean teachers do not have, or vice versa? How do you deal with this, as a teacher from the "target culture" in the students' educational culture?

How do you spell that--doctopus? How do you find it?

Actually I use Canvas here at UMD

What kind of picture file did they use?

I have had a lot of problems with adding timed handwritten essays to electronic portfolios.

cowchat?

kakaochat?

Thanks Jeff

Sorry, yes. Doctopus. Go to a Google Doc and go to Add-ons for find and install it.

Do you train your Korean students to participate orally, or do you adjust your expectations?

Have you used Doctopus Dan? What's the chief advantage...

The pictures worked really well. Zero complaints about that. I didn't have a lot of other complaints :-)

Thanks

Document management

I have heard that Korean (Asian, actually) students do not want to make a mistake publically

whereas here we tend to think of mistakes as how you learn

Some of my students are reluctant to open accounts with google, and although I use google everywhere I certainly sympathize with their desire to remain off google's grid

I agree Nina...

Jeff, any sense of what % your students use your quizzler vocab review files?

Jeff, I like the animation sites as well.

Any thoughts on Socrative?

Nina, I struggled with the Google monster a little, but I decided that it was something I was willing to have them do.

Brian, I was just going to write about that.

My students have really liked Socrative both in terms of using as a student and as a teacher

It has been good but little more than a game - not every student was able to connect - some had phones with low batteries...

would like to learn more about it .. but more from the point of view of the data it collects on students ...

I use it mostly to test comprehension - I post the questions on my powerpoint slides.

Low-tech way to do this: have students hold up cards with A, B, C, or D on them (front only so students are not influenced by others' choices)

Confession: I do not have a smart phone.

the really power of these apps (i.e. Socrative) lies in the data collection.. error analysis

... that can be used to check a class' general understanding of a question or set of questions

Apps like Socrative are great for quick and dirty assessment. Best for anonymous assessment

Apparently the data collection is there and with some depth. 
From the Socrative site.. http://socrative.com/features.php
Review student understanding in a variety of report types: whole class overview, student specific results or question by question breakdown. All the reports can be downloaded, emailed or delivered to your google drive folder at any time. They are always accessible in your Reports section.

... must be off. Wish I could have come sooner .. and could stay longer. Many thanks for sharing.

by James. Thanks for your input

That must have been an awesome experience for those students!

Thank you for inviting me. I've enjoyed listening in and commenting.

Have a great fall semester!

Thanks for doing this, Jeff.

Thanks for your participation Nina. Nice to (virtually) meet you :-)

Take care, Brian.

Thanks, Jeff. It was fun.

Remember all that the international conference is crazy early this year - Oct 3 or 4 to 5. KOTESOL, that is.

You too, Dan.

8 am EDT

How often are you planning to do this?

Thanks, Jeff and all

Bye!