ETRC Fall School, 28 October, 2014

Blended learning: challenges of teaching a foreign language

to Generation Z

Workshop Plan

Tasks	Content/Links	Time
1.       Introducing the terms: ·         blended learning, ·         generation X,Y, Z	Challenges of teaching a FL the Generation Z. Solution- Blended Learning	10 min
2.       Examples of blended learning Podcasts	How to create a podcast. http://www.wikihow.com/Start-Your-Own-Podcast http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Easy-Podcast http://thewordnerds.org/
3.       Examples of blended learning 4.       Class Blogs:	http://kidblog.org/
Online classrooms	www.khanacademy.org www.nicenet.com
Online blackboards	http://padlet.com/nederita/yw9futg1w54
Online assessment	https://www.examtime.com Rubrics for project based learning http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Online grade books	http://www.thinkwave.com/ https://www.learnboost.com/
Examples	Webquest “Travelling around the world” (9th Form) http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=210216 Listening activity “Can technology make the world more beautiful?” (8th Form) http://www.lilianasreflectiveblog.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2013-12-31T14:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-10-09T14:19:00%2B03:00&max-results=8&start=4&by-date=false
Practical activity	Chose one of the following tasks to perform and present to your fellow teachers. Task 1: Create a rubric using http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Task 2: Create a quiz using https://www.examtime.com Task 3: Create a blog for your class using KidBlog http://kidblog.org/ Task 4: Create a record book for your class using LearnBoost https://www.learnboost.com/ Task 5: Create a virtual classroom for you class using Nicenet or Khan Academy http://www.nicenet.org/ https://www.khanacademy.org