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Communication & Collaboration: Lucy Borrego Leidy Hinojosa Scarlett Dragustinovis
Communication & Collaboration: Lucy Borrego Leidy Hinojosa Scarlett Dragustinovis
&
COLLABORATION
Lucy Borrego
Leidy Hinojosa
Scarlett Dragustinovis
At the end of this presentation you will be able to:
Chapelle, 1998
• Communication is a crucial
component of language
learning environmenrs,
including those enhanced by
technology.
Communication Collaboration
• Implies simply • Will be taken to mean
Online
Stand-alone
sources
One is working on the As each word comes onto the screen, one
Ss are sitting together in the student dictates it aloud ad the other
computer lab vocabulary of the software
whereas the other is writing copies it into a paper
orrect
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They discuss which answer choice They enter the answer into the One of the students writes the definition on the
presents the meaning of the word software and if it is correct paper and they move on to the next word
Tool Vocabulary practice software
Interaction Student pair
Roles One student is the computer operator
and the other the writer; during the
next unit they may switch roles
Reason to listen and respond Students most cooperate to get all the
words and definitions down on paper
and to study for the quiz
Learning about the United States 2
The National Inspire (Version 1.0) provides each student team with a set of six maps of the US
When the map is finished, the group presents The other groups share their
Each student in the map group has been it to the class, explaining the key that they questions and resources.
assigned a particular component of the map to develop together and how to use the map After the field trip class
research and add to the map. most effectively. collaborate to add info.
Tool Neighborhood Map Machine
(Version 2.0)
Interaction Student and small group members,
students and class.
Roles Researchers for houses, streets,
building, signs or landmarks
Reason to listen and respond Students must use the map to find the
way to various locations in the
community.
Choices, choices 4
• Elementary school ESL students working with a software
simulation have been presented with a problem:
Interaction Student and small group members, small group and class,
small group and school.
Roles In the first part, students are all researchers at different sites
for the product. In the second part, they each take a role in
developing the advertising.
Choice Students choose what to say and to whom they say it.
Reason to listen and respond Students must understand the issues to participate in
the discussion, and they have to pass the quiz.
3
WebQuests
• Students´ task is to create a cookbook
of healthy regional recipes from the
United States.
• Each team is assigned to one region
of the US and is required to:
Tool WebQuest, Internet sites, word preocessor.
Choice Students choose their roles, where and how they find
their information, and how to present it.
Reason to listen and respond The audience must listen to know what they are eating
and why and to provide feedback.
These examples
demonstrate that many
different activities can
support communication
and collaboration. There
are also many tools to
facilitate such interaction
TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION
AND COLLABORATION
MOO
• (multy –user object-oriented domain) is a text-based program
that runs on a computer and be accessed by large number of
users from all over the word at the same time. Typically MOOs
provide a map of locations and help screen to show users how
to get around.
Chat
Discussion forums
• Forms provide asynchronous written conversation. Written
conversation. Benefits include allowing students more time to
think before they post and posting in themed threads that may
be easier to read and follow that chat.
Electronic list
• Electronic list, sometimes called listservs after a piece of
popular proprietary software used to set up run the list,
are e-mail posting services created to facilitate the
exchange of information.
Software
software
• Although the internet is the most obvious source for
collaboration tools, software packages can also support
collaboration and communication.