teaching techbox

Simplifying the technological enhancement of language learning. By: Keith Barrs. 

 

This study demonstrates how teachers can integrate and normalize technology to enhance their language classes. The author of this article is an English language teacher and here he presents the idea of 'teaching techbox'. A ‘teaching techbox’ is the name the writer gives to his box of technological tools, including a mobile phone with camera, video camera, timer, bell, dice, and paper scraps, which he takes to each class. He uses all these items with his Japanese students who are learning English language. So, he makes his students to capture and store the board-work with their mobile phone, then they upload the pictures to their class's blog. The students also make a short presentation individually and he records the segment on his video camera, give the digital file to the student. So, students can analyze their work and evaluate themselves. Finally, the author suggests that teachers who are interested in technology and want to enhance their classroom activities can make their own ‘teaching techbox’ an integral part of their classroom.

Here is the article's link: http://journal.jaltcall.org/articles/6_3_Barrs.pdf