1. And sign up for two sites:
Grockit Answers:
http://grockit.com/answers
and read this
grockit.com/blog/main/2011/10/17/answ
ering-the-question-that-youre-about-to-ask/
Socrative: socrative.com
and read this
GO AHEAD…

2. CALL
2/11/13
ASKING QUESTIONS
(GROCKIT ANSWERS & SOCRATIVE)

3. Quiz on Wednesday (opens Wed at 6pm, closes Thurs at 6pm)
 20 questions, 1 hour to complete
 Available: presentations, wiki, blogs
Wednesday’s presentations:
 Hongbo: Chen, Belkada,, & Okamoto, 2004
 Alan: Garrett, 2009
Materials 1 due 2/25
 Rubric & description next class.
HOUSE IS KEPT

4.  CALL -> not monolithic (not you
support it or not). Look at what
works for you…
 Are there things in your teaching
that could be aided by a particular
tool?
 Could your teaching be improved w/
technology?
 What language learning is better
accomplished through specific
applications/tools than through
traditional learning?
A WARNING

5. URL Shorteners:
Goo.gl
Tiny URL
Embedding tools (to embed in your website,
blog, etc.)
http://embedit.in
HANDY TOOLS

6.  Participation in class
 Allow students to prepare answers
 Allow students to see other’s answers
 Teacher can collect multiple answers
 Encourages participation from students who may not speak up in
class.
 Participation outside of class
 Students can complete tasks outside of class and instantly submit.
 Students can engage in a wide range of activities/tasks and employ
multimedia input.
 Make more interesting “homework”
 Hybrid learning, flip-teaching, dogme/create-your-own
materials, etc.
CLASS PARTICIPATION

7. Most tools require registration (Unintended
side effect of Web 2.0)
Tools require careful scaffolding (i.e., in-
class practice).
BARRIERS TO ENTRY

8. Turn any web-based video into a Q & A
activity.
Search videos within Grockit’s search tool
(favors Youtube).
Create a New Q & A for the video.
Add questions at any part of the video.
Share the result with your learners.
GROCKIT ANSWERS

9. Listening comprehension activities.
Creating high interest/authentic teaching
materials.
Record your own videos (with any phone,
etc.)
Have students create videos of themselves
(doing practice presentations, interviews
with locals, tours of interesting places) and
their own questions.
USEFUL FOR…

10. Let’s try it out:
Login/sign up for Grockit:
http://grockit.com/answers
Go here: goo.gl/xkkQZ
GROCKIT ANSWERS

11. Socrative allows you to create quizzes and
activities.
Get feedback from each student
immediately (in class or out of class).
Students can answer the quizzes using
pretty much any connected device
(computer, tablet, phone).
SOCRATIVE

12. Let’s try it out…
Review for upcoming quiz
Sign-up/Login to Socrative:
Go to m.socrative.com
Join classroom 836637
Join a team for Space Race
SOCRATIVE

13. Do one of the three following activities for homework (for next
Monday):
1. Individually: Create a Grockit Answers activity using an
already existing Youtube video. Try it out with learners.
Post the Grockit and reflect on user responses on your blog.
2. Individually: Create a Socrative Quiz or Space Race. Try it
out with learners. Post the results on your blog.
3. With a partner: Record your own video with a teachable
moment (e.g., service encounter, description of a location).
Post it to Youtube, add a Grockit activity. Post the Grockit
and reflection on your blogs.
Be prepared to share your activity in class next week!
HOMEWORK

14. Essential steps:
 Record the video on phone, camera, etc.
 Create a Youtube account
 Upload video
From most phones/tablets there is a button to
directly upload. (Must have your channel set up first
however)
From camera, transfer video file to your computer.
Login to Youtube via browser and upload the video.
 Adjust settings for video in Youtube
Public/Unlisted/Private
VIDEOS -> YOUTUBE