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Dr Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Professor emeritus, CSU, Sacramento
Computers for Education/Command Performance Language Institute

     works for the technology-using teacher

CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED BLOGS, WIKIS, AND ARCHIVES


CALL IS Virtual Software List / Diigo
- social bookmarking group with resources for ESOL teachers and students. All are welcome to join the group and contribute good website links.
Highlighter, sticky notes, tagging, group networking, and slideshow of tagged websites are available from Diigo.

Computers for Education / Scoop It - occasional articles on pedagogy and technology for language learning (replaces my blog,  Virtual=Real).

EVO Video Archives - wiki for information on tools, resources, student projects, and activities of the annual EVO Video sessions (rich archive, occasional updates).

Quicksteps -- Tools, resources, and tips on using technology. Check out the new page on Teaching Poetry Writing.
References and Resources for Building Online Communities of Practice - references for the chapter "Communities of practice for pre-and in-service teacher education." 2006. In P. Hubbard & M. Levy, eds., Teacher Education in CALL, pp. 301-315. John Benjamins.

My Twitter account - tools and resources for ESL/EFL, in brief: @ElizabethHS


FREE MOOCS OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON- AEI, AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Shaping the Way We Teach English, Course 1: The Landscape of English Language Teaching. Created with Deborah Healey, and Jeff Magoto. 2013-2015. https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping1landscape. Sign up with Coursera to receive notification when new sessions are open.

Shaping the Way We Teach English, Course 2: Paths to Success in English Language Teaching. Created with Deborah Healey, and Jeff Magoto. 2013-2015. https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping2paths. Sign up with Coursera to receive notification when new sessions are open.
 
Course descriptions and presentations on the MOOC at TESOL may be found at Computers for Education PBWorks: UOAEI-DoS MOOC.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS on TOPICS IN ESL/EFL TECHNOLOGY


Games / Gamification

NEW ->What's Gaming Got to Do with Teaching and Learning? 2015. Presentation for CALL-IS Hot Topics: Gaming and Gamification in Our Classrooms, TESOL Toronto, 28 March 2015. PPTX is dowloadable at http://callis2015.pbworks.com/w/file/94213766/Games%20and%20gaming.pptx[A discussion of some aspects of the pedagogy of gaming; why games like Minecraft have become popular, and what the value of gaming is for teaching English. Reference will also be made to the free, online English-learning game, Trace Effects. (See below.) ]

Trace Effects/Language Effects: Scriptwriting for a Language Practice Adventure Game. 2013. Presentation for the CALL-IS Academic Session, TESOL Dallas, 21 March 2013. Full paper with illustrations. Recording of the session and other papers from the CALL-IS Technology Fairs and webcasts are found at the CALL-IS Wiki.

Trace Effects. 2012. U.S. Department of State. A language practice adventure game, distributed on CD and online; Webby award winner, 2013. Available to play online at
http://americanenglish.state.gov/trace-effects. Teachers materials available at NING/.

The Electronic Village Online

NEW ->Getting to Know the Electronic Village Online. 2015. With Nina Liakos. CALL-IS Technology Showcase. TESOL Toronto, 28 March 2015.
[A display of the free, collaborative, online discussions and hands-on virtual workshops offered annually in January and February by the Electronic Village Online, a project of the CALL-IS. To view the presentation online go to Google Docs.]

Professional Development through TESOL’s Electronic Village Online. 2013. TIRF Case Studies. Alexandria, VA: The International Research Foundation. Downloadable at http://www.tirfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/TIRF_OLTE_CaseReport4_Hanson-Smith.pdf.

The Electronic Village 2012-13. Presented at TESOL Dallas CALL-IS Technology Fair Classics. March 25, 2013. EVO webcasts available at the CALL-IS Wiki: Classics.

The Electronic Village Online 2010, presented at the Electronic Village Classics Fair, TESOL Boston, March 26-27, 2010. [See the EVOVideo2010 Discussions with Jeff Lebow: Jennifer Lebedev and David Sconda (1:10), and Sarah Luburn of the Daily English Show and Mike Marzio of Real-English.com (1:00).]

Professional development: The Electronic Village Online of the TESOL CALL Interest Section. 2004. With C. Bauer-Ramazani.  TESL-EJ, 8(2) [Online journal]. Available at http://tesl-ej.org/ej30/int.html. [Describes the EVO history with examples from the sessions offered in 2004.]

Technology Standards

NEW ->TESOL Technology Standards. 2014. Presentation and workshop for the IATEFL PCE sponsored by the LTSIG. IATEFL Conference, Harrogate, 1 April 2014. Video of the presentation will be archived online at http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2014/sessions.

TESOL Technology Standards. 2012. Ed. D. Healey and the Technology Team, of which I was a member. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.  Case studies and sample lessons as well as research and a comparison of standards to other global work. Available at http://www.tesol.org/BookLanding?productID=EBK1.
Available as pdf with links.
  See also TESOL Technology Standards: Why, How, and for Whom, a presentation for the CALL-IS/LTSIG Conference, Using Technology in Teaching: Principles in Practice,  by D. Healey, P. Hubbard, S. Ioannou-Georgiou, and P. Ware. October 12, 2013.

Communities of Practice

NEW ->Teacher education and technology. 2016 (in press). In the Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology, ed. F. Farr and L. Murray. (To be available online at https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/.)
[Discusses problems in teacher education, personal learning networks and communities of practice, as well as the potential of free global online education.]

CALL IS Electronic Village Online Communities: Colloquium. 2007, March 21. Convener of a colloquium organized for the CALL-IS, TESOL Seattle, March 21-24, 2007. [Wiki with links to all presentations; Web cast and chat log at WebheadsinAction.org.]

Communities of practice for pre- and in-service teacher education. 2006. In P. Hubbard & M. Levy, eds., Teacher Education in CALL, pp. 301-315. John Benjamins.  [See References and Resources for Building Online Communities of Practice, a Web page to accompany the chapter,  updated frequently.] An early version of this paper was delivered at the Linguistics-TESL Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, March 26, 2004. Updated slide show version details some of the reasons for using CoPs, and provides references and addresses of groups the author has worked with. [Slides also available at my YouTube playlist for Computers for Education.

Online communities of practice. 1999-2013.  Article in the online Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, ed. Carol A. Chappelle. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781405198431 DOI: 10.1002/9781405198431. References and Resources for Building Online Communities of Practice is a frequently updated list of links relating to CoPs.

Pedagogy and CALL

NEW ->What's Gaming Got to Do with Teaching and Learning? 2015. Presentation for CALL-IS Hot Topics: Gaming and Gamification in Our Classrooms, TESOL Toronto, 28 March 2015. PPTX is dowloadable at http://callis2015.pbworks.com/w/file/94213766/Games%20and%20gaming.pptx[A discussion of some aspects of the pedagogy of gaming; why games like Minecraft have become popular, and what the value of gaming is for teaching English. Reference will also be made to the free, online English-learning game, Trace Effects.

A Brief History of CALL. 2009. Paper presented at the 25th Anniversary of CALL IS Colloquium, TESOL Denver, March 26, 2009. Audio-visual slideshow at http://callcolloq-tesol09.wikispaces.com/. [Full Colloquium papers are linked from the session wiki.] Originally an abbreviated version, A Brief History of CALL Theory, was presented at CATESOL 2002, and subsequently revised and published in the CATESOL Journal, 15(1), 2003, 21-30.

The Effect of Technology on SLA (and vice versa). 2008, April 4. A paper presented at the Academic Session of the CALL-IS at TESOL NYC, April 2-5, 2008. [Audio-video slides, downloadable, or viewable without download. Or see the slideshow at my YouTube playlist Computers for Education. ]

Colloquium on Global Communication. (2008). Convener, with the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in cooperation with the Webheads in Action, 24 Oct 2008. Moskva, Russia. http://moskva08.wikispaces.com/Home

Incorporating Live Action into the CALL Lab. 2005. IALLTJ 37(2), pp. 49-67. [No longer available at IALLT Journal.]

Research Agenda for the 21st  Century (slide show).  2004, September. A presentation/discussion with Dafne González's graduate students at Universidad Simón Bolivár. Slideshow includes screen shots of students' comments from the voice/whiteboard discussion in Alado.

Computer-assisted language learning. 2001. In R. Carter & D. Nunan (Eds.), The Cambridge guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages (pp. 107-113). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


Digital Media and Video

Video Online. 2008, April 4. A presentation to the Video & Digital Media IS at TESOL NYC, April 2-5, 2008. Depicts a number of readily available free online resources for video-using teachers. [Slides only at my YouTube playlist for Computers for Education.] See the earlier publication: Video Online (pdf) with Mike Marzio. 2006, May. Teaching English with Technology, 6(2), or view/download the slideshow at Authorstream. A short version was originally published as Video online. 2004, Winter. Essential Teacher, 1(5): 32-35. [See also the EVO Video archive for resources, student projects, tools, etc.]

Trends in Digital Media 2007. 2008. TESL-EJ, 11(4). Based on a paper presented at the Academic Session of the VDM-IS, March 23, 2007. TESOL Seattle, March 21-24, 2007, and revised for the WiAOC in 2007. [A recording of the WiAOC presentation is no longer available, however, the wiki with links to all sites discussed is still available].

Tools for Online collaboration. 2005. With Buthaina Al-Othman, Kuwait University. TESL-EJ, 8 (4). Available at http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume8/ej32/ej32int/. Originally presented as a paper for for the First International Online Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research-September 25-26, 2004 - Beyond Borders. [Proceedings of this conference, ed. Meena Singhal and John Liontas, The Reading Matrix, Inc.,  pp. 377-392, are no longer available at RM]

Technology for Language Learning: For Better or Worse [soon to be online again]. 2003. A Paper presented at the English Education Conference, Seoul, South Korea, November 2003. This slideshow version details some of the opportunities and potential problems in using technology.

Inserting Callouts in MSWord for Mac. Part of a mini-workshop at CATESOL Ontario, 2001. Describes how multimedia features in MsWord can be used to comment on student papers in ways that grab attention.

Multimedia Projects for EFL/ESL StudentsAn edited version of this paper was originally published in 1997 in the CAELL Journal, 7(4): 3-12. Describes work with students from over a dozen different language groups in a technology-based summer workshop. [Not all illustrations are not available; CJ is no longer online.]

Teaching the Skills Online

Writing in cyberspaces. (2009). Writing & Pedagogy, 1(1). http://www.equinoxjournals.com/WAP/article/viewArticle/6509 [by pay or subscription only]. Advances in technology, such as the word-processor, have long supported the pedagogy of composition. However, in the Internet environment a variety of electronic tools and multimedia can further enhance best practices in teaching writing: the integration of reading and writing, recursive drafting, targeted grammar and vocabulary study, peer review, and publication.

Oral and Writing Skills Online. 2006. References, links, and descriptive text to accompany a presentation for the Tips & Tricks EVO session, February 17, 2006.

Project-based Learning (PBL) and WebQuests: Using Authentic Content with ESOL Support. 2006, 29 Jan. Talk created for the Electronic Village Online session, Creating WebQuests.

Tools and Techniques for Teaching Writing Online. 2004, November 20. Presentation for the Australian Adult Learning Conference. Discusses Web projects, wikis, discussion forums, self-evaluation rubrics, and online communities for support. [My portion of the presentation is at my YouTube Computers for Education playlist.]

Teaching Writing Online (2003). Presentation for Belnate conference with Buthaina al-Othman and Aiden Yeh . My portion only at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHp4ovXWks.

Reading Electronically: Challenges and Responses to the Reading Puzzle in Technologically-Enhanced Environments. 2003. A paper presented at TESOL 2003, and published in The Reading Matrix, 3(3), November 2003. Details the differences between reading a paper text and reading in the various electronic media; categorizes types of media and their difficulties; reports results of a poll taken with members of the Reading Online EVO session. [The Reading Online YG is no longer open to new members.]

Dancing with Concordancers. 1993. CAELL Journal, 4(2), p. 40. [CJ is no longer online, but you can read the paper here on my site.]


BOOKS ON TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

TESOL_Tech_Standards
 TESOL Technology Standards. 2012. Alexandria, VA: TESOL. a collection of vignettes, description of the TESOL Standards, and research on SLA. Written and edited by the TESOL Technology Standards team. Summer 2011.The framework is downloadable as a pdf file.
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   CALL Environments: Research, Practice, and Critical Issues, 2nd edition.  2007. Joy Egbert and Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Editors

Now newly updated, this classic for TESOL courses is packed with articles by new authors, and additional exercises and activities after each chapter. This volume demonstrates how a theoretical framework based on ESL and SLA research, as well as the new National Education Technology Standards, can be applied in typical CALL environments, whether for one computer or many. This second edition highlights new tools, discusses new research, and proposes new practical applications. Chapters cover topics in visual literacy, critical thinking, creativity, and extensive content- and project-based learning. Includes research and discussion activities for TESOL theory and practice, and an essential list of online resources.

 
LLTT
Learning Languages through Technology. 2007. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith and Sarah Rilling, Editors

While posing important questions about how learning proceeds with new technologies, this volume demonstrates how teachers captivate the imagination of learners, from schoolchildren to postgraduates, by providing real-world purposes for language. The authors are from educational institutions in many regions of the world, and describe technology use from the lowest levels, such as word processing and scanning, to high-end multimedia and interactive communications through voice and video on the Internet. Forms a companion of case studies to CALL Environments.
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Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments
. 2008. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Editor

This volume presents case studies in which teachers have adapted and pioneered teaching innovations ranging from simple additions to traditional classroom teaching to radical alternatives that change the nature of language learning and teaching. Topics include: Building a Computer Learning Center; Organizing the Curriculum, Engaging Students, and Training Teachers. [No longer available from TESOL; a few may be found at Amazon.com.]

For purchase information on these books, go to TESOL.org  > Publications




In progress


4th edition of Shaping the Way We Teach English MOOC



See also Software for ESL/EFL Language Learning

Constructing the Paragraph is now available on this Website.

Pedagogical consultant for Live Action English Interactive, Live Action Spanish, and Live Action English: More!, with R. Wachman, and L. Statan. Berkeley, CA: Command Performance Language Institute. Available at http://www.cpli.net/list_computerMaterials.html.

Designer of Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive, with E. Fella, N. Shapiro, and J. Adelson-Goldstein. New York: Oxford University Press. Available at http://www.esl.net/oxford_picture_dictionary_cdrom.html.




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Latest update 1 August 2015.   Copyright Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Computers for Education