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Upcoming Fukuoka JALT events:
November 16, 2019
Using Google Voice Recorder in Google Docs for Pronunciation Practice in Your Classroom
Erin Noxon
6:30 pm start, doors will be open from 6:00 pm. Finishing around 8:00 pm
Venue: Tenjin: Kurume University Satellite Campus in the ELGALA building, next to Daimaru, near Tenjin Minami station. Use the south-east "Office" entrance. (See our locations page for a map image)
1,000 yen for non-members, JALT members free.
Abstract: Pronunciation practice is a valuable learning activity that is hard to accomplish at a one-on-one level when you have 40+ students in a classroom. This is where a language lab style app with pronunciation activities could be of great help. However, what if your institution doesn’t provide you with a budget to purchase student licenses for this kind of software? Luckily there is an easy solution that is absolutely free, that you probably already know how to use, and it is within Google Docs. Erin Noxon is a Google Certified Innovator and Educator Level 2 and has been using Classroom and the other Google Apps for many years. In this presentation, she will go over how she uses a combination of Google Classroom, Docs, and Voice typing to create a pronunciation practice station within her EFL classes. She will go over how to set up and distribute the assignments, and how teachers can review them. She will also go over data from her students in the last school year, on their perceived improvements in pronunciation based on this pronunciation activity in her classes.
Erin Noxon has an Ed.D. in Educational Technology and is a Google Certified Innovator and Teacher. She currently teaches English and CLIL Science at Sagano High School, a Super Global and Super Science High School in Kyoto, Japan. Originally from Florida in the USA, she has a B.S. in Environmental Science and a M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education. All 3 of her degrees are from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA. She has taught for over 16 years and has taught EFL English, Biology, Integrated Science, and Tech and Media skills, all at public schools in the US and in Japan. She has run various EdTech professional development programs over her career, in both countries as well. Since 2013 she has worked in Japan at Sagano as a teacher, tech advisor, and international exchange coordinator. Her research is in EdTech professional development, blended learning, and development of edtech environments for public schools.
Hang out after the meeting!
Our after-meeting hangouts are informal and not official Fukuoka JALT events, but are just a good chance to hang out with other teachers over a meal or a drink. We don’t organize any set menus, there are no RSVPs, just whoever wants to come along can do so and order whatever they like. We’ll choose a place each time that allows everyone to order what they want.
Anyone is welcome, even if you don’t come to the meeting. Just turn up at the restaurant/bar.
Because it's proven to be pretty convenient for many people, we're going to British Pub Morris HIPPO in Nakasu, alongside the river just above Nakasu-Kawabata subway station. Please join us!
Using Google Voice Recorder in Google Docs for Pronunciation Practice in Your Classroom
Erin Noxon
6:30 pm start, doors will be open from 6:00 pm. Finishing around 8:00 pm
Venue: Tenjin: Kurume University Satellite Campus in the ELGALA building, next to Daimaru, near Tenjin Minami station. Use the south-east "Office" entrance. (See our locations page for a map image)
1,000 yen for non-members, JALT members free.
Abstract: Pronunciation practice is a valuable learning activity that is hard to accomplish at a one-on-one level when you have 40+ students in a classroom. This is where a language lab style app with pronunciation activities could be of great help. However, what if your institution doesn’t provide you with a budget to purchase student licenses for this kind of software? Luckily there is an easy solution that is absolutely free, that you probably already know how to use, and it is within Google Docs. Erin Noxon is a Google Certified Innovator and Educator Level 2 and has been using Classroom and the other Google Apps for many years. In this presentation, she will go over how she uses a combination of Google Classroom, Docs, and Voice typing to create a pronunciation practice station within her EFL classes. She will go over how to set up and distribute the assignments, and how teachers can review them. She will also go over data from her students in the last school year, on their perceived improvements in pronunciation based on this pronunciation activity in her classes.
Erin Noxon has an Ed.D. in Educational Technology and is a Google Certified Innovator and Teacher. She currently teaches English and CLIL Science at Sagano High School, a Super Global and Super Science High School in Kyoto, Japan. Originally from Florida in the USA, she has a B.S. in Environmental Science and a M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education. All 3 of her degrees are from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA. She has taught for over 16 years and has taught EFL English, Biology, Integrated Science, and Tech and Media skills, all at public schools in the US and in Japan. She has run various EdTech professional development programs over her career, in both countries as well. Since 2013 she has worked in Japan at Sagano as a teacher, tech advisor, and international exchange coordinator. Her research is in EdTech professional development, blended learning, and development of edtech environments for public schools.
Hang out after the meeting!
Our after-meeting hangouts are informal and not official Fukuoka JALT events, but are just a good chance to hang out with other teachers over a meal or a drink. We don’t organize any set menus, there are no RSVPs, just whoever wants to come along can do so and order whatever they like. We’ll choose a place each time that allows everyone to order what they want.
Anyone is welcome, even if you don’t come to the meeting. Just turn up at the restaurant/bar.
Because it's proven to be pretty convenient for many people, we're going to British Pub Morris HIPPO in Nakasu, alongside the river just above Nakasu-Kawabata subway station. Please join us!
2019 Fukuoka JALT Bonenkai - Saturday December 14
Click here for the RSVP Google form (RSVP by December 6th so we can tell the restaurant how many of us to expect.)
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