CALL

An Alternative for English Language

Teachers

Agus D. Priyanto, MCALL

Benjamin Floman, MTESOL
Overview
 What is CALL?
 Some FAQs
 Sharing our experiences
 What else can we do with computers?
 Some Practices
 Multiple Choice Quiz with Hot Potatoes
 Creating Online class and Uploading the
Quiz to the Online Class
What do you think CALL is?
Are these CALL?
• Students type their assignments using
MS. Office
• Students make a PowerPoint Presentation
• Teachers type the materials using MS.
Office
• Students work on friendster & blogs
• Students create a web-page
• Students do an interactive quiz from the
internet
• Students copy the content from the Net
Frequently Asked Questions
 Our school does not have a computer
lab, can we do CALL?
 We have only 1 computer, what can
we do?
 We are language teachers, we do not
have good computer skills, how can
we use computer for our jobs?
 Computers are machines. Language
learning requires people to interact.
Can computers help?
 Aren’t books enough? Why computers?
What is your experience?
 Using MS. Office…?
 Asking Students to browse the
Internet…?
 Asking Students to submit their
assignments through email…?
 Creating Interactive Self Learning
Activities…?
 Creating Web Pages for Teaching…?
 Having Online discussion with
students…?
What can we do with
computers?
• One PC in the class
– Content Delivery
– Classroom Discussion
• Networked Computers
– Task-based Activities
– Collaborative Activities thru CMC
– Tandem Learning
– Self Learning: Quiz, Resource Searching
– Online Learning/class using LMS: moodle,
nicenet.org
Only 1 PC: Material Delivery
• Microsoft Power Point
– Material Display for Classroom Use
– Students’ Project
• Microsoft Word
– Vocabs:
• Spelling & Grammar Checker
• Thesaurus
– Digital Feedbacks
• Give Comments
• Give Corrections (if necessary)
• Teacher-Developed Materials
Working with Networked
Computers
• Computer-Mediated Communication
– Chat: MIRC, Yahoo!Messenger
– VoIP
– Discussion Board: Yahoogroups
– Emails
– Blogs
• Real/Authentic Resources
– WebQuest, See example
– Blogs, See example
– Project for Students
• Online Quizzes/Materials/Handouts
• Online Class
Group Discussion - 1
What CALL practices can we really do with
our students?
Group Discussion 2
How can MS. Office help the student?
See Sample - 1
Teacher Developed CALL
Materials
 WebQuest
 Intractive Quizzes/Exercises With
Authoring Tools
 Hot Potatoes
 Quizstar
 Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver
Hot Potatoes
 6 small authoring programs:
interactive multiple-choice, short-
answer, jumbled-sentence,
crossword, matching/ordering,
and gap-fill exercises.
 They take the questions, answers, and
input that you type in and use
javascript to create interactive quizzes
and exercises.
 The exercises created can be used
locally, or on a web page.
How can I get it, and how much does it
cost?
 This software is available from the Hot
Potatoes web site (
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/)
 There is no cost for those working for
publicly-funded non-profit-making
educational institutions--- educators
like you and me.
Do I have to be a computer “expert” to
use it?
 Absolutely not.
 Very intuitive and “user friendly”.
 Free and easy-to-follow tutorials
available online
More Details…
 http://hotpot.uvic.ca/tutorials6.htm
 http://www.univie.ac.at/Romanistik/Spra
chwst/ttools/Tutorial/HotPotFAQ/HotPot_
FAQ_v2.xml
 http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/s
chool/curric/HotPotatoes/UseHotPotatoe
s.htm
 http://hotpot.uvic.ca/wintutor6/tutorial.h
tm
 http://elearning.uvic.ca/comped/hotpot/i
ndex.php#jquiz
Practice with Hot Potatoes
• Install the software (Browse the CD,
please).
– Double click on winhotpot60
– Follow the installation instructions
– Launch the Quiz Maker
– Click Help^Register
• User name: Agus Priyanto
• Key: TEYJ-TSXJ-WZMH
• See Worksheet 3
– Discuss in groups
Practice with Nicenet.org

Visit:
http://nicenet.org
Practice with Nicenet.org
 Go to http://nicenet.org/
 Click Join A Class
 Enter the Class Key: Q252Z85X77
 Observe what you can do as a
“student”
 Post your message to the conference
Group Discussion 3
What CALL activity can we develop with the
materials?
See Sample 2