「ライブクイズアプリ」ー理論的・実証的な根拠に基づいた効果的な使い方ー
２０２２年１１月１３日、第55回KELESセミナーの講師としてお招きいただき、大変光栄に存じます。 発表のスライド ライブクイズアプリ 「ライブクイズアプリ」とは、授業中に学生が質問に答えられる機能があるアプリです。 以下、４つのアプリを紹介します。まず、発表で使用したPear Deck、それから、Kahoot、Socrative、とPlickersを説明します。 Pear Deck Pear Deck is an add-on for Google Slides that lets you include questions in a presentation. It allows multiple-choice, short answer, and some other types of questions. Each student needs The teacher needs Tutorials for Pear Deck: Kahoot and Socrative Kahoot is a game. The free version […]
Motivating students to learn English: Digital tools and games
It is my honor to be invited to speak at 2021年度京都産業大学英語教育研究会 (Kyoto Sangyo University English Education Research Forum 2021) on September 25, 2021. Presentation + workshop slides In-class response systems In-class response systems allow students to respond to questions during a lesson. Kahoot and Socrative Kahoot is a game. The free version only allows multiple-choice […]
ＩＣＴを活用した授業 Using technology in the classroom
３年度教員免許状更新講習 It is my honor to serve as a lecturer for the 2021 teaching license renewal training on August 2, 2021, at Kyoto Sangyo University. Slides from workshop Part 1: In-class response systems In-class response systems allow students to respond to questions during a lesson. Socrative, Kahoot, and Pear Deck (high-tech classrooms) Kahoot is like […]
Announcing the Language Center Handbook 2021!
I am excited to announce the publication of the Language Center Handbook 2021, which I coedited with Dr. Angelika Kraemer. You can download the table of contents and find the link to purchase a hardcover copy on the IALLT website. The Language Center Handbook 2021, edited by Elizabeth Lavolette and Angelika Kraemer, is the latest […]
CALICO 2021 presentation
Lavolette, E. (2021, June). Games for learning: Using games as the basis for teaching learning theory to Japanese undergraduates. Paper presented at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Conference, USA, online.
AKS 2021 presentation
I gave an online presentation yesterday for Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren, an organization for language centers in Germany. One advantage of most conferences going online is that it’s easy to join conference all over the world from my kitchen in Kyoto. The presentation wasn’t recorded, but I did record myself practicing. Lavolette, E. (2021, March). From […]
Online Teaching Resources
Starting last spring, I have been fielding a lot of questions from my fellow faculty members at Kyoto Sangyo University about how to use technology. So, to answer their questions about Moodle, Teams, Microsoft 365, etc., I created a Google Doc of online teaching resources, which links to many other Google Docs, videos, websites, etc. […]
English Information Literacy – Writing good survey questions
Drag and drop the best answer choices for each question (or the best question for the answer choices).
Materials for Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish extensive reading
As I end my 3.5 years as Director of the Language Resource Center at Gettysburg College, I realized that there are some materials that I could be sharing. If you are thinking of starting an extensive reading club or incorporating extensive reading into your classroom teaching, I hope you’ll find these materials useful. Japanese extensive […]
Teaching language with technology: Basic tools and techniques, 2017
Short link to this post: v.gd/clear17 I am honored to be invited to facilitate a workshop titled Teaching with technology: Basic tools and techniques, July 31-August 2, 2017. This is one of CLEAR‘s summer workshops, held at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Presentation slides (PDF) I will facilitate learning to use the resources listed below during the workshop: […]