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Independent Schools Queensland Showcase Learnosity iPod Project

Posted At : October 5, 2010 4:50 PM

Independent Schools of Queensland recently unveiled a video featuring their ESL programme that uses the Learnosity Voice iPod app.

“Projects combining principles of effective teaching and learning with advances in mobile technology have been developed to enhance student learning experiences and to assist teachers with on-going assessment. The aim is to blend traditional learning approaches with mobile phones, PDAs and handhelds, to develop flexible learning and assessment opportunities that extend the use of ICT outside of the classroom.”
Independent Schools Queensland

In the programme students use a combination of an iPod Touch device and a Learnosity online workspace. Teachers set speaking and listening tasks from a computer using this online space. These tasks are automatically sent to the students devices. The students complete their tasks, listen to them and, with a push of a button, synch them back up to the teacher’s online space.

The teacher can see and hear the students completed work on line with any feedback automatically synched back down to the student. The result is a constant, seamless, automated flow of communication between teacher and student that can happen at anytime, anywhere.

The video tells us how this partnership with Learnosity has been beneficial for both teachers and students.

“I think language learning is sometimes so academic, so if we can marry it up with playing they are acquiring skills without actually realising it and keeping up to date with technology. I think it’s just the perfect match.”
Lana Van Den Berg, ESL Coordinator, Citipointe Christian College.
“I could see from the very first lesson that it is very, very engaging and a lot of fun. The amount of laughter that is occurring tells me that they're interested and involved.”
Justine Bomm, Teacher in charge of Enrichment and Learning, Ipswich Girls Grammar School.

Here is the video, just click to play.

iPod Touch ESL Project from Independent Schools Queensland on Vimeo.

Posted in: Video, Mobile Applications for Language Learning, Learnosity Voice, iPhone Apps, AIS Queensland

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