Effectively Using Technology in the Digital Language lab

Control the student recorders to keep students on task.

The teacher can monitor each student’s progress in real timebtopic

Provides Control of Student’s Activities

Control students’ Internet experience

Control students’ Internet experience

Copy a file to the student’s “desktop”btopic

Lock students’ keyboard and mouse

Disable students’ desktop and taskbar

Close files/lessonsbtopic

Collect student recordings and documents

View students’ progress/file position

Prevent students from changing filestopic

Turn students’ microphones on or off

prevent/control inappropriate behavior or cheating

students can collaborate thru text chat

students can create an audio recording

students can peer edit a document; one or two documents

students can produce a written piece together

students can play "pictionary" thru the whiteboard capability

students can record a simulated conversation at any level ability

questions recorded by teacher or other source so students can answer and produce recording

A student can be placed separately from the group

A student can produce an individual recording or document

A student can take a quiz or test

A student can refine skills- such as practicing tongue twisters, repeating vocabulary

A student can do make up work

Allow for individualized attention

Allows the teacher to download digital audio or video files to the student stations. Students can use those files for writing, creating audio recordings.

There is full intercom functionality between each student and the teacher--provide instant feedback

The teacher’s screen can be shared with any student station individually, by group or the entire class--model teacher or student work/task to others

Students’ screens can also be shared--pictionary, collaborative writing

Students can record their voice and compare their voice recording with the original audio or video source material.opic

Open digital multi-media files/lessons
Audio, Video, Text, HTML, Still Image

The teacher can monitor each student’s progress in real time

Provide instant feedback to students--the feedback can be written or voiced.

Differentiated Instruction is a reality

Can apply AP strategies; adapted to all levels

students can produce a written piece or recording together

students can be placed homogeneously or heterogeneously

Each groups can be assigned different tasks to complete

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