Blog Post #3: Synchronous and Asynchronous CMC Tools

http://www.tokbox.com/opentok/plugnplay

http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/

1) Brief descriptions of the tools and links to their websites

=>CLEAR Rich Internet Applications is the asynchronous CMC tool. we can use it for making audio and video materials for teaching student. If I give students a homework with these tools, they come to the websites and recording the answer. The teacher don't have to have a answer sheet or a paper. 

=>tokbox is the  synchronous CMC tool. we can talk to and discuss topics without off-line meeting.

2) Your thoughts about how the Synchronous CMC tool and the Asynchronous CMC tool could support learning and the development of language skills.  Are there any similarities and differences in how they could support language learning?

=>I think that those two tools are good really good for teaching. For the teacher, students, it's easy to access, to record. and The students can build up language ability by making the homework materials. 

3) Some of your ideas of possible activities and ways that the tools could be used in a language class to supplement in-class content and instruction.

=>I will use these tools for a homework or a reviewing the work that a student did

Blog Post #2 - Presentation Tools & Screencasting Tools

1. Describe the Presentation Tool or Screencasting Tool you used.  Provide a link to the website. 

=>http://prezi.com/  This site is the Presentation Tool. There are basic forms of a presentation frame. so, the teacher go and pick one, then type the texts in the tool that he or she is going to use in the class. But it's not just for the teacher or the field of Education. It would be helpful for the company or students who prepare the presentation. Everyone can use it for free.

2. Describe the presentation or activity you created using the tool.  Provide a link to the location of your embedded presentation on your Google Site.

=>I created my pronunciation lesson plan.

3. Describe your experience using the tool.  Would you recommend it to other teachers?  Why or why not?

=>I made the presentation of my pronunciation lesson plan. I would recommend it to other teachers. Because it is really easy to make presentations.

4.  Describe potential uses the tool could have in the Korean EFL learning context.

=>I think that in 5 or 10 years 'Prezi' is going to be very famous in Korea. It's a matter of a time.

Blog Post #1: Teacher Resource Sharing Site Review

For your first post, you need to find a website on which lessons, assignments and other resources are available to teachers.  This could be a general site that provides resources and links for teachers or a site on which several teachers share resources and links.

In your post, you need to write a review of the website.  Your review should consist of both a general description of the website and an assessment of the quality of the content and functionality of the website.  Please provide a link to the website in your post so others may easily access it.

===>>> www.ted.com 

This is the TED web site. I first knew it in 2012 through a smart phone application.  It has many inspiration talks. Celebrities or famous people give a speech to public. A topic -human, psychology, environment etc.- of a lecture is variable. There are lots of video clips with transcripts. The transcripts can be seen or hidden. So, It is helpful for listening skills. What is the most facsinating thing is that all of these are for free. Not only I can study with these material in many ways but also I can teach the students in various ways by listening to, writing, speaking, reading the transcripts.