CLEAR+RIA+tools

= Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning=

Scenarios
Here are a few common classroom scenarios to give you an idea of where you might be able to use RIAs in your own teaching. Five of the dozen available RIAs are demonstrated as ways to address the various scenarios.
 * **Scenario** || **Pedagogical Goal** || **Approach** || **Technology** ||
 * My students are intimidated by long reading passages.

The content is too abstract for my students to really understand.

My young learners need to review and practice colors online with their parents. || Enhanced input through technology || A web page with the reading passage, an audio recording of me reading it, and a comprehension exercise. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/12251

A web page with a video and notes. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/12498

A web page with text and audio. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/2872 || **//Mashups//**: container for media


 * //ViewPoint//**: video captions


 * //Mashups//**
 * //ViewPoint//**: record audio ||
 * My students sound like foreigners: their pronunciation is terrible.

My students can’t answer a simple question, like "Where is the grocery store?" || Skill-getting || A web page with an audio file as an example, a list of words to read, and an Audio Dropbox for them to record themselves. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/11764

A set of questions that are presented in sequence, imitating an oral interview or dialog. Student responses are collected automatically. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/11766 || **//Mashups//**
 * //Audio Dropboxes//**: collect students' recordings.


 * //Conversations//**: a series of oral prompts with automatic recording of student responses ||
 * My students are preparing for the AP test/OPI exam, and boy, are they ever not ready!

I’ve assigned an in-class presentation, and I’m dreading listening to them as much as they’re dreading getting up and talking in front of the class. || Skill-using || A role play in which students must respond spontaneously to oral prompts. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/11767

Students create a multimedia web page containing an audio or video recording of themselves giving the presentation, and visual aids such as text and graphics. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/12267 || **//Conversations//**

@http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/12268
 * //Mashups//**
 * //ViewPoint//** ||
 * Assessment should include a measurement of students' ability to use the language in communicative settings. || Assessment || Picture description task.

Simulated oral interview. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/12269 http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/ [|7531]

Student projects shared with the target culture. @http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/4012 || **//Audio Dropboxes//**


 * //Conversations//**

//Chart adapted with permission from “Empower yourself and enliven your classroom with free online tools," a session presented at ACTFL 2011 by Dr. Dennie Hoopingarner and Dr. Angelika Kraemer//
 * //Mashups//** ||