Implementing Digital Storytelling with Teens

This session aims at showing how to implement digital storytelling with teens by pointing out its benefits and by showcasing different digital storytelling tools and applications.  These tools are presented through examples of actual projects done with teenagers and simple tutorials on each of the tools´ use. The benefits of digital storytelling as a powerful tool to develop language ability and creativity, as well as a great motivation tool for learners of all ages, will be pointed out throughout the workshop. The selected tools offer a variety of formats to suit different needs and ability levels, both in terms of language and technology skills: from pictures to videos, from text to audio, from storybooks to animation.

Implementing Digital Storytelling with Teens

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Presented at IATEFL Glasgow 2012 on March 22nd, 2012

Guided Discovery for Language Instruction

New language can be introduced in different ways, and there has been a long standing debate on how to do it best. Most approaches fall within the deductive / inductive classification. Guided Discovery takes the best from both in a way that makes it work for a variety of settings and contexts, and as a tool to introduce different aspects of language at all levels. The purpose of this presentation is to provide theoretical background and a practical 4-step framework for implementation of Guided Discovery, accompanied by examples to see it in use.

Most approaches of language instruction fall within the deductive / inductive classification. Guided Discovery takes the best from both in a way that makes it work for a variety of settings and contexts. The presentation aims to provide theoretical background and a practical 4-step framework for implementation of Guided Discovery.

Guided Discovery

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Guided Discovery for Language Instruction

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Presented at Pearson Always Learning events in Monterrey, Cuernavaca, Puebla and Mexico city in March 2012.
Presented at PUCE conference in Quito, Ecuador on April 14th, 2012.
Presented at VenTESOL Convention in Valencia, Venezuela on May 26th, 2012.
Presented at Universidad de La Sabana in Bogota, Colombia on October 10th, 2012
Presented at Teacher Development Conference in Cusco, Peru on October 27th, 2012.
Presented at English is the Future event in Arequipa, Peru on November 3rd, 2012.
Presented at TOSCON14 in Toronto, Canada on May 24th, 2014.