This document discusses using cloud-based tools for teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). It outlines different instructional delivery methods, from teacher-centered to student-centered, and various instructional resources, including traditional blackboards/whiteboards and newer technologies like tablets, computers, and cloud computing. Examples are provided of free cloud-based tools for creating documents, storing files, and assessing students, demonstrating how the internet and cloud computing can facilitate language learning.

1. TEACHING ESOL WITH
CLOUD-BASED TOOLS
MARCO CASTILLO / HARRY GLASS
ADULT EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS

2. ESOL TEACHING
• ESOL teaching techniques
• Communicative learning
• Technology is changing delivery

3. INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY
Changing dynamics
• Teacher in front of the class
• Pairing and grouping (teacher mingles)
• Computer Lab (software)
• Blended Learning
• Flipping the classroom
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a7NbUIr_iQ ]

4. INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY
Teacher centered
Student centered

5. INSTRUCTIONAL
RESOURCES
• Blackboard / Whiteboard
• Paper / Worksheets
• Computers (software)
• Tablets / Mobile (apps)
• Internet and Cloud Computing

6. INTERNET
The Internet is a global system of
interconnected computer networks that use the
standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to
serve several billion users worldwide.
-- Wikipedia
In my words, it is a method of connecting people
to people and people to information.
-- Harry Glass

7. WHAT IS CLOUD
COMPUTING?
• Google Docs
• iCloud
• many more
and for free

8. WHAT IS CLOUD
COMPUTING?
Software
as a Service

9. EXAMPLE

10. MORE EXAMPLES
Online assessments
• www.socrative.com Quizes - MC, T/F
• www.infuselearning.com Quizes - MC, T/F
Verbal assessment
• www.infinite-english.com Assess speaking

11. CONVERSATION AND Q&A
What tools are you using or would
like to use?

12. THANK YOU
MARCO CASTILLO
MARCOVCY@YAHOO.COM
HARRY GLASS HARRY.GLASS@QUEENSLIBRARY.ORG