The document provides information about ANVILL, a free online language learning tool from the University of Oregon. It discusses ANVILL's features such as being free for public schools, avoiding privacy issues, and having responsive email support. It notes some limitations, such as ANVILL not working on Macs and being easier if students have emails. The document provides examples of how ANVILL could be used for oral assessments, collaborative activities, and language practice. It also includes tips for setting up teacher and student accounts on ANVILL.

1. Bonnie Smithers
Spanish Teacher – K-5
Preston Veterans Memorial School
Website: srabonniespanish.webs.com

3.  What is ANVILL?
 From the University of Oregon through a Federal Grant
Program
 Features:
 Free for public school teachers and students
 Avoids Security/Privacy issues associated with “free” internet
tools
 Fully functional program
 Email technical support is very responsive.
 Limitations or Obstacles
 It is easier if students have an email to register and have
access to your course so that you can retain their responses.
 You can also post a link for them to navigate to.
 Runs on Flash player – ANVILL will not work on Macs…

5. Este es un señal de la doctora Ligia Porras. Ella es una
dentista y tiene su clínica dental en la Antigua Guatemala.
Aquí tiene su señal en la pared afuera de la oficina. Y tiene su
horario lo cual es de lunes a viernes desde las ocho y media de
la mañana hasta las doce y media de la tarde. Después del
almuerzo, vuelvan a abrir otra vez a las catorce horas. (14:00
son las dos de la tarde.) Y están abiertos hasta las diez y
ocho horas y media, lo cual es las seis y media de la noche.
Los sábados están abiertos desde las ocho de la mañana hasta
las doce y media horas. Y claro que domingo, no abren. Su
teléfono es siete, ocho, tres, dos, uno, seis, ocho, ocho. Y eso
es la información de la clínica dental de la doctora Ligia
Porras.

6. 1. Look at the photo and make some observations.
2. Listen to me read the sign. Practice reading the sign.
3. Listen to an explanation of the sign.
4. Listen to the explanation of the sign and follow along
as I say it. Learn some new words!
5. Participate with your classmates by saying one of the
sentences of the transcription.
6. Practice dictation: Fill in some missing words of the
transcript. Answers to missing words.
7. Comprehension Quiz

7.  https://anvill.uoregon.edu/anvill2

8.  The onus of the “Oral Test”
 ANVILL – Teachers record the questions once
 Assessing the wrong skill.
 ANVILL – listening vs reading; speaking vs writing
 Absenses, failing students, re-tests, rising stars.
 Previous lessons always available.
 Practice quizzes and activities are always available.
 Students can re-take a test or quiz without you.
 Advanced students will use Voiceboards to showcase
themselves.

9. 1. Practice recorder - students record themselves
2. Students comparing their voices to yours.
3. Quizzes can require a spoken and/or written
response.
4. Reading assessments for fluency
5. Video tape themselves speaking Spanish on
Voiceboards

10. 1. T-Cast – Teacher Cast - A virtual you.
1. Every T-cast is saved and can be inserted in other lessons.
2. Multiple uses:
1. Introduce a lesson,
2. new concept, new unit,
3. a cultural point
4. as a study guide.
2. Quizzes, Assessments and Surveys
1. Spoken audio and/or video teacher input
2. Student output for open-ended questions
3. Dictation practice
4. Guided reading practice

11.  Collaborative voice input through Voiceboard.
 Simply type in a question or topic and students can respond
to the question and to each other.
 Students can type, record their voice or make a video of
themselves talking.
 Good place for students to talk about themselves, their
opinions and their ideas.
 Excellent place for brainstorming at the start of a new unit.
(What do you think we will be learning in this unit?)
 Time saving way to learn more about your students.
 If you teach the same class as another teacher in your
school, share lessons on ANVILL or take turns designing
lessons.

12. 1. Teacher created audio and/or visual input
1. Teacher can place a recording of the question on the same
page as the written question and a visual cue.
2. Teacher can also read multiple answer choices
3. Teacher can place a document or any other visual cues
2. Student output options
1. Spoken responses (voice output)
1. Ss can re-record themselves as many times as they want.
2. Ss can not listen to other Ss responses.
2. Scored multiple choice responses
3. Open ended written or oral responses.
3. All student responses can stay on the server
indefinitely. Student has a virtual portfolio.

15.  Free Internet Language Lab tools
 Vocaroo
 Voice Thread
 Fotobabble
 Stand alone computer Language Lab
 PowerPoint narration
 Centers

16.  Uses
 Excellent way for oral homework to be completed and then emailed to you.
 Instead of just writing the homework, they could record it.
 Easy way for students to practice listening to themselves speaking a foreign
language
 Can be used to assess reading fluency
 Advantages
 No registration
 Easy to use and can be sent via email, or shared on Facebook, Twitter and other
social networks
 Limitations
 Access from your school may be blocked. Here is the information you should
give your IT person: Vocaroo currently requires TCP ports 1935 to 1938 to be
opened on your network.
 Your recordings are not kept forever on the Vocaroo site.
 Save them to your computer if you need them for longer than 30 days
 Better for shorter recordings because the quality declines with length of audio.
 It can be a little unreliable.

17. 1. Reading assessment objective: I can read aloud in
Spanish in a comprehensible manner.
2. Assignment
a) Read the book “Dentistofobia”
http://miscositas.com/dentistofobia.html
b) Listen to the book “Dentistofobia”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIIQH2X8fFI
c) Go to www.vocaroo.com and record your voice reading the
first three pages. Please remember to begin the recording
with “Me llamo _____.”
d) Listen to your recording and re-record it until you are
satisfied with it.
e) Send it to me via email: smithersb@prestonschools.org

18.  Students could record their answers to questions that
you have reviewed in class.
 Picture dictation: listening comprehension
 formative assessment on new vocabulary
 Summative assessment of vocabulary from a unit.

19.  Objective: I can draw a picture that is described to me.
 Prepare lesson:
 Draw a picture or use a photograph or clip art.
 Record a description of a picture.
 Upload to Vocaroo.
 Place Vocaroo link on your website, or give to students.
 Assignment:
 Have students listen to the description on Vocaroo.
 Have students draw what you describe.
 Example: There is a sign. It is on a wall.

20.  Uses
 Listening comprehension practice:
 Teacher can describe a picture. Then ask and answer questions.
 Read a book aloud.
 Lesson presentation of a particular concept covered in class.
 Scripted or unscripted oral proficiency practice
 Present a picture or set of pictures and have students add sentences to describe the
picture.
 Drawings or pictures of a story can be annotated with audio
 Advantages
 Collaborative – multiple student and teacher input
 Student-driven activities
 Instant teacher feedback
 Students and teachers can use the same username and password to protect
privacy and prevent public from accessing.
 Limitations
 Limit to 5 Voicethreads for free account.
 For-pay School subscription is very powerful, but expensive

21. 1. Establishing Meaning – Pre-test find out what they already
know.
2. Listening Comprehension and Recognition
1. Respond non-verbally to questions about the picture.
2. Draw a picture as described.
3. Connection to Literacy
1. Fluency - Reading aloud
2. Reading for Comprehension
3. Dictation Quiz
4. Oral Production
1. Answer questions about the picture
2. Describe the picture
3. Produce an original picture and describe
5. Recognizing cultural differences

22.  Uses
 Excellent way to present comprehensible input for developing
listening skills.
 Can be used as a dictation device.
 Can be an assignment for all students to make their own
fotobabbles for presenting.
 Advantages
 Teachers can embed code into web pages or copy the link and
paste it into an email, blog or webpage.
 Students may comment or ask a question
 Fotobabble has a mobile version too.
 Limitations

23.  Example:
 Record a telephone message for your students to listen
to. Then have them leave you a message as a reply
 Limitations:
 3 minute time limit on free version

24.  You tube videos by ANVILL author Jeff Magoto
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_82Xvw-wauc&list=UU7-
oCv1zJX2tkl0mdTNO3Eg&index=3&feature=plcp
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Q1xomh7oc&feature=B
Fa&list=UU7-oCv1zJX2tkl0mdTNO3Eg
 Ian James
 TOEFL teacher whose blog was invaluable to this
presentation
 See his blog at tefltecher.wordpress.com/
 Russell Stannard
 How-to videos on how to use the other websites I mentioned.
 www.teachertrainingvideos.com
 Good source for pictures:
 New York Public Library:

25. 1. I want to have audio recordings of student responses to
questions or visual prompts.
2. I want my students to take a listening assessment outside of
class.
3. I want to embed documents, and other media with my
students in one place in preparation of the next class.
4. I want my students to go to lesson-related Internet sites.
5. I want to have a secure place where students can :
1. Respond to a topic . (e.g. “How do you like chicken cooked?”
2. Ask me questions about a topic (e.g. “How do you say “fried”)
3. Respond to other student responses (e.g. “Dave does not like
fried chicken.”

26. 1. Creating Teacher accounts
2. Creating student accounts

27.  Internet access
 Check site access at school
 Microphones for recording spoken
responses
 Headsets with microphones
 Some laptops have microphone and cameras
built into computer
 Helpful to have a camera, but not critical
 Have students create an account.

28. You must
use your
public
school
email
address.

29. Pick an easy
to remember
group
registration
key such as You should create a course for every level
the initials of of class that you teach (i.e Spanish
your school. I, Spanish III, etc.)

32. “Manage
Course” is a very
important
button!

33. Click
“Create
new
student
account”

35. I contacted the people at ANVILL and they
were able to create the student accounts
without students validating their emails.