WEBCASTING IN THE EFL CLASS

Cristina ArnauFebruary 2010

What is webcasting?

• A webcast is similar to a 'programme of television or radio ' but designed to be transmitted by Internet.

Webcasting as an educative resource

THE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE!!!

Why can the radio/TV help us in our EFL class?

• Encourage and increase the group work.• Improve the oral and the written communicative

competence.• Foster the creative ability of the teacher and the

students involved in the project.• Develop a new methodology.• Dynamize the school community.• Encourage the criticism and the reflection.• Open the school to the world.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMMES

• INTERVIEWS.• TELLING STORIES or TALES.• NEWS.• CLASSES.• DISCUSSIONS.• GENERAL TALKS.• ADVERTISMENTS.• READINGS. • …

ADVANTATGES AND DISADVANTATGES

ADVANTATGES- COMPETENCES.- INTERACTION.- ACCESSIBLE TO REAL TIME.- REAL ACTIVITYDISADVANTATGES- TECNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS.- IT’S STILL TOO NEW.

MY EXPERIENCE IN WEBCASTING

•THANKS TO THESE WEBCASTERS:

José RodriguezLos Angeles

California

Pilar SoroCunit

Catalunya

WHAT DO I NEED TO BROADCAST A RADIO PROGRAMME?

WEBCASTING TOOLS

HOW TO LISTEN TO A RADIO PROGRAMME

1.- You need headphones and if you want to talk you also need Skype and a microhpone.

2.- You go to http://puentesalmundo.net orhttp://edtechtalk.com/

MY EXPERIENCE IN WEBCASTING

I became a webcaster, after having done several radio programmes.

http://www.xtec.cat/~carnau22/webcasting

JOSE RODRIGUEZ’S VIDEO

My experience as a webcaster at the moment

BOUNDLESS COMMUNICATION PROJECT http://boundlesscommunication.blogspot.com

http://iesguillembergueda.xtec.cat/comenius

COMUNIKATE RADIO

http://studentsradio.wikispaces.com

EDUCATIVE RADIO EXPERIENCES

- RADIO WEB 2.0http://radioweb20.wikispaces.com/

- EDTECHTALK RADIO http://edtechtalk.com/

PROGRAMMES I RECOMMEND YOU.Edtech Weekly:http://www.edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/130Teachers Teaching Teachers

http://edtechtalk.com/TeachersTeachingTeachers

PROGRAMMES in Spanish I RECOMMEND YOUEnglish project usando Moodle http://puentesalmundo.net/node/181 La vuelta al mundo por 80 escuelas a través de Skype by Silvia Tolisanohttp://puentesalmundo.net/node/51 Webquest by Isabel Ruiz http://puentesalmundo.net/node/500 Squeak by Iris Fernandez http://puentesalmundo.net/node/210

- GATORRADIOhttp://gatorradio.blogspot.com

- CIBERESPIRAL RADIO http://sites.google.com/site/ciberespiralradio/home

CLASS RADIO EXPERIENCES

PROGRAMMES

Evaluamos la evaluación http://puentesalmundo.net/node/486

MATT MONTAGNE’s VIDEO

- RADIO EN LA ESCUELA Y EN EL INSTITUTO (MURCIA)http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,204,m,939&r=ReP-19574-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE

- RADIO A L’ORIOL MARTORELLhttp://blocs.xtec.cat/omradio/

- TALLER DE RADIO (Escuela de OVIEDO)http://tallerderadioviaradio.blogspot.com/

- RADIO COMUNIKATE (Institut Guillem de Berguedà)http://studentsradio.wikispaces.com/

WHAT IS A PODCAST?

• Podcasts are audio recordings of interview, conversations, lectures, they are usually in MP3 formats.

CONCLUSION

- Just recording podcasts.- Just listening to the radio programmes.- Or trying to broadcast a radio programme in the

class.

- Webcasting can help you to learn and share knowledge as a teacher.

- Webcasting can help your students to improve on their communicative and digital competences.

THANK YOU!!!

carnau22@gmail.com