OCTEL | damon_tokyo | Activity

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: “@WarwickLanguage: just collected my gold badge #openbadges from #octel madly motivating :)” congratulations!, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 23 Jun 2014 01:17:59 +0100

“@WarwickLanguage: just collected my gold badge #openbadges from #octel madly motivating :)” congratulations!— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) June 23, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL Week 4: POST 14: If You Only Do One Thing…(again) Part II, on the site ocTEL 2014

Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:14:23 +0100

Following on from the previous post <here> these are some further reflections on my experiences or expectations of e-assessment and e-feedback to support student learning. I have: used forums on Moodle to […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: “@WarwickLanguage: got some catching up to do on #octel wait for me!!” I second that..., on the site ocTEL 2014

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:22:15 +0100

“@WarwickLanguage: got some catching up to do on #octel wait for me!!” I second that…— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) June 20, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL Week 4: POST 14: If You Only Do One Thing…(again), on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:50:48 +0100

It’s getting increasingly hard to keep up! It’s now even tricky to do the ‘If you only do one thing…’ I love this, though. The course designers clearly know some of us need to be told not to feel guilty. This […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: #ocTEL Great course w/1 more week left. But World Cup ahoy..Will I be able to keep up? Week 4's latest blog post http://t.co/skcfX8wyp5, on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:55:54 +0100

#ocTEL Great course w/1 more week left. But World Cup ahoy..Will I be able to keep up? Week 4’s latest blog post http://t.co/skcfX8wyp5— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) June 10, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: A great idea! A new Facebook page for open educational ELT resources http://t.co/lWDortbfWc #ocTEL, @MBenevides, on the site ocTEL 2014

Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:19:24 +0100

A great idea! A new Facebook page for open educational ELT resources http://t.co/lWDortbfWc #ocTEL, @MBenevides— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) June 08, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #OCTEL WEEK 3: POST 13: ‘Free and Fair’ – A Facebook page for open source ELT materials, on the site ocTEL 2014

Sun, 08 Jun 2014 02:16:25 +0100

After catching up with the Week 3 Webinar on open educational resources given by Cable Green from Creative Commons, I bumped into an animated colleague. He told me he was excited because he’d been getting […]

damon_tokyo replied to the topic hangout in the forum Language teachers

Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:53:11 +0100

I’m interested! But from Tokyo, it may be a case of seeing if I can join any group that starts in ‘europe time’. I’m eight hours ahead, so can join anything that starts over there early afternoon… Tricky?

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: @mhawksey @vbaxter Thanks! Just thinking how to use the Khan videos for high lvl EFL learners interested in study abroad #ocTEL, on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 03 Jun 2014 02:07:54 +0100

@mhawksey @vbaxter Thanks! Just thinking how to use the Khan videos for high lvl EFL learners interested in study abroad #ocTEL— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) June 03, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: @WarwickLanguage Looks really interesting, but it'll be 1am over here! Please keep tweeting these though - my eyes have been opened! #ocTEL, on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 03 Jun 2014 02:01:26 +0100

@WarwickLanguage Looks really interesting, but it’ll be 1am over here! Please keep tweeting these though – my eyes have been opened! #ocTEL— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) June 03, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: KhanAcademy vids, virtual case for medical practitioners, and collection of online learning games. One thing at least done this week! #ocTEL, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 26 May 2014 07:37:12 +0100

KhanAcademy vids, virtual case for medical practitioners, and collection of online learning games. One thing at least done this week! #ocTEL— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 26, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL Week 4: POST 12: If You Only Do One Thing…, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 26 May 2014 06:28:56 +0100

It is quite difficult to keep up with all that is going on in #ocTEL. To be honest, there’s probably a whole 95% out there that I haven’t been able to engage with – but that’s great! What a resource! I’m hoping the course is maintained for some time to come to allow me to […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: I checked out two online learning activities for one of the #ocTEL activities http://t.co/vk5yabLRwg, on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 20 May 2014 08:52:29 +0100

I checked out two online learning activities for one of the #ocTEL activities http://t.co/vk5yabLRwg— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 20, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: @gotanda I stayed in the box! Next time, I'll push the boundaries a bit. #octel, on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 20 May 2014 07:57:59 +0100

@gotanda I stayed in the box! Next time, I’ll push the boundaries a bit. #octel— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 20, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL Week 3: POST 11: 2.4 (B) Reviewing a learning activity, on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 20 May 2014 07:50:49 +0100

Review two of the activities created by other course members. You can choose any that you like that interest you, and you might also like to select activities that have not been critiqued very much already. Visit theforum for this activity to see which activities are waiting for more reviews. For each, write a short […]

damon_tokyo posted a new activity comment

Tue, 20 May 2014 07:42:34 +0100

I really like the idea of poetry – often forgotten genre. I’m not sure who the intended audience would be, but the Wimeo (Thank you for the new resource) is a nice introduction to some key elements when approaching poetry (learning outcome 1 ‘Outline the stages of approaching a poem for the first time’ – Tick!). I did have trouble keeping up with…[Read more]

In reply to - hannahtyreman started the topic in the forum Take a look at my online learning activity here: http://hannahruthtyreman.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/octel-week-2/ Responses are more than welcome!

damon_tokyo replied to the topic in the forum

Tue, 20 May 2014 07:17:58 +0100

Clearly a well thought out and developed activity. Having students discuss, search for, and introduce (especially with the target language in audio and written) learning resources in a ‘bank’ of online activities is an empowering activity. I agree (to a certain extent) with your reply to Hannah about tech problems being akin to an easy excuse,…[Read more]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: My attempt at #ocTEL's 'Activity 2.4: Design or review a learning activity' <http://t.co/JXXMvkeDWM>. Sadly short, but it did say 20 mins!, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 19 May 2014 11:26:11 +0100

My attempt at #ocTEL’s ‘Activity 2.4: Design or review a learning activity’ <http://t.co/JXXMvkeDWM>. Sadly short, but it did say 20 mins!— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 19, 2014

damon_tokyo replied to the topic in the forum

Mon, 19 May 2014 10:24:21 +0100

Teresa, Hannah – Hi,!

Can I throw my task into the mix – it’s really basic, but I felt I had to do something after seeing both of your interesting tasks (Feedback coming soon on those – promise 😉

<http://www.podspress.com/tie/?p=88>

Cheers,

Damon

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL: Week 3: Post 10: 2.4 (a) Design an authentic learning activity, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 19 May 2014 10:19:27 +0100

Here’s the task: Produce a plan/design for a short (15-20 minute) online learning activity on a subject of your choosing. You can plan to use any technologies you feel are appropriate, but the learning activity must be an ‘authentic’ one in that it will engage learners (individually or collaboratively) in a learning activity that reflects […]

damon_tokyo posted an update in the group Language teachers: I'm not sure is the done thing, but just wrote a short post […]

Wed, 14 May 2014 13:01:17 +0100

I’m not sure is the done thing, but just wrote a short post after the third webinar (Learning design for student-directed learning:opportunities and challenges). It’s short account of a failed design intervention with twitter. I just wondered if anyone else had a similar experience (or better a successful one)?…[Read more]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL: Week 3: Post 9: You can lead a horse to water…, on the site ocTEL 2014

Wed, 14 May 2014 12:24:26 +0100

Activity 2.1: Learner experiences The following post doesn’t directly address the outline of this activity, but it seemed to connect ‘learner experience’ – my students – with learner experience – me watching the webinar. Panos Vlachopoulos’ well-structured and informative presentation, allied with my promise to myself to focus on the talk more than the comment […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: You can lead a horse to water... Learners ignoring my attempts to direct them as students by embraced student-direction Activity 2.1 #ocTEL, on the site ocTEL 2014

Wed, 14 May 2014 01:26:59 +0100

You can lead a horse to water… Learners ignoring my attempts to direct them as students by embraced student-direction Activity 2.1 #ocTEL— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 14, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: #ocTEL webinar 3 - student-directed learning - this time I'm taking @cpjobling's advice and will focus on the talk not the comments!, on the site ocTEL 2014

Tue, 13 May 2014 12:30:17 +0100

#ocTEL webinar 3 – student-directed learning – this time I’m taking @cpjobling‘s advice and will focus on the talk not the comments!— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 13, 2014

damon_tokyo replied to the topic hangout in the forum Language teachers

Mon, 12 May 2014 12:18:34 +0100

When does the group go ‘public with the google doc musings? How can we use them to focus some discussion? Perhaps choose the top two challenges/opportunities? Come up with a group ranking? Maybe this time with no anonymity?

damon_tokyo posted a new activity comment

Mon, 12 May 2014 12:11:30 +0100

Thanks!

In reply to - Teresa MacKinnon posted an update in the group Language teachers my blog post on CMC: http://teresa-nextsteps.blogspot.co.uk/

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: @msars blog posts http://t.co/MtHDeCteww were v refreshing: clear, relevant, with lots of leads - I know about xMOOCs and cMOOCs! #ocTEL, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 12 May 2014 01:22:15 +0100

@msars blog posts http://t.co/MtHDeCteww were v refreshing: clear, relevant, with lots of leads – I know about xMOOCs and cMOOCs! #ocTEL— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 12, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL: Week 2: Post 8: Online learning readiness, on the site ocTEL 2014

Sun, 11 May 2014 01:04:43 +0100

Week 2, and #ocTEL’s explorer activity 1.5 is ‘Are you ready for online learning?’. I took two of the surveys (see below for the ‘results’), and these are some thoughts on each survey. 1. Penn State’s Online […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: My 2nd webinar under my belt at #ocTEL Hectic, exhilarating, and a very interesting experience on several levels http://t.co/4oEzyqY8oQ, on the site ocTEL 2014

Sat, 10 May 2014 10:38:06 +0100

My 2nd webinar under my belt at #ocTEL Hectic, exhilarating, and a very interesting experience on several levels http://t.co/4oEzyqY8oQ— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 10, 2014

damon_tokyo posted a new activity comment

Sat, 10 May 2014 10:00:17 +0100

Hi Teresa,

I wanted to comment on your post, but as I don’t have a google account, blogger account, live journal, etc I couldn’t 🙁 Is there any way to allow people like me, with my own website, mac account, institutional gmail, to comment on Blogger?

Basically, I wanted to say I agree with you about the anonymity issue on the doc you created.…[Read more]

In reply to - Teresa MacKinnon posted an update in the group Language teachers my blog post on CMC: http://teresa-nextsteps.blogspot.co.uk/

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL Week 2: Post 7: “Can’t do two things at once!”, on the site ocTEL 2014

Sat, 10 May 2014 09:35:13 +0100

The second webinar was hectic, exhilarating, and a very interesting experience on several levels. Title: Week 1 webinar: strategies for Learning Technology Presenters: Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou, University of Bath and James Little, University of Leeds The presenter presenting, slides delivering graphs, tables, urls, the comment section renewing by the second with several conversations going on at […]

damon_tokyo earned a week 0 badge: TEL Explorer Badge: There are three activities outlined in the Week 0 TEL […]

Wed, 07 May 2014 16:11:59 +0100

There are three activities outlined in the Week 0 TEL Explorer section and this badge can be earned up to three times. Click on the badge to make your each of your submissions for Week 0’s TEL Explorer badges.

damon_tokyo replied to the topic hangout in the forum Language teachers

Wed, 07 May 2014 13:58:44 +0100

Hi Teresa,

Didn’t ‘see’ you in here. As you said, there seem to a a lot of different channels. The doc is progressing. Maybe it can be a starting point to bounce ideas/responses to the weekly activities?

damon_tokyo joined the group Webinar Week 1 Badge

Wed, 07 May 2014 12:26:10 +0100

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Wed, 07 May 2014 12:25:11 +0100

damon_tokyo posted a new activity comment

Mon, 05 May 2014 13:11:31 +0100

Hi Teresa,
Sounds very constructive. I’m in! Late over here in Japan but will be around tomorrow!

In reply to - Teresa MacKinnon started the topic hangout in the forum Language teachers Anyone interested in trying out a google doc activity? Maybe we could co-create a list of challenges and opportunities for language […]

damon_tokyo earned a week 0 badge: TEL One Badge: Each week we award a TEL One badge for completing 'If you […]

Mon, 05 May 2014 09:40:59 +0100

Each week we award a TEL One badge for completing ‘If you only do one thing…’. As week 0’s one thing is to join/watch the webinar this badge is awarded to TEL One (other thing), which is to record your reflections for Activity 0.1 Big and little questions. Click on the badge link to enter your submission.

damon_tokyo earned a quest: Week 0: Topic - Expectations, Familiarisation & Practice: Automatically earn this topic badge for completing at least […]

Mon, 05 May 2014 09:40:51 +0100

Automatically earn this topic badge for completing at least three of the badged activities from week 0.

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: #ocTEL Week1 down! Motivation still high. Here is my reflections post on the various activities we were given http://t.co/iZDAjcX6zA, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 05 May 2014 08:31:07 +0100

#ocTEL Week1 down! Motivation still high. Here is my reflections post on the various activities we were given http://t.co/iZDAjcX6zA— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 05, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL: Week 1: Post 6: Review of the week, on the site ocTEL 2014

Mon, 05 May 2014 07:26:41 +0100

First impression – the week went by quickly and while I enjoyed the activities, working at the same time means there are not enough hours in the day to do everything or to follow more than a few interesting pathways off the beaten track. Activity 0.1: Big and little questions I posted my initial thoughts […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: @NicolaJMorris I'd love to but I live in Tokyo now! Enjoying #ocTEL so far, but worried my energy levels may dip... Lots to learn, though., on the site ocTEL 2014

Sat, 03 May 2014 11:11:08 +0100

@NicolaJMorris I’d love to but I live in Tokyo now! Enjoying #ocTEL so far, but worried my energy levels may dip… Lots to learn, though.— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 03, 2014

damon_tokyo and Alicia Vallero are now friends

Sat, 03 May 2014 09:08:04 +0100

damon_tokyo posted a new activity comment

Sat, 03 May 2014 02:51:28 +0100

The answer is C! Which means my ‘crude’ division, was so crude as to be unintelligible. I’ll give it another go. There are those whose job/profession – their job description – it is to deliver the infrastructure and training for TEL, they are qualified (in various ways) specialists in the field. In short, your ‘administrators and tech support p…[Read more]

In reply to - damon_tokyo posted an update in the group Language teachers Hi Alicia, (Julie, Barbara) Yep! Crashed soon after the webinar. Up early and at my desk on a rainy Tokyo this morning. How are we going to start […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL: Week 1: Post 5: lurking, moderate(ly), memorable, on the site ocTEL 2014

Fri, 02 May 2014 13:31:41 +0100

These definitions from a link <http://mobimooc.wikispaces.com> caught my eye when I was reading through a few suggested readings on the Activity 0.2: Small group reflection section of the #ocTEL Course Welcome […]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, #ocTEL 2014: Week 1: Post 4: Activity 0.3: Exploring and experimenting, on the site ocTEL 2014

Fri, 02 May 2014 13:05:44 +0100

Experiment with and reflect on different ways of communicating with fellow ocTEL participants. These include Twitter, your blog if you have one, the ocTEL JISCMail list[octel-public@jiscmail.ac.uk], the ocTEL […]

damon_tokyo posted a new activity comment

Fri, 02 May 2014 10:09:00 +0100

I should have been clearer – the uni has a Google Apps account, so they control who can access what – we also don’t have the full suite of apps (no Google Sites, which stymies that angle for a portfolio). Recently attended ASB Unplugged 2014 http://www.asbunplugged.org/unplugged2014.htm and many K12 schools were using G Sites.

In reply to - damon_tokyo posted an update in the group Language teachers @vbaxter @barbarapg Our programme uses Moodle heavily, but mainly to deliver content. We have found some of the functions, as you say, heavy and time […]

damon_tokyo posted an update in the group Language teachers: @vbaxter @barbarapg Our programme uses Moodle heavily, but […]

Fri, 02 May 2014 09:53:15 +0100

@vbaxter @barbarapg Our programme uses Moodle heavily, but mainly to deliver content. We have found some of the functions, as you say, heavy and time consuming to create: we don’t have an ed-tech support group to do this for us, so it us up to the teachers.

I’m noticing that Goole Docs and Google Drive seem to be more useful for students and…[Read more]

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: RT @guy75: @damon_tokyo Would we #ocTEL participants be that shallow ;-) Me, I'm just waiting for my badges 8-D, on the site ocTEL 2014

Fri, 02 May 2014 03:37:00 +0100

RT @guy75: @damon_tokyo Would we #ocTEL participants be that shallow 😉 Me, I’m just waiting for my badges 8-D— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 02, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: @NicolaJMorris Hi. I'm on the #ocTel course too, but importantly, you're in Chester! My hometown - geographical conections thicker than..., on the site ocTEL 2014

Fri, 02 May 2014 03:35:19 +0100

@NicolaJMorris Hi. I’m on the #ocTel course too, but importantly, you’re in Chester! My hometown – geographical conections thicker than…— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 02, 2014

damon_tokyo wrote a new post, damon_tokyo: RT @gotanda: . @damon_tokyo OK! Now we have 2 different predictions. Data will tell. #ocTEL @raetzelo cc @mhawksey Break out posts vs comme…, on the site ocTEL 2014

Fri, 02 May 2014 03:20:50 +0100

RT @gotanda: . @damon_tokyo OK! Now we have 2 different predictions. Data will tell. #ocTEL @raetzelo cc @mhawksey Break out posts vs comme…— damon_tokyo (@damon_tokyo) May 02, 2014