Learning English On the Net (LEON)

Discussion and journal of research, presentations, discoveries, questions, feedback, reactions, and useful information on LEON. Links to the newest web resources for effectively learning and teaching English on the Internet through technology and mobile communication. This blog includes my own personal journey in accomplishing the goal of making effective use of computer / technology tools for teaching English. This blog was first started on March 7, 2001

Sunday, September 03, 2017

Using Music Technologies for Foreign Language Development

Hawaii International Conference On Education,
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Jan. 4-7, 2018

Aloha and Welcome to HICE 2018

The 16th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education will be held from January 4th (Thursday) to January 7th (Sunday), 2018 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort in Honolulu, Hawaii. Honolulu is located on the island of Oahu. Oahu is often nicknamed "the gathering place". The 2018 Hawaii International Conference on Education will once again be the gathering place for academicians and professionals from Education and related fields from all over the world.

The main goal of the 2018 Hawaii International Conference on Education is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various education related fields from all over the world to come together and learn from each other. An additional goal of the conference is to provide a place for academicians and professionals with cross-disciplinary interests related to education to meet and interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines.

The 2017 conference was a great success! It was attended by more than 1300 participants representing more than 36 countries!

A Paper presented by David L. Brooks

This presentation focuses on integrating content-based language learning tasks, learning strategies, and intercultural competence outcomes by highlighting the unique qualities of music and ethnomusicology as English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course content. Both novice or experienced teachers can breathe new life into language and literature courses, or create new content-based classes by capitalizing on the power of music for self-expression and exploring deeper intercultural values.

Using Music Technologies for Foreign Language Development from David Brooks

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting a Learning Management System

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting a Learning Management System: Recent Trends in Design and Functionality

by David L. Brooks, Associate Professor Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Abstract:
       A learning management system (LMS), such as Moodle, Blackboard, Google Classroom, Haiku, Litmos, and a host of new LMS products, can make a useful and flexible choice for teachers who want to communicate with their students in an active, collaborative on-line environment, manage the distribution of course materials, such as lectures, readings, audio-visual media and course handouts, and for collecting and grading student work. This presentation will compare the advantages and disadvantages of using several of the major learning management systems, and explore improved features in the newest lineup of LMS now offered.
       First of all, a learning management system (LMS) is network software that helps teachers manage students, teaching activities, homework, quizzes, grades, discussions, and resources across the Internet to any computer with a browser. Whereas a course authoring system is more like a putting a textbook on-line, learning management systems such as Moodle, Google Classroom and Haiku, are integrated instructional environments where students and teachers share materials and engage in thoughtful dialogue.
      The presentation will examine the core components of an effective LMS and provide guidelines for choosing the best LMS that matches a teacher’s needs, expectations, and time-allotment.

Keywords: learning management system, LMS, comparison,
Word Count: 212 words

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting an LMS.docx. from David Brooks

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting an LMS, EduTeach2017 Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, July 29-31, 2017

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting an LMS Presented at EduTeach2017 Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, CANADA, July29 thru 31, 2017

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting an LMS edu teach2017_torontoca_july29_31_2017 from David Brooks

Biography

I retired from full-time employment as university professor of English as a foreign language in March 2019, continuing to work as a part-time teacher for one year longer (March 2020). So I have lived and worked in the Tokyo area since 1979, making it 44 years since I immigrated to Japan, my wife's mother country. When I left teaching, it was also just a month before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic hit the world in Feb/March 2020. During that last year as an university employee, I was in transition from a full-time professorship to Adjunct Professor status (part-time teacher), which began in April, 2019, but ended abruptly in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID pandemic and subsequent shut-down of most societies work activities -- at least at the university. Nowadays, there are several activities that now occupy my abundant free-time: 1) I'm in the process of re-examining and expanding the scope and business objectives for my Japanese corporation, Edvantix, Inc. (K. K. Japan).

During my final years (April 2018 - March 2020) as a full-time faculty member at Kitasato University, I have been attempting to expand the workload and status of my own company, Edvantix, Inc. (K.K. Japan), 2) I was also interested in starting a new company (corporation, LLC, or sole proprietorship - as yet undecided), whose business enterprise revolves around: A) edutrekking (organizing and leading educational field trips / learning expeditions), B) Substitute Teacher Service, C) Overseas Study Programs Advice & Arrangements, D) Intercultural training and workshops for individuals, education, and company groups. While Edvantix, Inc. will be expanding its activities, both in terms of employees, and its clients, both in Japan and abroad, at least I was once considering establishing my new sole proprietorship to be based in Waimea, Hawaii (Big Island). I would (or should) be setting up shop by April 2024 and begin operating initially in Tokyo, California, Spain, and on he Big Island of Hawaii, although there are still some big hurdles and questions that need to be answered first.

Incidentally, I also travel extensively for business and leisure. As a long term resident of Japan who has raised a bilingual family, I've spent more than 30 years investing time and effort into internationalizing Japan's educational system. I have had a lot of both wonderful and frustrating experiences - and it appears there will be a lot more along the way. My free time and vacations are spent exploring my interests: traveling, learning about new cultures and languages - first hand, respecting our planet's living eco-systems, and developing and actualizing my own evolution and personal growth, discovering new forms of artistic expression -particularly in world music. My hobbies are - along with scuba diving, interacting with Web communities, learning new technologies (e.g. Twitter, iPhone, etc), hiking & camping, and cooking.

I love photography and travel and culture, particularly the intricacies of cross-cultural communication and intercultural differences, so, of course, I dabble in taking photos, collecting and playing various musical instruments, and do scuba diving. I also try to do underwater digital photography when I get the chance.

To read more and see my photographs, visit my Flickr profile at:
http://www.flickr.com/people/dbrooks_tokyo/

P.S. Flickr will be limiting free accounts to 1000 uploaded photos, but all of my 15,000 photographs will still be available on Flickr, which has been a quiet hobby of mine since 1999 or so.

Rehearse of ScribbleLive and WizIQ used simultaneously on Sept 6 for EuroCALL session

5:53 AM: d.brooks Rehearsing for EuroCALL using Scribblelive Join the rehearsal at www.scribblelive.com
6:00 AM: d.brooks Is anybody here yet?
6:06 AM: d.brooks
6:13 AM: shizukob
6:13 AM: d.brooks Shizuko, are you there?
6:13 AM: d.brooks Shizuko, are you there?
6:20 AM: shizukob Hi, this is not such a great rehearsal, but at least we know it works. The good things it the video footage from the Macbook isight cams can be accessed simultaneously from both Scribblelive (multi-user blog) and WizIQ (virtual classroom) - only 14 second-long vids can be recorded (must SAVE) in ScribbleLive and a total of only 3 vids per user.

Learning English On the Net (LEON)

Sunday, September 03, 2017

Using Music Technologies for Foreign Language Development

Using Music Technologies for Foreign Language Development

Aloha and Welcome to HICE 2018

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting a Learning Management System

An Overview of Criteria for Selecting an LMS, EduTeach2017 Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, July 29-31, 2017

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