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Integrating digital learning with

American Headwayin the classroom and beyond



aims

• Oxford Online Skills Program

• i-checker

•

i-tools

What are these digital tools and how can you use them with your class?



Homework



Improving skills outside of class

What I find online is

too difficult.How can I practise

speaking?

If I write something,will you mark it?



Oxford Online Skills Program

Each American Headway Third Edition Student Book comes packagedwith an access card for the Oxford Online Skills Program.



Oxford Online Skills Practice – what does it have?

Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing practice – at the right CEFR level for each AHW book

Up to 30 hours per level

Tracking: class and individual progress

Communicate with students outside of class

Upload and adapt content

Wide variety of interactive activity types:

Video activities

Audio activities

Speak & Record

Writing Practice

Discussion topics

Gradebook



Oxford Online Skills Program – Student activities

Engage Explore

Tasks Reflect

1 2

3 4



Oxford Online Skills Program – Student activities (continued)

Your Notes – make notes within an activity

Can-do statements

Cultural Glossary

Useful language – to support writing tasks

Other tools that students have access to include:

Link to the dict ionary



How do I use it? – self-study

Week Monday Wednesday

1 Reading 1: Health Listening 1: Weather and feelings

2 Speaking 1: Places Writing 1: Noise

3 Reading 2: Time Listening 2: Colour

4 Speaking 2: appearance Writing 2: Learning English

Online homework schedule:



How do I use it? – linking back to class



How do I use it? – linking back to class

Read about gift-giving in the UK and US. Complete the chart .

When do people give gifts?

UK & US My culture



Oxford Online Skills Program - Support

www.oup.com/elt/teachonline

http://www.oup.com/elt/teachonline

http://www.oup.com/elt/teachonline



Assessment

Please use the polling tool to vote in the poll.

My students get nervous before a test when…

a) They think they don’t know the material.

b) They don’t know what will be on the test. c) They haven’t practised enough.

d) All of the above

e) My students aren’t nervous before tests.



How can teachers help?



The problem with practice tests

• accessing materials

• test creation time

• class time

• saving trees

• marking time



iChecker - Overview

Designed for student self-assessmentProgress Checks for each unit

Spotlight on Testing test preparation

lessons

Includes audio



iChecker – Progress Checks

Students can review all

key learning points

from each unit.

Interactive and

automatically graded

activities provide

students with instant

feedback for

independent learning

and improvement.

Teachers can assign homework,track class and individual

progress in the Gradebook and

communicate with students

outside of class.



iChecker – Spotlight on Testing

Language Notes allow studentsto review the language they

have already learned.

A variety of exam-style test

preparation exercises allowstudents to apply their

knowledge in an exam format,

preparing them for success on

the TOEFL® IBT and other

standardized exams.



Workbook - iChecker

Spotlight on testing is

signposted at the end of the

workbook unit.



How to use it – self-study

• Use the progress checks

• as part of assessment for learning

• to spot-check if students need extra support

• Assign spotlight on testing:

• at the end of each unit

• prior to the mid-term test

• Allow students to choose which units to complete



How to use it – in class



iTools

Which of the following is true?

iTools is an

interactive version

of the Student

Book and

Workbook on

screen.

The Extra resources tab

includes Grammar

PowerPoint® presentations,

photocopiable activities,

video worksheets, grammar

practice worksheets,

printable wordlists and CEFR

mapping documents.

With teacher tools

you can write,

highlight and erase

on screen, and you

can also hide pages

and add links.

You can download video

content from iTools so

that all the media istogether in one

component.

You can play the

book or workbookaudio at the click

of a button.

iTools is available on a

USB stick.

A

FED

CB



iTools on USB

Play audio.

Interactive version

of the Student

Book and

Workbook on

screen for heads-

up lessons.

Teacher tools:

• write, highlight and erase

• hide pages

• add links Extra resources tab

includes Grammar

PowerPoint®

presentations,

photocopiable

activities, videoworksheets, grammar

practice worksheets,

printable wordlists

and CEFR mapping

documents.USB delivery No internet connection

required and teachers can easily move the

content from classroom to classroom.

Video content available

to download.



Tell me how you use iTools!

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How do you use it?



How to use it? Provide extra support



How to use it? Planning



Easy way to check answers in class



Use the timer



In summary

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