1) Brief descriptions of the tools and links to their websites
Synchronous CMC Tool : Skype
If there is only microphone, anyone can talk to each other through Skype. I think that the best part of Skype is free! Wherever and Whenever you can access to Wifi, it is completely free of charge. No matter how you and your friends' distance far away, it will be no problem. Furthermore, if you have even a webcam, that will be a fantastic place to meet your friends.
Asynchronous CMC Tool : VoiceThread
Voicethread is a voice and video cloud based application encourages us to make many various types of things such as video, images, documents and so on. If you make and then upload the media, it can be shown as a slide show. We can put many types of pictures on it or not. We can share our voicethread with other people or embed in an our website. Anyone who see one's voicethread can make a comment.
2) Your thoughts about how the Synchronous CMC tool and the Asynchronous CMC tool could support learning and the development of language skills. Are there any similarities and differences in how they could support language learning?
Both synchronous CMC tool and the asynchronous CMC tool are useful tools to support learning and the development of language skills.
First of all, I believe that synchronous CMC tool is really helpful to my language learning. For example, Skype. Actually, I found it interesting when I was university student. In my whole university life, I could get along with a lot of foreign friends at that time, and I had to keep in touch with them after they went back to their country. Thanks to Skype, I could meet my friends online and I could improve my speaking skill throgh it. I asked for calling through Skype almost evrynight, and I and my friend could talk to each other in English.
3) Some of your ideas of possible activities and ways that the tools could be used in a language class to supplement in-class content and instruction.
During the class, teachers can give students opportunity to share their ideas. For example, when students have some specific topics or questions that they should make the answers, they fully can share their thoghts by using scribblar. Students keep typing something and erasing something over and over again, and they can easily write down anything they want without any pressure. Just feel free to say something! Then after the class, students who participated in the course can make a group together and gather in same on-line place through oovoo. Oovoo can make students chat together with up to 12 people at the same time. By using oovoo, students can express their feeling and ideas with others dirctly in face-to-face system.
Therefore, synchronous CMC tool and the asynchronous CMC tool are very effective for students to express their ideas and share with others. I believe that the most important thing in learning is to participate in the class and share ideas with others by using effective tools. In conclusion, they all are really useful!
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