This project is an example of how It is possible to apply technology in the classroom in a successful way. It was published in the Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching (2013), edited by Gary Motteram for the British Council. The project takes place in Taiwan by Jane Chien at the National Taipei University of education.
The project's main goal is to provide with high-quality picture books in English to parents and teachers in order to improve the exposure to the language. It's secondary goal, as I understand, was to motivate and support the non experienced teachers, providing them with an excellent example of how proper storytelling should be done. Using a system called JoinNet she connected classes of 5th grade children with experienced primary teachers for a series of book readings. The children were able to listen and see the teacher storytelling, while watching the book page directly from their computers.
The TPCK theory is fully applied in the project
CK: The topics chosen for the books are appropiate for the age and level.
PK: The experienced teacher possess different resources to keep children engaged during the task.
TK: The video messaging tool requires certain knowledge regarding how to install and manage the different options of the software.
Analysing the project from the SAMR approach, I would say that the project is somewhere between the stages of Substitution and Augmentation . The reading of the books through video messaging software improves the quality of language exposure and at the same time it allows teachers to work with materials, such as worksheets prepared specially for them.
It'd be really interesting to read what you think about this case.
Cheers
Eugenia
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