Ayman Elbarbary

Using Surface-Hub to Promote Multimodality and Enhance Language Teaching

Technology has become an essential component in language teaching and learning. Moreover, the need for implementing technology and having interactive language classes has increased even more during the pandemic. In this presentation, I will discuss my experience using Surface Hub when creating hybrid interactive courses. I will highlight the unique usages of Surface Hub in communicative language learning settings and how to apply communicative activities, games, and applications such as Flipgrid in such environments. In addition, the presentation will provide instruction to teachers in signing in with Microsoft Teams or Zoom on the Surface Hub to offer distance learners a more interactive role in in person classes (when courses are hybrid or mixed between the two types of learner). The additional skills that will be demonstrated for mastering the Surface Hub will include: using interactive boards, embedding interactive videos into presentations, creating animated pictures, saving notes, applying handwriting enhancing features, among other things. Moreover, I will include a unique way to save class board notes on the cloud and share them effectively with students. After the presentation, the audience will have been familiarized with Surface Hub, its features, and how to use it effectively in communicative language learning contexts. 

Biography

Ayman Elbarbary is a certified teacher trainer by ASU. He received TESOL certification, has been a RELO mentor, and is a Fulbright FLTA alumnus. Ayman teaches English at the American University in Cairo and Ahram Canadian University. Now, Ayman is pursuing his MA in Applied Linguistics at Ohio University. 

Contact Information

ayman.saad.acu@gmail.com




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