#3: Synchronous and Asynchronous CMC Tools

1) Brief descriptions of the tools and links to their websites

  Synchronous CMC: allows teachers and students to interact at the same time.

scribblar provides people with an easily accessible, collaborative white board tool. It allows people total freedom in creating a chart, diagram or other tool to help with a project or other tasks. Scribblar also allows users to use text chat for instant questions, answers and input. Teacher can draw their own pictures and send messages and photos to communicate with all other students at the same time. For these functions, teachers can teach the students without gathering in the real classroom. 

Asynchronous CMC:  allows teachers and students to interact. but not at the same time
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Voice Thread can post visual media, instructors can comment, and peers can offer verbal or text-based assessments. After making their own video, they can upload it and can get comments from others And users can also share their videos with others.

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?

One of the most good point of using CMC tools is that they are beyond the limitation of a place or time. Students can access and learn by being in a virtual place. That's why it can be very effective for people who doesn't have time to go to school or institute.

In really class, teacher are not easy to take care of all the students individually because of the number of students. But using CMC teacher give them a feed back in detail. If teacher uses the synchronous cmc tool like scribblar, students encourage learners to speak and write and give them appropriate feedback directly. The Asynchronous CMC tool as Voice Thread, people do not even have to access it at the same time which means it helps to feel relax during speech. For students especially who are reluctant to speak out loud, using Voice Thread students record or videotape alone and re-do it until the satisfactory one comes out. Definitely, It helps an affective filter go down, students are learn better.

Similarities of Synchronous CMC tool and the Asynchronous CMC tool are given cooperative learning environment and they are based on online learning so teachers and leaners can contact each other anywhere and anytime. There is differences of Synchronous CMC tool and the Asynchronous CMC tool. The interaction between teachers and learners using synchronous tool happens immediately and simultaneously. The other hand, asynchronous tool is used, then it will take some time for teachers to check students' comprehension and their assignment.

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.

 In my school, we have a speaking and listening performance assessment two times a year. There are two many students who have different level and a different character. It wasn't easy to make a test form. But using scribblar it can easily do the test.

Students work creative brainstorming, interviews, and product demonstrations.