Additional Ideas
What are other ways to use technology to increase time on task? Are you a multi-tasker? Do you listen to audio recordings while walking to school? Technology lets you listen to language almost anywhere and at any time.Do you blog, chat, and email while eating your lunch? These are all ways to use technology to reinforce what was covered in class and to focus on items that were not covered in class. For example, technology provides opportunities for increased pronunciation practice, which seldom is part of actual class-time practice. Technology also opens up chances for students to use their own style of learning, like using electronic flash cards.
The beginning teachers in this video mention that sometimes they simple need more time for the topics covered in class to soak in. The topics are "too hard to figure out in class," and technology provides a way to go back and listen to things over and over again. Notice also that Thomas had made the flash card application for his own personal use because he wanted more time to practice vocabulary. Others talked about the advantages of multitasking (e.g., listening to recordings while walking and exercising).
Based on these observations and considering their ideas about autonomy and individual learning styles, what ideas come to mind related to how technology can help you increase the time that you spend studying a foreign language?