IATEFL Conference Manchester 2015

1. Digital Corner
Prof. Liliana Simón
DIANA EASTMENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Argentina

2. Digital Corner
 Introduction to the Project
 Teachers of English in Argentina
 LT in Argentina
 Ministry of Education LT Programmes
 Digital Corner Project
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3. Digital Corner
https://bubbl.us/?h=1866ef/510637/15tV3Fp.uqOOI&r=696115952Prof. Liliana Simón
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4. Setting
Argentina
Since 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina
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5. Argentina
http://www.argentinacontact.com/es/conozca/
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6. Province of Buenos Aires
 Capital: La Plata
 Partidos: 135
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires_ProvinceProf. Liliana Simón
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7.  Teaching & Learning
 Low resource contexts
 High resource contexts
Teachers of English in Argentina
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8. Escuela Rural
Rural School in La Plata
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jPahfJ3Pp0

9. Digital Divide
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10. www.ef.com.ar/epi/
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11. What are teachers afraid of?
 Let’s go to page 4 exercise 2. Listen and repeat.
 Now, you are going to write on a piece of paper ..
 Let’s get into groups and discuss…Come on, move your chairs.
 Now, work In pairs , your partner sitting next to you and discuss…..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattijn/15106245269/in/photostream/
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12. Leaving their comfort zone
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www.endorphincrossfit.com/6-17-2014/
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13. Survey
(31 teachers)
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16. Learning Technologies & Professional
Development for Teaching
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19. Learning Technologies
in Argentina
 Programmes
Conectar Igualdad
Aulas Digitales
 Conectar Igualdad: 1:1 laptop program
 National Programme (2011)
 Student’s Netbook
 Training Session
 Provincial Programme (2014)
 Classroom netbook
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20. Integration of Learning Technologies
in the classroom
 2010 National Programme called “Conectar Igualdad”
1:1laptop program
Each full-time high school student provided with a personal laptop
computer for use throughout the school day and at home.
 2013 the primary schools of the Province of Buenos Aires started
a new project called “Aulas Digitales”.
“Panchera”
(Hot dog cart)
http://www.portinos.com/12274/exo-presenta-su-aula-digital-made-in-argentina

21. www.conectarigualdad.gob.ar

22. Conectar Igualdad
www.conectarigualdad.gob.ar
 A digital inclusion policy : a federal programme
 Every student and teacher of public secondary school, special
education and teacher training institutes.
 Digital content is being developed to be used in teaching sequences.
 Training sessions: working on the processes to transform teacher education
paradigms, methodologies and processes of learning and teaching.
 The program contemplates the use of netbooks both in schools and also in the house
so as to achieve an impact on the daily lives of all families and most
diverse communities in Argentina.
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23. Province of Buenos Aires
 Two EFL & ICT Coordinators
 32 trainer teachers were selected.
 Meetings: Nation: Buenos Aires
Province: Mar del Plata: “Cap de Cap”
 Moodle Platform: administrative and pedagogical issues
 “Capacitaciones” Face to face training sessions: teaching
EFL teachers to teach English with the netbooks
 Study Guides: “Guión de Trabajo”
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24. Study Guides: three Teaching Sequences
 Save the Children
 French Revolution
 Leaving School
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25. Province of Buenos Aires
 25 teacher trainers
 46 courses were opened (b-learning)
 Number of teachers who registered: 725
 First meeting attendance: 561
 Teachers who completed the course: 381
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26. Training Sessions
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27. Teachers’ opinion of the "Conectar
Igualdad" Progr
 “I think it is excellent as it tries to bridge the gap
between those who have access to technology and
those who have not. The investment has been incredibly
important for Argentina.”
 “It can be very useful if teachers can use them correctly
and to improve learning.”
 “What I have learnt from some colleagues is that both
programs are working really well. They have become an
innovative and more attractive source for students to
learn their subjects.”
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28.  “I think it's very useful and it helps students connect with technology and different
varieties of classwork. The problem with the laptops is that most of the children do
not know how to use them. They barely touch any of the Office tools because
they haven't acquired the habit to do so, and it's become very frustrating to see
them playing "counter stricke" with their classmates, completely unaware you've
just entered the classroom. When I first heard about this program I remember I
thought "Great! Technology has reached the classroom!", but unfortunately, we
seem to be experiencing a very long-term process ahead of us. On the bright
side, I see students bonding with the laptop, which builds some sense of curiosity
in them. It's been almost three years now, so I imagine it's just a matter of time for
students to start realising how important is a tool such as a computer for them,
and how empowering it can make them.”Prof. Liliana Simón
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29. Digital Corner

30. 2013
A special place was created for teachers of English
motivating e- activities triggered by the content
developed in "Cuadernos para el Aula de Inglés"
www.abc.gov.ar

32. Digital Corner / “Rincón Digital”

33. Books and Digital Books

34. “Digital Corner”
 for the teachers of primary and secondary schools from the
Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 used together with the “Cuadernos de Trabajo para el Aula de
Inglés”.
 each level has an e-booklet that accompanies the “Cuadernos
de Trabajo para el Aula de Inglés”.
http://servicios2.abc.gov.ar/lainstitucion/organismos/lenguasextranjeras/plurilingue/rincondigital.html

35. online & offline

36. Digital
Corner
Introduction

37.  “students learn by doing” Dewey (1897)
four skills are present throughout the e-book: reading,
writing, speaking and listening.
projects can be uploaded to a school/class/student blog ,
wiki, school webpage, etc.
opportunity to share their work not only with their classmates
but also with other institutions, their parents and, of course,
the rest of the world.

38. Tested activities
Free and friendly webtools
Free photos and pictures
Tasks: appropriate to the age and level of
knowledge of the students and their learning
context.

39. Tasks
Reading , writing , listening and speaking
Computer skills : drawing, solving puzzles, games
Stories, legends and rhymes from the cultures that meet in
the English classrooms
Collaborative writing
Sharing their work

40. Cuadernos
http://servicios2.abc.gov.ar/lainstitucion/organismos/lenguasextranjeras/plurilingue/cuadernos/cuaderno_4ep.pdf

41. Digital Corner
http://servicios2.abc.gov.ar/lainstitucion/organismos/lenguasextranjeras/plurilingue/rincondigital/cuaderno_ep4_dcorner.pdf

42. Translanguaging
An approach to bi/multi/plurilingualism where
speakers switch from one language to another.

43. Ofelia García

44. http://www.tagxedo.com

45. Primary Schools

46. Identity and belonging
Speaking
Listening

47. Pets

48. e-book
http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php?id=51816

49. Identity and belonging

50. Sentence writing
http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr
http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/?id=38529

51. Human rights and Responsibilities
Global Issues
www.gloster.com

52. Cultural Awareness
www.portaldesalta.gov.ar/voces.htm

53. Secondary School

54. Content

55. Intercultural Task

56. Interculturality

57. Speaking and Listening
http://www.voxopop.com/topic/a6d1b1dc-8482-4cf4-8d50-ff888252cf50

58. Music

59. Interculturality
& Music

61. Word Clouds
www.wordle.net
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62. 10 most popular words
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63. Painting

64. Songs
www.ESLvideo.com
A Man's World by Joss Stone
Father & Son by Cat Stevens

65. More videos, more lyrics…
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66. Prof. Liliana Simón
The Curious Incidentof theDog
intheNight-time
byMarkHaddon

67. E-book
Diary writing
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68. Poems
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69. Print, save and share
www.readwritethink.org
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70. Footprint 1
“Save our water”
comic strip
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71. Free images
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72. Bax, 2003
… we are reaching a stage of normalization
in the use of technology in the language
classrooms around the world .

74. Thank you!
lilianaesimon@gmail.com
 IATEFL Organizers
 DIANA EASTMENT SCHOLARSHIP
 Learning Technologies Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
 Universidad Nacional De La Plata.- UNLP
 Ministerio de Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
 My family
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jPahfJ3Pp0
Paper: Designing Intercultural and Bilingual e-material for Primary and Secondary Schools
http://issuu.com/apiba/docs/faapi_2013_selected_papers_-_apiba/3?e=3279150/5526806
Reference: García, O. (2009). Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
http://ofeliagarciadotorg.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/education-multilingualism-translanguaging-21st-century.pdf
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