Slides as part of presentation for http://www.gnits.ac.in/iceg2008.htm

1. THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM IN A CONNECTED WORLD (the grammar of the internet?) Michael Coghlan 5th International Congress on English Grammar (Hyderabad) January, 2007 This presentation on the web at http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/connected_educator

2. SUBJECT + TRANSITIVE VERB + OBJECT + ADVERBIAL PHRASE

5. The Internet – more than just a book

6. “ The Read/Write Web” (Tim Berners Lee) Original photo by Hummanna .

9. Rewriting or Killing our Cultures?

12. My ‘TAG CLOUD’ folksonomy from http://del.icio.us/mikecogh

14. “ technology” “ future” TAGS

18. DIGITAL STORY PLAYED AT THIS POINT AVAILABLE AT http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =Pue4FtOb3HM

20. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =e5jtiJPlv4Y

22. YouTube in Chennai Media:

26. Indian Initiative: babajob.com/babalife.com NY Times, Oct 30 th , 2007

27. Indian Technology in a Flat World http:// ngs.ics.uci.edu/blog/?p =849

28. It’s a Wild World http:// youtube.com/watch?v =T-t8tUED9MI “ Just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware.”

32. Where are the Webheads? in approximately 50 countries To join the Webhead community send an email to [email_address] Or join in a 6 week online seminar: Becoming a Webhead in Jan/Feb - Becoming a Webhead 2008

33. See http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/unaccusative-verbs.aspx/ for commentary

34. http:// grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx

36. LOCAL GLOBAL LOCAL = (GLOCAL?)

46. THE CROWD: Collective wisdom? Stupidity of the masses? Is our culture being re-written? Is the Internet killing our Culture? (Andrew Keen: the cult of the amateur)

47. THE MOBILE/CELL PHONE

50. http://flickr.com/photos/32912387@N00/171506548/

51. SLOW LEARNING "It is going to become very fashionable at some point to be disconnected," Silicon Valley futurist Paul Saffo predicts. "There are going to be people who wear their disconnectivity like a badge.“ ( http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070111/1a_tech-noxx.art.htm )

54. HORIZONTAL V VERTICAL LEARNING

55. Horizontal Learning (multitasking) Instant Messaging Assignment SMS iPod Surfing Watching video/TV

56. Vertical Learning (single focus) Assignment: What were the principal factors that led to the Indonesian coup in 1965 and the eventual downfall of President Sukarno? (5000 words)

66. Education by and large has not changed. Syllabus/curriculum is still rooted in a past paradigm of fixed knowledge. The world beyond classrooms has changed a great deal, and will continue to do so at an ever-increasing rate…… Photo courtesy of Sawrah, http://flickr.com/photos/sawrah/314474272/

70. THANK YOU This presentation on the web at http:// www.slideshare.net/michaelc/connected_educator Email: [email_address]

71. http://flickr.com/photos/7447470@N06/1345266896/