Teaching ESOL with ICT

1. Teaching in the 21st century
Eva Kilar

2. Learning outcomes
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List modern techonologies and their usage
in the classroom
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Describe current Net Generation of students
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Demonstrate different teaching tools

3. OUR STUDENTS VS. US

4. Digital Divide - us and the
students?
Technophobe
Digital
native
Digital
immigrants
Technogeeks

5. Digital Divide - us and the
students?
Technophobe
-sb who is afraid of
technology
Digital native - sb who grows up using
technology ( called also The Millennials, Net
Generation)
Digital immigrants –sb who has come late to
the world of technology
Technogeeks - technology enthusiasts

7. How literare are our students?

Literacy – goes ‘beyond the written
word’
COMPUTER
LITERACY
MULTIMEDIA
LITERACY
INFORMATION
LITERACY

8. Newcomer:
Sb who would never use technology because of lack of training or access
• Casual User:
Sb who uses technology in a casual way (i.e. Word processing, emails,
internet) but occassionally uses them and not according to the plan.
• ‘Old Schooler’
Sb who has adopted techonology in daily lesson planning but uses it in a
more traditonal way (handouts, support for learning process).
Technology does not influence the process.
• Innovator
Sb who embraces technology in ways that not only support the learning
process but transforms it ( Lewis: 2009. p. 13) Sb who shares their
ideas on a global and local scale.
•

9. Should we change the methods of
teaching?
HOW DO WE TEACH?

10. GETTING STARTED
•
At least one computer
•
An Internet connection
•
A printer
•
An audio card in the computer, and a headset for every
computer
•
Basic software ( word processing programme, a web
browser, an emial programme)
•
Digital camera/video camera

11. SHOULD WE GO ONLINE OR
STAY OFFLINE?

13. WEB 2.0 and teaching...
Can we use online tools in
the classroom and which
ones?

14. Online activity tools

15. Course site tools

16. BALANCE

Discuss with your students all options
availabe
OPEN PROFILE – allows for more
independence and freedom, opinions can
be genuine
 CLOSED PROFILE – more stringent but
comfortable
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17. REMEMBER
Whenever you go online with your students:
you always create a „digital footprint”


Edit privacy settings with students, check if
their profile is:
1.
Open to anyone
Open to read,add comments but they can be moderated
Open to approved members
2.
3.

18. COPYRIGHT

‘Creative commons’ copyright license –
where we can use it freely
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https://creativecommons.org/ - read the
licnese with students

19. Bibliography
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An Avalanche is Coming: Higher Education and the Revolution Ahead. UK think-tank report
http://www.ippr.org/publication/55/10432/an-avalanche-is- coming-higher-education-and-the-revolution-ahead
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Jones, C., Ramanau, R., Cross, S., & Healing, G. (2010). Net generation or Digital Natives: Is there a distinct new
generation entering university? Computers & Education , 54, 722–732. [Appendix]
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Lewis, G. (2009). Bringing Technology into The Classroom. OUP , England