1. Integrating ICT into
English Teaching: More than PPT
Secretary & English Teacher, CSGHS
Chiu Shu-chuan (Alice Chiu)
2006.05.10

2. Introduction
 ICT: What?
 ICT: Why?
 ICT: When?
 ICT: How?

3. Technical
Teaching Networking/
Communication
ICT Core
Competencies
Creating Searching
Evaluating

4. Technical Competence
 Basic Computer Literacy
 Browser
 Word Processing
 PowerPoint (?)
 Multimedia software (?)
 Web-page building (?)

5. Technical
Teaching Networking/
Communication
ICT Core
Competencies
Creating Searching
Evaluating

6. Communication: tools
 Synchronous communication
 CMC such as Yahoo Messengers / MSN
 Video Conferencing
 Asynchronous communication
 E-mail Exchange (Epals.com Classroom
Exchange)
 Forums (I*EARN Youth Forum)
 Mailing List
 Blog

7. Communication: Mailing List
 ELTeCS
 NETEACH-L: teaching ESL/EFL on the
Net (listserv@hunter.listerv.cuny.edu)
 Join the feedback and communities in
“Teaching English” website.
You can subscribe the mailing list and
take part in the message board.
 Learn more about ESL/EFL mailing lists

8. Communication:
Online Project-Based Learning
 I*EARN (US)
 Global Gateway (UK)
 TakingITGlobal (Canada)
 Friendship Through Education (US)

9. Communication:
Online Professional Development
 I*EARN professional Development courses
 Integrating the Internet into the Classroom
instructed by Michael D. Kruass in Lewis and
Clark College
 Using the Internet in the K-12 Classroom
from Indiana University
 Net learning

10. Technical
Teaching Networking/
Communication
ICT Core
Competencies
Creating Searching
Evaluating

11. Searching
 2-3 billion pages;
 Constantly changing.
Easy to search...
Easy to waste time

12. Searching: google/wikipedia
 Just about the worst thing you can
do is to sit down and type things
into a search engine…. A search
engine should be the last, rather
than the first thing that you think
about using. (A Googling Lesson)

13. Websites for Teachers
Effective Internet Search
 Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites
and Search Techniques
http://library.albany.edu/internet/search.html
 Effective Internet Searching Techniques
http://uwgb.edu/helpdesk/docs/search.htm
 Internet Search Tools & Techniques
http://www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm
 Using Web Search Tools
http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/les5/

14. Teaching Materials on the Internet
 Interesting things for ESL Students
 Activities for ESL/EFL Students
 Online Reading Comprehension
 The Change Agents
 Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
 BBC Online Soap Opera
 CNN Student News

15. Technical
Teaching Networking/
Communication
ICT Core
Competencies
Creating Searching
Evaluating

16. Evaluating
 Accuracy
 Authority
 Currency
 Navigation
 Design Evaluate Web Pages
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingL
 URL ib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

17. Technical
Teaching Networking/
Communication
ICT Core
Competencies
Creating Searching
Evaluating

18. Creating
 Handouts/worksheets
 PowerPoint Slides
 Web pages for web-based Lessons
 Webquest

19. Technical
Teaching Networking/
Communication
ICT Core
Competencies
Creating Searching
Evaluating

20. Teaching: Activities
 Tasks
 Language Awareness
 Research Projects
 Intercultural Projects
 Online Activities

21. Technical
Teaching Networking/
Communication
ICT Core
Competencies
Creating Searching
Evaluating

22. Conclusions
 The new technology offers a good
deal. However, it can waste
enormous amounts of time and
resources. Remember, the key to
success is not hardware and not
software, but…