This document discusses embracing digital technology in the classroom and moving beyond traditional teaching methods. It suggests having teachers stand up and introduce themselves to ask other teachers about their views on using technology, the importance of homework, and their favorite song. It also provides links to various websites about interactive whiteboards, best practices for technology integration, and how the role of the teacher is changing with increased digital tools and resources in education.
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Embracing digital
1. Embracing digital – moving beyond
the „traditional‟ classroom.
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2. Stand up, go find someone you don‟t know.
Go introduce yourself and ask…
1.How do you feel about using digital
technology with students?
2.How important is homework? For
you? For your students?
3.What‟s your favourite song? Why?
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4. Which do you think it is?
•your favorite song
•your least favorite song
•a song that makes you happy
•a song that makes you sad
•song that reminds you of someone
•a song that reminds you of somewhere
•a song that reminds you of a certain event
•a song that you know all the words to
•a song that you can dance to
•a song that makes you fall asleep
http://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Song-
Challenge/120874111270003?sk=app_4949752878
10. “this machine will save my
life, I'll never work again, cos this
machine will do everything even
the creative input stuff…..which
doesn't happen…..and the first
thing you do if you have
technojoy is you get the
instructions and throw them out
the window!”
15. • What is an interactive
whiteboard?
• What equipment do you need?
• Do you think they are good or
bad in the classroom? Why?
16. Pros
encourage heads up learning
motivational tools
save, revisit, recycle Cons
improve discipline encourage a teacher centred
save time in class classroom
empower students long time to prepare and plan
scary for the teacher
lack of flexibility and variety
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19. Google Maps
Google maps and google street view
20. Best Practice
• avoid chalk and talk
• involve the students – empower them
• limit IWB use
• move back and forth through slides
• appeal to different learning styles
• avoid alienating students
21. “.. where does that leave us and the
traditional classroom?”
From Ben Goldstein‟s „Technology what difference has it made?‟
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27. My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2
NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids. FTF.
ILNY, it‟s a gr8 plc.
It‟s more about texts than real language - we
need to make them go from texting into real texts
31. Language-based literacy
print, texting, hyperlinking, multimodal
Information-based literacy
searching, tagging, filtering, critical thinking
Connection-based literacy
personal, network, cultural
Remix literacy
Mark Pegrum – From blogs to bombs
32. Lack of training
School enforcing with no clear policy
The haves and the have nots
The role of error
The role of testing and assessment
E-safety
Digital literacy
The copy and paste approach
Worrying about the „tool‟
33. So what‟s changing?
- The role of the teacher
- Information exchange
- Homework
- Learner Autonomy
34. Golden Rules of Homework
useful
relevant, interesting and varied.
different ability/learning style groups.
manageable in terms of time
no need to focus on a written product.
students can contribute ideas and design their
own tasks.
challenging but achievable.
consolidate classwork, it should not replicate it.
tasks which are nearer to real life use of
language
Aim: To introduce the idea of the digital classroom and give an easy classroom activity Show the two pictures and ask the participants to find as many similarities as they can between the pictures tell them you will give them 90secs When you say go, press the slide to bring up go, then count off 90 secs and advance the slide for the picture to vanish. Then do some feedback, click again and the picture returns
Aim: To introduce the idea of the digital classroom and give an easy classroom activity Show the two pictures and ask the participants to find as many similarities as they can between the pictures tell them you will give them 90secs When you say go, press the slide to bring up go, then count off 90 secs and advance the slide for the picture to vanish. Then do some feedback, click again and the picture returns
Aim: To introduce the idea of the digital classroom and give an easy classroom activity Show the two pictures and ask the participants to find as many similarities as they can between the pictures tell them you will give them 90secs When you say go, press the slide to bring up go, then count off 90 secs and advance the slide for the picture to vanish. Then do some feedback, click again and the picture returns
Aim: To introduce the idea of the digital classroom and give an easy classroom activity Show the two pictures and ask the participants to find as many similarities as they can between the pictures tell them you will give them 90secs When you say go, press the slide to bring up go, then count off 90 secs and advance the slide for the picture to vanish. Then do some feedback, click again and the picture returns
