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Windows on the world: The role of new technologies in teaching and learning English

Windows on the world: The role of new technologies in teaching and learning English. Alan Pulverness Norwich Institute for Language Education. I read it in the papers, so it must be true. I saw it on the Internet, so it must be true. Technology will not replace teachers…

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Windows on the world: The role of new technologies in teaching and learning English

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  1. Windows on the world: The role of new technologies in teaching and learning English Alan Pulverness Norwich Institute for Language Education

  2. I read it in the papers, so it must be true

  3. I saw it on the Internet, so it must be true

  4. Technology will not replace teachers… …but teachers who understand technology will replace those who do not. Ray Clifford

  5. From digital immigrant to digital netizen Devices Online tools Finding resources Creating content Communicating

  6. Devices Computer labs Interactive whiteboards Netbooks Smartphones Tablets E-readers iPods Games consoles

  7. Online tools Puzzles & games Test & quizzes Multimedia posters (Glogster) Word montages (Wordle) Presentation tools Text-to-speech apps

  8. Glogs by teachers from Madrid http://crisgema.edu.glogster.com/glog1/ http://soniaspain.edu.glogster.com/edit/british-people-as-foreign-language-learners/

  9. Finding resources • Photo-sharing (Flickr) • Video-sharing (YouTube) • Podcasts • Reference resources • (dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopaedias, concordancers, corpus samples) • Authentic ‘texts’ • Online sources of authentic materials • Online learning • Online professional development

  10. Creating content Blogs Wikis Content management systems / virtual learning environments (Blackboard, moodle)

  11. Communicating • Email • SMS / Instant messaging • VOIP communication (Skype) • Online surveys (Survey Monkey) • Content & discussion • Online journals • Online portfolios (Cambridge ESOL teacher portfolio) • Social networking (Facebook) • Virtual worlds (Second Life)

  12. Questions for discussion What are the advantages of ICT in language learning and teaching? What are the possible pitfalls awaiting the unwary? How can we (learners and teachers) protect / prepare ourselves to get the best out of ICT?

  13. Benefits • Encouraging critical thinking • Interaction in speech and writing • Cross-cultural awareness • Collaboration • Exploring identities • Creativity

  14. Pitfalls • Technology for its own sake • Style over substance • Unreliable narrators! • The distractions of surfing • Risk of teacher-fronted instruction • Research vs. plagiarism

  15. Protect and survive! • Is your technology really necessary? • Choose the right tools • Develop digital (re)search skills • Be suspicious of information • Triangulate your sources • Join / Establish virtual communities • Share your discoveries

  16. What does ICT mean… …for learners? • greater autonomy • wealth of information: content & language • potential for interactivity: local to global • learning resources • democratising the classroom …for teachers? • not just another tool, but a whole toolbox • teaching resources • bringing the world in • multi-dimensionality • motivational asset

  17. What does ICT mean… …for learners and teachers? Make the technology serve teaching / learning Take opportunities to develop digital literacy Be circumspect about the quality of information

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