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Teaching in in the 21 st Century: new approaches in the digital age Pete Sharma

Teaching in in the 21 st Century: new approaches in the digital age Pete Sharma. alumni Sao Paolo July 2011. Do you blog? Do you tweet? Do you Facebook ? Do you have a Smartphone? Do you have a tablet pc? Do you have an anorak?. Aim.

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Teaching in in the 21 st Century: new approaches in the digital age Pete Sharma

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  1. Teaching in in the 21st Century:new approaches in the digital agePete Sharma alumni Sao Paolo July 2011

  2. Do you blog? • Do you tweet? • Do you Facebook? • Do you have a Smartphone? • Do you have a tablet pc? • Do you have an anorak?

  3. Aim • To update on “what’s new” in digital trends in language teaching • To explore good practice

  4. Overview (1) Innovations (2) Critical analysis (3) Controversies (4) Practical ideas (5) Focus on the future

  5. (1) New era! • Chalk – e-pen • Digital immigrants vs digital natives (Prensky) • Web 1.0 – Web 2.0 • user content / collaborative

  6. More than a coursebook……. Publishers no longer ‘sole’ owners

  7. (2) Controversial:Multiple perspectives Trainer Theory DOS Multiple perspectives $$$ Teacher School Student Designer Author Publisher Developer

  8. (3)Technology - changed language teaching forever Corpus linguistics

  9. Augmented Reality App Tweet-deck Twitterverse “What’s trending now?” iPad Blog Wiki Txt spk CU l8ter Back channel Web 2.0

  10. (4) Wider range of course types

  11. Course types

  12. S A Importance of attitude K 3 numbers Knowledge – Skills - Attitude www.farmgirlfollies.com

  13. Innovations • Is it ‘new for you’? • Five recent developments • iPad • Mobile dictionaries • Digital learning platform • Software developments • Second Life

  14. English360 [Publisher + authentic + Teacher]

  15. New terms for the digital age ‘Learning object’ Re-usable Tagging Re-sequencing – ‘playlists’

  16. Part two:Critical analysis of five technologies 1) Podcasts 2) Interactive whiteboards 3) Wikis 4) Virtual Learning Environments 5) M-learning

  17. Downside (1)Podcasts Upside portability – mp3 player learner control authentic materials – ESP DIY range ‘wrong kind of podcast’ authoring – not for every teacher

  18. (2) Interactive whiteboards Four approaches • Power Point • Word • CD-ROM • Internet • “Always-on Internet” • ‘Just-in-time’ teaching Approach one

  19. Approach two –IWB software

  20. Approach 3 - courseware

  21. Approach four - DIY

  22. Learner response devices Text to board Voting

  23. Benefits • memorable presentations • ‘savability’ • review • ‘heads-up’ • precise answer

  24. Drawbacks • cost issues • need to calibrate • ‘learning curve’ • can encourage teacher-centred classroom

  25. Downside (3) Wikis Upside collaborative process writing ‘history’ to see changes not intuitive not everyone wishes for peer correction

  26. Downside (4) Virtual Learning Environments Upside information on demand appropriacy pre/post course tasks time-consuming to learn ‘blended courses’ pleasing no-one cost issues Features: Assignments / Chatrooms / Questionnaire /Quizzes / Forum / Glossary / Handouts

  27. Focus on appropriacy Synchronous Asynchronous

  28. (5) M-learning “learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_learning

  29. Downside M-learning Upside ubiquitous / helpful exciting 24/7 Young Too many contexts Too-focussed on ‘apps’

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