Integrating Technology into ELT

Effectively Integrating Technology into ELT Alicia Cundell Qatar University AUS 1 st TESOL Conference

Why use technology?

Growing up in the Digital Age is affecting today's youth in numerous ways including
growing up with a constant digital stimuli
physiological change in brain and changes in the their thought processes
all of which have changed the learning preferences of today's youth.

Prepare students for their futures in the workplace and in society

integration vs isolation

Streaming Video, Podcasts & DVD Clips
Streaming media highly accessible
authentic English
easy to find topical information that students can relate to.
Digital format means no fussing with tapes; store files right on your laptop!

Example tasks
Prompts for writing
-show a short video clip and have students write an ending
As an information source for providing support to all kinds of writing.
Interpretation
Show a scene without the volume and have students write the dialogue (and include any sound effects)
Students listen to a clip of a movie without the picture then student describe the scene and characters and later compare

Web sites
Online dictionary
-students identify unknown words and choose the correct meaning for the context
Online games can be played as class or in groups. Examples : A Maze , Words in a Word and Activities for ESL/EFL Students
Take virtual fieldtrips at Tramline and the Utah Education Network for ready-made field trips

Mobile Phones & Cameras We all groan about the use of phones in class, so why not find some ways to use them productively?
send students on digital scavenger hunts and bluetooth pictures to the teacher
students & teachers use their cameras to take photos of the board, posters and other classroom materials
video student presentations or other activities for later playback and reflection

How did you use the Web in the past?
How do you use it now?
Web 2.0: A Paradigm Shift

Students “can either be passive receivers of media messages or they can be digital content creators and critical thinkers.”
Source : Retrieved January 18, 2008, from video in the classroom.com : http://www.needleworkspictures.com/vic/

The Read/Write Web
Anyone can be a Web author
No knowledge of programming necessary
Connecting & collaborating with others
Building knowledge and gaining perspective

Collaborative Communities: Wikis, blogs & podcasts
A Class Wiki : students collaborate to create a knowledge base, post class notes
Qu Tech wiki. Class wiki
Student Blogs : a forum for students to express their voice to an audience other than the teacher
QU Tech news Blog
Podcasting
Students create a digital speaking notebook for tracking (and evaluation?)

Digital storytelling, movies, multi-media projects using
PowerPoint
PhotoStory3
VoiceThread
The Sims On Stage
Digital Media Production

Other Technology Tasks
Students use the discussion boards to publish their opinions and ideas.
Students make comic strips or animated movies with dialogue boxes using Web 2.0 tools, such as make beliefs comix & Dvolver ,
Students send speaking task audio files via email homework through springdoo
Students share poems, stories online and share with others for commenting with: PowerPoint, VoiceThread , The Sims On Stage ,

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Integrating Technology into ELT

by Alicia Cundell on Mar 01, 2008

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