TECH TEACHING: USING TECHNOLOGY TO REVITALIZE YOUR CLASSES Euler França Jr Brasília - Oct 23 rd , 2009 Total Quality - Macmillan School for Teachers

Technology and Competence DIGITAL NATIVES DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS

Millennial Generation Generation Next

MULTITASKED

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How does it relate to our students? What are they up to these days? Are they truly competent with technology?

Today's students are very productive people.

They love to communicate .

They are effective researchers .

Our typical student fears not the media .

They are publishers .

The problem is that our students focus their considerable skills, amplified by the light of the new technologies, on what most of us would consider trivial and mindless entertainments. DIGITAL NATIVES X DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS

Internet and the brain Brain activity from Internet search - October 06, 2008 Functional MRI brain scans show how searching the Internet dramatically engages brain neural networks (in red). The image on the left displays brain activity while reading a book; the image on the right displays activity while engaging in an Internet search. Source: University of California, 2009

"We are changing the environment. The average young person now spends nine hours a day exposing their brain to technology. Evolution is an advancement from moment to moment and what we are seeing is technology affecting our evolution." Prof. Gary Small, UCLA 2009

They expect things to work properly and work fast . They get bored if not challenged properly, but when challenged, they excel in creative and innovative ways. They learn by doing , not by reading the instruction manual or listening to lectures. McNeely, 2005

We can use technology to... provide sts with more opportunities to practice the language; allow sts the freedom and independence they miss in the traditional classroom; learn more about the sts‘ interests and learning styles .

provide sts with more opportunities to practice the language;

allow sts the freedom and independence they miss in the traditional classroom;

learn more about the sts‘ interests and learning styles .

We can use technology to... give sts the chance of playing with the language in more informal contexts , where they have more time to think and prepare what they want to say; help sts learn more about technology itself, learning and communicating in the target language; motivate shy sts to participate more in a “safer“ environment .

give sts the chance of playing with the language in more informal contexts , where they have more time to think and prepare what they want to say;

help sts learn more about technology itself, learning and communicating in the target language;

motivate shy sts to participate more in a “safer“ environment .

Video Social Media Revolution

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WEB 2.0 CITY Wesley Fryer, from http://www.speedofcreativity.org

Going down the rabbit hole – NEVER to come back!

Integrate Technology Into Education http://www.projectappleseed.org/iteflogo.jpg

WEB LITERACY BLOGS CHOICE CONNECT DIGITAL IMMERSION EMPOWER FEEDBACK INDEPENDENCE INTEGRATE INTERACT SHARING SOCIAL NETWORKING TAGGING USER PARTICIPATION

BLOGS

CHOICE

CONNECT

DIGITAL IMMERSION

EMPOWER

FEEDBACK

INDEPENDENCE

INTEGRATE

INTERACT

SHARING

SOCIAL NETWORKING

TAGGING

USER PARTICIPATION

GADGETRY

www.polleverywhere.com

Video: Pay Attention !!!

Electronic gadgetry www.youtube.com www.teachertube.com http://baixaki.ig.com.br/download/aTube-Catcher.htm www.mediafire.com http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

www.youtube.com

www.teachertube.com

http://baixaki.ig.com.br/download/aTube-Catcher.htm

www.mediafire.com

http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

Being in the loop Wikis Podcasts RSS Blogs Social Bookmarking Social Networking

Wikis

Podcasts

RSS

Blogs

Social Bookmarking

Social Networking

www.wikispaces.com

RSS “the new killer app for educators” because it enables them to collect specific data without having to sift through innumerable Web and print pages.

Moms picking on their children in the not-so-far future…

www.delicious.com

www.xtranormal.com

www.voki.com

Photo Sharing - Tagging www.taggalaxy.de

www.freerice.com

RSS + MP3 = PODCAST

PODCAST + VIDEO = VIDEOCAST

So What? Authentic material Cultural literacy Students’ choice Current affairs

Authentic material

Cultural literacy

Students’ choice

Current affairs

www.podquiz.com

www.learnoutloud.com

www.eslpodcards.com

www.vocaroo.com

www.gcast.com

http://podcastnation.co.uk/

www.teachers.tv

www.videojug.com

http://www.videojug.com/interview/memorizing-vocabulary-and-languages

www.slideshare.net

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

www.visuwords.com

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

www.wordnik.com

http://www.ccsf.edu/Resources/Teaching_ESL_Using_Technology/resources.htm Teaching ESL using technology List of resources

www.spellingcity.com

http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/superactioncomicmaker/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/

http://www.eslvideo.com

www.timesspellingbee.co.uk

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm Online talking stories

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ Practice in communicating about current events in English.

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/12/22/the-best-online-learning-games-2007/ “The Best…” lists, highlighting what I think are the best educational websites each year.

www.funtrivia.com Online quizzes

http://www.20q.net 20Q game

http://www.fun-with-words.com/boggle.html?hx=615

http://www.worth1000.com/default.asp?display=photoshop Pictures

Guess the movie

“ Technology will not replace teachers. Teachers who use technology will probably replace those who do not.” Ray Clifford

www.slideshare.net/eulerfranca