Using the Internet in eduaction Ewa Nawrot

What is the Internet?

EU: Access to the Internet

The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education. Education over the Internet is going to be so big it is going to make email usage look like a rounding error. (Chambers, 1999)

The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education. Education over the Internet is going to be so big it is going to make email usage look like a rounding error.

(Chambers, 1999)

Why should we use the Internet for language learning? Learner-centered teaching Motivation

Learner-centered teaching

Motivation

Why shouldn’t we use? Plagarism Global education

Plagarism

Global education

The Internet can be: A resource bank A classroom tool

A resource bank

A classroom tool

A reference tool Encyclopedias (e.g. Wikipedia) Learning object repositaires (e.g. Merlot) Dictionaries Search engines (Google etc.)

Encyclopedias (e.g. Wikipedia)

Learning object repositaires (e.g. Merlot)

Dictionaries

Search engines (Google etc.)

A classroom tool Email penpal exchange Writing projects Web-based projects

Email penpal exchange

Writing projects

Web-based projects

Core internet skills: Searching the Internet AND/NOT/OR; „key words” (+/-) Using the Internet to communicate with other users (e.g. email) FAQs

Searching the Internet

AND/NOT/OR; „key words” (+/-)

Using the Internet to communicate with other users (e.g. email)

FAQs

New opportunities: WIKIS WEBLOGS RSS ONLINE PHOTO GALLERIES PODCASTS

WIKIS

WEBLOGS

RSS

ONLINE PHOTO GALLERIES

PODCASTS

WIKIS Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing. Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder (Wales, 2004)

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder

(Wales, 2004)

WEBLOGS

My weblog

My students’ blogs

RSS Real Simple Syndication (e.g. Google Reader)

Real Simple Syndication (e.g. Google Reader)

ONLINE PHOTO GALLERIES www.flickr.com

PODCASTS – audio/video casting YouTube

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DISSCUSION BBC: „Schools told to put computer skills on same footing as 3Rs” BBC website: „The move to elevate computer skills to the same importance as literacy and numeracy will horrify traditionalists.”

BBC: „Schools told to put computer skills on same footing as 3Rs”

BBC website: „The move to elevate computer skills to the same importance as literacy and numeracy will horrify traditionalists.”

Will e-learning replace face-to-face learning?

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