A workshop presentation on the wonderful ups and downs of teaching with technology. Presented by Katrina Hennigan and Lucy Blakemore at the 2011 English Australia conference in Adelaide.

1. Adventures in Wonderland:an interactive tour of 6 impossible thing-Es

2. @TheCat“Could you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?” @Alice “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to” #growingup

3. “So many out of the way things had happened lately that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were impossible.”

6. Curiouser and curiouser... RT @Sheila Keegan “It may be that maintaining awareness of our own responses to technology and keeping an open mind are the best starting points” #AMSRS

7. and even curiouser... @Susan Greenfield “It is hard to see how living this way on a daily basis will not result in brains, or rather minds, different from those of previous generations”

8. Why Alice in Wonderland? It’s all very deep...

9. Adventures first... explanations take such a dreadful time. @The Gryphon

11. There is cake that can make you grow

12. Social networks, other online resources What do experts know? What have other teachers tried? Internal networks(e.g. Ning) What do other teachers and trainers in my organisation know? Staffroom What do other teachers I work with know about it? You What do I know about it? “Now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!”

13. You @you “What is your favourite website for teaching or sharing ideas?” #just think

14. Staffroom You @Staffroom “What is your favourite website for teaching or sharing ideas” #tell your partner

15. Internal networks Staffroom You @Internal network “What is your favourite website for teaching or sharing ideas?” #throw your idea out there!

16. Social networks & online resources Internal networks Staffroom You @socialnetworks“What is your favourite website for teaching or sharing ideas?” #EA6things

21. Twitter 101 # find tweets on a topic and include your comments @ publicly reply to or mention an individual RT‘re-tweet’ or quote someone else’s tweet

23. Observe or join ELTchat discussions on Twitter

25. Adapting Twitter for learners!

26. There is a potion that can make you shrink

28. @King “Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop”

29. Meet Navitar

31. Makes mistakes

32. Asks the questions no one else will

33. Is an anonymous voice for technology

34. Absorbs frustrations and fears around tech!

37. Building his character via clips, photos and stories

38. Showing his accidents and achievements

40. Connecting with the outside world

41. Virtual Tweets @navitardiaries: tweets as he discovers the world of technology

44. His naivety helps him make connections and learn

47. “Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.”

49. What does the dog do in the video? 

50. Answers           

52. Give yourselves a number 1,2,3

53. Person 1 – Tell your group about a great YouTube /Ted video you have seen recently (or film, TV show etc.)

54. Person 2 – Listen (actively!)

56. Can link to coursebook tasks Extract from Cutting Edge Intermediate S. Cunningham and P. Moor, Pearson 2005 p.24

57. Cats can disappear @cat “I wish you wouldn’t keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy!”

58. “I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times since then.”

59. @teachers “Dude, where’s my stuff?”

60. @teachers “How do you remember useful websites?”

61. www.symbaloo.com

64. “I think I should understand that better if I had it written down”

65. I can slay the Jabberwocky

66. @teacher “My students want to be friends with me on Facebook!” #PersonalBoundaries @teacher “I know I’m a good teacher, but everyone knows more about technology than I do” #Confidence @teacher“I panic when the technology doesn’t work” #BackupPlan @teacher “I don’t know where to start” #LessonAim

67. Talk it to death!

69. Work with a partner

70. Take it in turns to comment on each slide

71. There are no correct answers

83. There is a place called Wonderland!

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96. “I can slay the Jabberwocky!”, said Alice.

97. Kung-Fu clauses! My brother who lives in Spain has bought a Ferrari! Meaning 2: I have two brothers. One lives here and other in Spain. The brother in Spain has bought a Ferrari! Meaning 1: I have one brother and he has bought a Ferrari! Oh by the way, he also lives in Spain

98. Kung-Fu clauses! My brother, who lives in Spain, has bought a Ferrari! Meaning 1: I have one brother and he has bought a Ferrari! Oh by the way, he also lives in Spain

99. Kung-Fu clauses! My brotherwho lives in Spain has bought a Ferrari! Meaning 2: I have two brothers. One lives here and other in Spain. The brother in Spain has bought a Ferrari!

100. Reported speech Alice said that there was a place called Wonderland! ‘There is a place called Wonderland!’ said Alice.

102. 6 Impossible things

103. Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said: "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

104. The End? You have to be the champion of your adventure!

106. Choose your own adventure! One way to share your ideas One way to simplify technology One ‘unlikely’ website to explore for teaching One way to organise your digital world One demon you’ll slay this month One wonderful idea you’ll try next week

107. #EA6things Lucy.Blakemore@navitas.comKatrina.Hennigan@navitas.com