Web2

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INSTITUTO SUPERIOR SAN BARTOLOMÉ Reaching Farther, Reaching Wider Web 2.0 resources in the English classroom Susana Trabaldo

since about 1985 since about 2005 ICT

ICT users…

use digital gadgets for amusement, communication , entertainment , access to information, learning

are used to processing multimedia information (videos and digital files) faster than textual information

prefer images to text

are multi-task: they consult different information pieces from different sources at the same time

expect instant reply

are always communicated (permanent use of technology)

create their own content

live the p2p concept : they network

“ surf” fluently

prefer games to structured information or activities

Digital natives have built their own concepts of space, time, number, identity, memory from their everyday digital gadgets experience. Varied research areas: abilities – culture – different ways of expressing ourselves

DIGITAL NATIVES Under 25 / 30 Native use of digital environment codes / “language” ICT are central in their everyday lives ICT are used to study, make friends, buy, look for information, … Native Digitals have acquired ICT use naturally, ICT are meaningful for them. DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS 25 / 30 or more Learn how to use ICT They “speak the language” of ICT but with some accent ICT are not central They have learnt how to use ICT But have not acquired them as their “ mother tongue”. Different ways of accessing information and communicating space, time, quantity, resources

Native student Immigrant teacher generation gap different habilities, cognitive styles culture and communication Is a paradigm better than the other? How can we understand each other? What can natives learn from immigrants? What can immigrants learn form natives? What do our students need?

About students:

short attention span

they tend to change topics quickly

information is often dealt with superficially

class work can be very slow, monotonous

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About teachers:

afraid of not being able to understand the new paradigm

and not doing their work effectively

students can often use technology better than teachers can

a need for training

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Let’s see the web evolution in our country:

--- Web 1.0

Publishing requires programming knowledge

Synchronous and asynchronous text communication

Taxonomy: hierarchy, categories

HTML

2005 --- Web 2.0

Anybody can publish: only basic computing skills are necessary

Collaborative content creation

Tagging - Folksonomy

XML

2007 ---- Web 3D

Immersion

In-world simulation

WEB 1.0

WEB 2.0

Web 2.0 / 3D WEB

Simulated environments

Immersion

Narrative creation

Participants produce their own content

Collaborative reality building: context, scenes, actions, objects, …

Thanks for your attention. CU ;-) Susana Trabaldo [email_address] [email_address] Bibliography: McMillan & Chavis (1986), Michael Coghlan (2003), Curt Bonk (2003), Vance Stevens (2003), Mark Waschawer (2003 )