Education is often said to be slow to catch up to the rest of society; this was certainly the case with my limited use of tech in the classroom in the past. I decided to change that during the 2016-17 term, and experiment with different tech tools in class. During this webinar, I'll share ways to use several simple, adaptable tech tools to bring your lesson content into the 21st Century and increase learner motivation in the process.

1. xtern.ru International Online Summer School for English Teachers, 30th June 2017
Creative ELT Uses of Simple Tech
James Egerton
IH Riga
www.jamesegerton.wordpress.com

2. What is tech?

4. Why?

5. modern world
modern classroom

7. interaction

8. Human beings are social creatures. We are social
not just in the trivial sense that we like company,
and not just in the obvious sense that we each
depend on others. We are social in a more
elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human
being requires interaction with other people.
-Atul Gawande
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9. Motivation: a reason or reasons for acting or
behaving in a particular way

10. Lego Experiment: Meaning → Motivation
Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, Duke University
Group 1 Group 2
Built lego models for gradually diminishing wage.
1st model: $3
2nd model: $2.70
3rd model: $2.40 …
Decided when to stop
11 LEGO MODELS ON AVERAGE
Same process as Group 1
BUT: when building 2nd model, their 1st was
dismantled in front of them, when building 3rd, 2nd
was dismantled …
7 LEGO MODELS ON AVERAGE

11. So what?
Lego Experiment → Writing in EFL
Finished work
LASTS LONGER
and has a
PURPOSE
MORE
MOTIVATION
and EFFORT from
the producer (student)

12. Technology is just a tool.
In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them,
the teacher is the most important.
-Bill Gates
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13. Blog
Collaborative Writing

15. Blog
Public Display

18. Email
Penfriends Project

20. Google Doc
Critical Reading

23. Twitter
Tweeting

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25. Edurio
Needs Analysis

26. traditional method

28. Edurio
Course Evaluation

30. Edurio
Whole School Evaluation

32. www.jamesegerton.wordpress.com
… I’ll upload slides and notes here ^
james.egerton@tiscali.co.uk
@jamesegerton89
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