20. “Technocentric trap” (Papert, 1987)
•Too often use of technology
because
“students want it”
entertainment value
(to students and/or the instructor)
21. “Technocentric trap” (Papert, 1987)
•Too often use of technology
because
“students want it”
entertainment value
(to students and/or the instructor)
OR – We paid for this,
let’s use it.
22. “Technocentric trap” (Papert, 1987)
•Too often use of technology
because
“students want it”
entertainment value
(to students and/or the instructor)
OR – We paid for this,
let’s use it.
… are we
“Chained to tech”?
23. Tech as Tool, not Toy
•Too many conference presentations
touting the next great thing
24. Tech as Tool, not Toy
•Look at the “Why?” instead of just
the “What?
35. What is a “task”?
(descriptively)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Or, what is it not?
36. What is a “task”?
(descriptively)
1. Not just an activity or exercise
2.
3.
4.
37. What is a “task”?
(descriptively)
1. Not just an activity or exercise
2. Not just language practice
3.
4.
38. What is a “task”?
(descriptively)
1. Not just an activity or exercise
2. Not just language practice
3. Not “teaching time”
4.
39. What is a “task”?
(descriptively)
1. Not just an activity or exercise
2. Not just language practice
3. Not “teaching time”
4. Intimately connected to current
learning objectives (i.e., this is a
content/language learning classroom)
40. What is a “task”?
(descriptively)
1. Not just an activity or exercise
2. Not just language practice
3. Not “teaching time”
4. Intimately connected to current
learning objectives (i.e., this is a
content/language learning classroom)
• Technology-based tasks?
45. Content + Language
Using content to learn English (CBLT)
•“content-driven” (hard, strong content)
•“language-driven” (soft, weak content)
46. Content + Language
Using content to learn English (CBLT)
• “content-driven” -- content pre-selected
content determines language points
Course title may indicate “content” selection?
47. Content + Language
Using content to learn English (CBLT)
• “content-driven” -- content pre-selected
content determines language points
Course title may indicate “content” selection?
• “language-driven” -- content selected by
language instructor (& students?)
language aims determine content selection?
language aims determine content use?
48. Content + Language
Using content to learn English (CBLT)
•“content-driven” -- content pre-selected
content determines language points
Course title may indicate “content” selection?
•“language-driven” -- content (pre)selected
by language instructor (& students?)
language aims determine content selection?
language aims determine content use?
•“sustained content” -- common “content-
field” for all content materials in the course?
54. CBLT Framework
•Constructing a content-
enriched (content-enhanced)
lesson plan
from the paper at
http://www.content-
english.org/data/dickey-ei.pdf
55. CBLT Framework
1. Identify the specific course & group of students to teach.
2. Identify the content to be utilized.
3. Identify why the students should care.
4. Identify the specific “teaching point(s).”
5. Develop/locate an exemplar text.
6. Design student responses to the text. (TASKs?)
7. Students check their own work, and that of their peers?
8. Students create new stories, new endings, and tell the
stories to groupmates?
9. Groupwork?
10. Testing (Assessment).