This document discusses embracing digital technology in the classroom and moving beyond traditional teaching methods. It suggests having teachers stand up and introduce themselves to ask other teachers about their views on using technology, the importance of homework, and their favorite song. It also provides links to various websites about interactive whiteboards, best practices for technology integration, and how the role of the teacher is changing with increased digital tools and resources in education.

1. Embracing digital – moving beyond
the „traditional‟ classroom.
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2. Stand up, go find someone you don‟t know.
Go introduce yourself and ask…
1.How do you feel about using digital
technology with students?
2.How important is homework? For
you? For your students?
3.What‟s your favourite song? Why?

4. Which do you think it is?
•your favorite song
•your least favorite song
•a song that makes you happy
•a song that makes you sad
•song that reminds you of someone
•a song that reminds you of somewhere
•a song that reminds you of a certain event
•a song that you know all the words to
•a song that you can dance to
•a song that makes you fall asleep
http://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Song-
Challenge/120874111270003?sk=app_4949752878

6. Engage – Starter

7. http://www.picturesof.net/pages/101015-044387-168053.html

10. “this machine will save my
life, I'll never work again, cos this
machine will do everything even
the creative input stuff…..which
doesn't happen…..and the first
thing you do if you have
technojoy is you get the
instructions and throw them out
the window!”

11. Go!
http://clear-concepts.in/blog/?p=60

12. Stop!

13. Go!
http://edition.tefl.net/articles/interviews/grah
am-stanley/

14. Stop!

15. • What is an interactive
whiteboard?
• What equipment do you need?
• Do you think they are good or
bad in the classroom? Why?

16. Pros
encourage heads up learning
motivational tools
save, revisit, recycle Cons
improve discipline encourage a teacher centred
save time in class classroom
empower students long time to prepare and plan
scary for the teacher
lack of flexibility and variety

19. Google Maps
Google maps and google street view

20. Best Practice
• avoid chalk and talk
• involve the students – empower them
• limit IWB use
• move back and forth through slides
• appeal to different learning styles
• avoid alienating students

21. “.. where does that leave us and the
traditional classroom?”
From Ben Goldstein‟s „Technology what difference has it made?‟

27. My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2
NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids. FTF.
ILNY, it‟s a gr8 plc.
It‟s more about texts than real language - we
need to make them go from texting into real texts

28. Engage 1

31. Language-based literacy
print, texting, hyperlinking, multimodal
Information-based literacy
searching, tagging, filtering, critical thinking
Connection-based literacy
personal, network, cultural
Remix literacy
Mark Pegrum – From blogs to bombs

32.  Lack of training
 School enforcing with no clear policy
 The haves and the have nots
 The role of error
 The role of testing and assessment
 E-safety
 Digital literacy
 The copy and paste approach
 Worrying about the „tool‟

33. So what‟s changing?
- The role of the teacher
- Information exchange
- Homework
- Learner Autonomy

34. Golden Rules of Homework
 useful
 relevant, interesting and varied.
 different ability/learning style groups.
 manageable in terms of time
 no need to focus on a written product.
 students can contribute ideas and design their
own tasks.
 challenging but achievable.
 consolidate classwork, it should not replicate it.
 tasks which are nearer to real life use of
language

35. Engage 1

37. Engage 1

41. http://www.audiblox2000.com/study-skills.htm

43. Engage 1

44. Engage - Starter

47. The world‟s changed
for the teacher as well

49. www.oup.com/elt

51. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566719/Why-ostriches-DONT-bury-heads-
sand--surprising-truths-great-animal-myths.html

52. Thanks for listening
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