This document reviews various tools that can be used within the ICTosphere, or digital environment, surrounding English language teaching. It discusses potential benefits of the ICTosphere such as providing authentic materials, promoting student autonomy and choice, and stimulating motivation. Specific tools covered include Moodle for course management, blogs, wikis, podcasts, Voicethread, Quizlet, Dvolver, Wordle, and webquests. The document emphasizes that the digital environment is here to stay and requires lifelong learning from both students and teachers to incorporate these tools effectively.

1. ICT’OSPHERE
SURROUNDING
ELT WORLD:
REVIEWING TOOLS
IN USE
Asli Lidice Gokturk Saglam
@aslilidice, aslilidice@gmail.com

2. Potential Benefits of ICTosphere
 Provides wide range of possibilities for extra L,
R & W both inside and outside
of the
classroom
authentic
 Supplements the textbook materials (L&R) with
the real life materials
autonomy
 Promotes and ownership by
offering student choice
 Brings place
about flexibility regarding time, interest,
pace and
learning
interest
 Mixes of entertainment and
 Stimulates student and motivation

3. Potential Benefits of ICTosphere
 Group sense and participation, self
awareness, & responsibility
 Critical reading and questioning skills
 Meeting learning styles of digital natives
 Collaborative web writing & problem solving
 Project based cooperative learning

4. Course Management Sytem:
Moodle

5. Moodle

7. Class Blogs

10. Wikis

11. Podomatic

12. Podcast production process:
Students were given discussion points &
asked to use newly learned speaking
objectives of their listening course book in their
discussions
1. Script writing and editing
2. Audio recording and editing and
3. Publishing and distribution

13. An example

14. Voicethread

15. Voicethread in class; a cheat
sheet

16. Some examples
Presentations
Debates
Story-telling
Breaking the
ice
Responding
to texts
Project work

18. Quizlet

19. Quizlet

20. Quizlet

21. Dvolver

22. Wordle for...

23. Wordle

25. WebQuests
 An Example; Designing your Ideal Holiday

26. Webquests as teaching
resources

27. Youblisher

28. In sum
 ICT’osphere surrounds us all
 It’s here to stay
There are certain class
considerations to plan for
Requires lifelong learning for
learners & teachers