The document discusses the importance of integrating technology into language learning to cater to the changing dynamics of student engagement and learning processes in a digital age. It highlights various Web 2.0 tools and professional development resources, such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, and social networking, that can enhance educational practices. The document emphasizes the need for educators to adapt to these technological advancements to prepare students for their future careers.

1. Keeping up with Educational Technology Trends from your Desktop Alicia Cundell Qatar University [email_address] http://del.icio.us/acundell http://qutechnews.edublogs.org

2. Why use technology in Language Learning?

3. Why Technology? Today’s youth are growing up with constant digital stimuli This constant interaction with digital stimuli has lead to different learning processes These changes have resulted in physiological changes to the brain We need to prepare them for their futures after their education

4. Technology: how? As a solution To be more productive To do things we couldn’t do without them

5. Web 1.0 for professional development Online journals & magazines TESL-EJ The Internet TESL Journal (ITESL) Teaching English with Technology Listservs TESLCA-L TESL-L

6. How is learning changing now? Students “can either be passive receivers of media messages or they can be digital content creators and critical thinkers.” Source : Retrieved January 18, 2008, from video in the classroom.com : http://www.needleworkspictures.com/vic/

7. Web 2.0: The Read/Write Web anyone can be an author no knowledge of programming necessary connecting and collaborating with others

8. Web 2.0 for professional development: Blogs What are blogs? Individuals share their knowledge, expertise and experiences in practical applications Organizational blogs as a means of keeping faculty updated As a personal tool for internalizing your own experiences

9. Web 2.0 for professional development: Blogs Example ELT Technology Blogs Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day Technology for QU Faculty ELT Notes Language Lab Unleashed

10. Web 2.0 for professional development: podcasts What are podcasts? Like a blog, but in audio format Often follow interview or talk show formats with guests and experts Can be downloaded onto mp3 players and played in the car, on the bus, etc. Examples of ELT podcasts ELT Podcast – The Teachers’ Lounge

11. Web 2.0 for professional development: wikis What are wikis? Web sites that can be written by a group of people Facilitate collaborative learning Draw on knowledge, expertise and experience of many people as opposed to one Examples of wikis devoted to technology QU Foundation Classroom Technology The web 2.0 for EFL teachers 99waystouseapodcast

12. Web 2.0 for professional development: rss Technology that works for you by pulling only new information from a blog, wiki or Web site and putting it all in a central location Video: RSS in Plain English

13. Web 2.0 for professional development: rss Aggregators that use RSS technology Feedblitz - uses email to deliver content Web-based aggregators Google Reader Bloglines Netvibes Learn more about RSS

14. Web 2.0 for professional development: social bookmarking What is social bookmarking? Saving your bookmarks online to a Web page and organizing them with tags Most popular Social Bookmarking tool: del.icio.us Watch the CommonCraft video

15. Web 2.0 for professional development: social bookmarking How can bookmarking be social? Having bookmarks online makes them public: anyone can see what you save Follow your favourite professionals through rss to find out what they are bookmarking (use rss!) http://del.icio.us/acundell

16. Web 2.0 for professional development: online videos & tutorials Search the Web for tutorials or info using video search engines in YouTube, Google, Yahoo Example Sites expressly for tutorials Teacher Training Videos Commoncraft – technology in Plain English Atomic Learning – subscription required, but some free demos available

17. Web 2.0 for professional development: online conferences, lectures & workshops Web 2.0 technology has made it possible to broadcast live events over the Web Examples: 'The Web 2.0 for EFL Teachers: Podcasts , Blogs , Wikis , Virtual Worlds and Digital Games' Web-based conference Nov. 2007 Webheads in Action – regular chats & webcasts

18. Web 2.0 for professional development: Webquests WebQuests are guided inquiry-based lessons where research is done on the Internet and then reported and usually applied. WebQuests always have the same structure: Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion

19. Web 2.0 for professional development: Webquests Examples of WebQuests as professional development tools A WebQuest – Blogs and RSS Digital Natives: Reading, Writing and Learning in the 21 st Century A WebQuest on WebQuests : An Introductory WebQuest for In-service EFL Teachers A WebQuest about…Creating WebQuests

20. Web 2.0 for professional development: Second Life (SL) What is Second Life? An Internet-based virtual world where residents where socialize, connect and collaborate with others. What can you do in SL? Buy, sell, rent property Set up a business Hold a conference

21. Web 2.0 for professional development: Second Life (SL) Examples of SL professional development SLanguages 2007 – hosted by Edunation Free seminar series – Edunation Language learning in Second Life – Lancelot & Eucation

22. Web 2.0 for professional development: other tools Social Networking: Facebook, My Space, Twitter Slideshare: online presenations Yahoo!Groups Discussion Boards Online chats Online paid courses

23. Example Technology Tools Mainstream technologies: discussion boards, blogs, wikis, podcasts, multimedia production (PowerPoint, Photo Story 3 , VoiceThread ) Students make comic strips or animated movies with dialogue boxes using Web 2.0 tools, such as make beliefs comix & Dvolver , Students send speaking task audio files via email through springdoo as homework Students share poems, stories online and share with others for commenting with: PowerPoint, VoiceThread , The Sims On Stage ,

24. Follow up resources Web 2.0 Tools http://del.icio.us/acundell/web2.0tools My blog: http://qutechnews.edublogs.org