The document discusses how technology is causing the walls of the traditional classroom to come tumbling down in several ways: - The role of the teacher is changing as technology allows for more learner autonomy and learning that mirrors life outside the classroom. Teachers must adapt to new skills and ways of teaching. - The way information is exchanged and accessed is changing. Students can now easily access information online rather than relying on the teacher, and this is impacting what and how they learn as well as their memory skills. - Homework, learning styles, and the learning process itself are changing with technology allowing for more flexible approaches beyond the traditional classroom walls.

1. And the walls came tumbling down….shaunwilden.com@shaunwilden

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBE5UIlOHdU

3. “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!”

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

5. Stop!

6. Go!http://edition.tefl.net/articles/interviews/graham-stanley/

7. Stop!

9. “Are we afraid of technology or change? – we constantly ask our students to change” Maria Ines Cordoba I teach therefore you learn or do you….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AWYIit1uNk

10. “We become boring along side the use of technology”From Ben Goldstein’s ‘Technology what difference has it made?’…it causes a huge change from our traditional practice..it forces us to change what we have been doing for years.Maria Ines Cordoba - Technology in the classroom a first class help or burden

11. And the walls came tumbling down….The one thing that hasn’t changed much at all is the classroomMichael Carrier - Innovation and technology in ELT…

13. “.. where does that leave us and the traditional classroom?”From Ben Goldstein’s ‘Technology what difference has it made?’

20. Research finds people are adapting ability to remember because of power of search engines to remember for them

21. In short, people no longer always need to know stuff; they just need to know where it can be found

22. Sparrow concludes that the internet has become "an external memory source that we can access at any time" – an arena where information is stored collectively outside ourselveshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/15/poor-memory-blame-google

23. So how are the walls tumbling down?

25. - Can speak English - Can speak English

26. At the 1990 conference… most papers (88.37%) focused on some aspect of teaching conditions...more than 50% focused on some aspect specifically related to teaching (e.g. syllabus, evaluation, testing) while only 11.63% of the papers were about learning, and none discussed the outcomes of the teaching/learning processhttp://www.ufsm.br/labler/publi/EFL.htm.

27. So how are the walls tumbling down?Role of the teacher

28. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MpzcjhY_wI

29. http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-build-a-brick-wall-2

30. Lack of training

31. School enforcing with no clear policy

32. The haves and the have nots

33. The role of error

34. The role of testing and assessment

35. E-safety

36. Digital literacy

37. The copy and paste approach

38. STOP worrying about the ‘tool’ it’s the task that’s important.So how are the walls tumbling down?Information exchange

39. So how are the walls tumbling down?Homework

40. Golden Rules of Homework usefulrelevant, interesting and varied. different ability/learning style groups. manageable in terms of timeno need to focus on a written product.students can contribute ideas and design their own tasks.challenging but achievable.find out time, preferences, resourcesconsolidate classwork, it should not replicate it. tasks which are nearer to real life use of language

43. So how are the walls tumbling down?Learner Autonomy

44. ‘It’s not about dazzling the students, but about giving them more opportunities to learn and explore on their own’ Raquel Oliveira – Cultweeple- enhancing interaction and collaboration among EFL learners.

45. What’s the difference between….?homeworkself studylearner autonomy

46. Why?Confidence

47. Exams

48. Goals

49. Time

50. Different students

51. Teacher not with students

52. So how are the walls tumbling down?Learning Styles – learning mirroring life