The document discusses how technology has changed the way students learn and how they process information. It contrasts "digital natives," who have grown up with technology and are fluent in the digital language, with "digital immigrants" who have adopted digital skills later in life. Additionally, it examines how cellphones can potentially be used as instructional tools in the classroom to support and strengthen learning if used appropriately.

1. TECHNOLOGY &
LANGUAGE LEARNING
By: Iwan Syahril
September 2010

2. Status Updates

3. Think-Pair-Share
How has technology helped you
in the language learning?

4. “Technology is just a tool, but the key is
the people who use the technology.”

5. A
new
breed
of
students
Our
students
have
changed
radically.
Today’s
students
are
no
longer
the
people
our
educa7onal
system
was
designed
to
teach.

6. What
is
going
on
• Today’s
students
think
and
process
informa1on
fundamentally
differently
from
their
predecessors.
• “Different
kinds
of
experiences
lead
to
different
brain
structures,“
says
Dr.
Bruce
D.
Perry
of
Baylor
College
of
Medicine.
• Whether
or
not
this
is
literally
true,
we
can
say
with
certainty
that
students’
thinking
pa7erns
have
changed.

7. Digital
Na4ves
&
Digital
Immigrants
• Digital
Na4ves;
our
students
today
are
all
“na4ve
speakers”
of
the
digital
language
of
computers,
video
games
and
the
Internet.
• Those
of
us
who
were
not
born
into
the
digital
world
but
have
become
fascinated
by
and
adopted
many
or
most
aspects
of
the
new
technology
are
Digital
Immigrants.

8. Digital
NaHves
…
• are
used
to
receiving
informaHon
really
fast.
• like
to
parallel
process
and
mulH-­‐
task.
• prefer
their
graphics
before
their
text
rather
than
the
opposite.
• prefer
random
access
(like
hypertext).
• funcHon
best
when
networked.
• thrive
on
instant
graHficaHon
and
frequent
rewards.
• prefer
games
to
“serious”
work.

9. General
Characteris4cs
of
Digital
Media
1. Text

10. 2. Images,
audio
and
video

11. 3.
Mixing
media

12. 4.
Distribu4ng
media

13. The
use
of
cellphones
• Can
cellphones
serve
as
effecHve
instrucHonal
tools
in
the
classroom?
• In
what
way
can
the
mobile
technology
support
and
strengthen
the
curriculum?
What
are
the
drawbacks?
13

14. So, how are cellphones used?

15. • Communication and social networking.
• Information seeking and sharing.
• Entertainment and leisure.
• Personal business and banking.
• Entrepreneurship, business development and marketing.
• Creativity and the arts.
• Education and learning.
• (other categories?) ...
Some of the categories are:

16. In the past couple of years, what are the most
innovative ideas for cellphones you have come
across?

17. “Idea(s)
of
using
mobile
phone
for
language
learning”