Unit 3 Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence.pdf
Using the Web 2.0 in the English classroom
1. Using the Web 2.0 in the English
classroom
Learning EnglishThrough
Technology
Isabel Pérez Torres
2. • Introduction: changes, changes, ……
• What do teachers do with ICT in English
classrooms?
• Main contribution of ICT to L2 teaching
• Typical problems and mistakes
• 4 keys to facilitate learning
• Conclusions
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9. Permanently
connected
Seek Innovation
and Entertainment
Collaborating and Multimedia Technology
Networking
Videos, ipods, mobiles,
Blogs, social networks, foros,
wikis, etc. etc.
Grown Up Digital
By Don Tapscott
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10. Changes in the school……and at home.
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11. changes in Education and language
teaching…..
• From knowledge reproduction To
constructivist learning
• From Teaching CONTENT and LANGUAGE
• To Content and Language Integrated Learning
CLIL
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12. What do teachers do with ICT in
Second Language classrooms?
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13. • “We searched for lot of information on the Web”
• “We use audiovisual resources from the Internet”
• “We provide students web addresses with content of
interest“
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14. • “We use Word and Open office to write texts or
generate graphics and presentations.”
• “We use presentations or graphics to encourage
oral expression in the classroom.”
• “We use online dictionaries.”
• “We record video and audio clips with Audacity”
• “I have carried out some online projects”
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16. ICT / Web as a reproductive environment
1. Interaction and feedback
2. Autonomy
3. Own pace
4. Repeat and revise
5. Self- conciousness
6. Teacher has a different role
29. Task and Process Approach
• Reception tasks
• Production tasks
““an activity which requires learners to use
language, with emphasis on meaning, to attain an
objective”
(Bygate, Skehan, and Swain, 2001:11).
30. • Task can be presented in different formats
(eg.Proyecto, Webtask, WebQuest, etc.)
• The result can be:
– A document,
– A poster,
– A presentation ppt,
– An oral presentation, a recording, etc.
34. • Carry out a task based
activity, using web
resources.
Webtasks
• Focused on content
rather than on form
aspects.
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35. WebQuests
(Dodge, 1995:1)
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
which some or all of the information that
learners interact with comes from resources on
the Internet.
A WebQuest is built around an engaging and doable task that
elicits higher order thinking of some kind. It's about doing
something with information. The thinking can be creative or
critical, and involve problem solving, judgement, analysis, or
synthesis. The task has to be more than simply answering
questions ………(Starr, 2000)
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36. WebQuests
Advantages of WebQuests
• Clear structure
• Motivation (authentic material, autonomy,
creativity, etc.)
• Collaboration and cooperation: groups,
roles
• Promotion of processes of high order
thinking
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37. Typical problems and mistakes
• P: the lesson plan depends too much on the
Internet access.
• P: Time /
• M: we are too ambitious
• M: we use ICT, but in a very reproductive way
• M: we plan activities with low cognitive demand
• Solution: be realistic / plan, assess and plan again
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39. 4 keys to facilitate learning
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40. Conclusions
• Plan and encourage creative and constructivist
activities
• Use Web 2.0 for collaborative tasks (e.g.
Webtasks, webQuests)
• Use ICT to make students practise oral skills (e.g.
podcasts)
• When possible plan crosscurricular units /tasks
• Teach key competences
• Use the Web to host and share materials and to
contact other teachers and students (e.g. eTwinning)
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