Move along, now: From Web 1.0 to 2.0 – and back again?

1. Move along, now: From Web 1.0 to 2.0 – and back again? Eric Baber Educational Technologist eric@ericbaber.com

2. Overview • Introduction • Web 1.0 vs. 2.0 • Introducing a new technology • Web 1.0: Types of online materials • Web 2.0: Types of tools • Online communities, resources and providers • Challenges

4. Introducing a new technology

5. Web 1.0: Types of online materials • Text (Word, .pdf) • Audio (streaming, podcasts) • Video (streaming, vodcasts) • Activities

6. Text • Lesson plans • Worksheets (grammar, vocabulary, skills-based…) • Webquests • Role plays • … anything you can find in printed form

7. Audio & Video • Interviews • Discussions • Debates • News • Topic-based programmes • Teaching/learning tips • Adverts • YouTube/Google videos

8. Activities • Quizzes • Matching activities • Jumbled words • Cloze activities

9. Web 2.0: Types of tools • Email discussion lists • Web-based discussion forums • Blogs • Wikis

14. Online communities, resources and providers • Quia.com • BBC Learning English • British Council • english360.com • Cambridge University Press

15. Quia.com • www.quia.com • Hundreds of activities to choose from – mostly online-only • Authoring tools that allow you to create your own activities • Student tracking facilities • No social networking facilities though

16. BBC Learning English • For learners and teachers • www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish • www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teachingenglish • Lesson plans, quizzes, peer-to-peer discussions, blogs • The Flatmates soap-opera. Audio files, text, worksheets for use in class

20. British Council Teaching English • http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk • Methodology articles • Lesson plans • Activities • Moderated comments and Questions & Answers

21. British Council Learn English Professionals • http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals.htm • Articles for learners on specialist English • Lesson downloads • Work skills section • Grammar and vocabulary-builder activities • Podcasts

22. english360.com • Platform for teachers to produce materials for use with learners • Teachers can put together “projects” (learning paths) for their learners • Teachers can use each others’ materials for their own students. Materials authors receive payment

23. english360.com • Can incorporate text, images, audio, video, quizzes & range of activities • Courses can be public or private • Courses currently available include Sales & Negotiation and Business Presentations in English • Range of social networking tools (internal e-mail, forums, blogs…)

24. Cambridge University Press • www.cambridge.org/elt/resources • Good range of worksheets, infoquests, articles, podcasts, wordlists and activities • Largely materials that supplement coursebooks, but can be used on their own • Website specifically for professional English: www.cambridge.org/elt/pro

33. Other providers and sites • www.tes.co.uk/resources (cross-discipline) • www.teachingideas.co.uk (Primary) • www.eleaston.com (index of websites dealing with ELT)

34. Challenges • Finding good quality materials • Finding materials for your teaching situation • Balance between bottom-up/free-for-all and moderated content • Finding one site that does it all: social networking, professional materials, materials-sharing…

35. Question • Would you prefer: • A website containing materials that have been professionally produced • A platform that allows you to create your own materials and share others’ • A one-stop-shop of both?

36. Thank you for attending! Eric Baber www.ericbaber.com www.ericbaber.com/downloads www.cambridge.org/elt/pro www.cambridge.org/elt/resources