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Graham Davies Engaging Language Learners with ICT. My Wiki http://grahamdavies.wikispaces.com My Favourite Websites http://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk/websites.htm This presentation http://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk/TASJuly09.ppt The ICT for Language Teachers Website http://www.ict4lt.org.
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Graham DaviesEngaging Language Learnerswith ICT • My Wikihttp://grahamdavies.wikispaces.com • My Favourite Websiteshttp://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk/websites.htm • This presentationhttp://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk/TASJuly09.ppt • The ICT for Language Teachers Websitehttp://www.ict4lt.org T&AS
What do we mean by “engage”? • Receiving Fixing Using (RFU)H E Palmer & H A Harman (1940) • Presentation Practice Production (PPP): Donn Byrne (1976) • Engage Study Activate (ESA)Jeremy Harmer (1998) T&AS
Role Models • Sandra Bullock • Paul Whitehouse • Celebrity linguists T&AS
Teen World • Joanna BuddenTeen World, CUP 2009 • Six things to bear in mind when teaching teens • Time spent online is important for teen development T&AS
Marc Prensky • http://www.marcprensky.com • The “digital native” & “digital immigrant” • Engage me or enrage me • Using games for learning,e.g. World of Warcraft in Schools T&AS
Today’s youngsters have a short attention span • Or do they? • Some video games make children kinder and more likely to help • Video games are good for children T&AS
Alternative Views • Neil Postman- Amusing ourselves to death (1985) • Jamie McKenzie- digital delusions- digital deprivation T&AS
Languages ReviewLord Dearing, 2007 Open School for Languages 3.51 Young people’s familiarity with ICT offers a great opportunity to language teachers. It seems to us that a determined commitment to use this world, which is so familiar to young people, is a key to increasing the engagement of young people of all ages with languages. T&AS
Interactive Whiteboards • Dearing Languages Review (3.51) • Section 4, Module 1.4, ICT4LTWhole-class teaching andinteractive whiteboards • How effective is ICT? T&AS
What is Web 2.0? • Section 2.1, ICT4LT Module 1.5 • Graham Stanley: Web 2.0 & Language Learning T&AS
José Picardo Web 2.0 • Ten top tips for using technology in the classroom • Can I tempt you with some Web 2.0? • Podcasting in five easy steps • Comic strips • Using Voki and a blog in a sequence of three lessons T&AS
Social Networking • ICT4LT Section 12, Module 1.5 • Study shows social networking is a boon for education • Simon Heffer on Facebook T&AS
Virtual World of Second Life • Section 14.2.1, ICT4LT Module 1.5 • Machinima Intro to Second Life • Educational Uses of Second Life T&AS
John HansonCommunity School Teachers TV: ICT for the Non-Specialist Virtual Worlds T&AS
Stoke DamerelCommunity College Second Lifecredited with boost to academic ability The Herald, 3 April 09 T&AS