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I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two Lying awake intent at tuning in on you. If I was young it didn't stop you coming through. They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine and new technology, and now I understand the problems you can see.
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I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two Lying awake intent at tuning in on you. If I was young it didn't stop you coming through. They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine and new technology, and now I understand the problems you can see. What did you tell them? Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Pictures came and broke your heart.
Innovative Technology in the EFL Classroom Eric Baber NetLearn Languages andUniversity of London www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Web 2.0 • “Second generation of the World Wide Web” • Term first popularised in 2004 by O'Reilly Media and MediaLive International when used as conference title • Web 1.0: a medium. Web 2.0: a platform. www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Social phenomenon • Means of connecting people, allowing them to discover others with similar interests • Community-building tools such as, Frappr, Facebook, Yahoogroups • Leads to communities such as Webheads, ExtremeTechnoELT www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Content revolution • Content creation no longer domain of individuals or organisations (e.g. lecturers, publishers) • Collaborative content-creation and sharing is key: Wikipedia, Writely, Flickr, del.icio.us www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Over to you! • Blog • RSS • Podcast • Wiki • Ajax • Second Life www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
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One of many blog hosts • Allows individual students and teachers to set up their own blogs (‘weblogs’) • Can be used for disseminating information/ ideas, practising writing, reflective learning… • Readers can comment on blog entries and other comments • E.g: Anne Fox, Y.H.Chen, Leylop’s blog Back www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
One of many RSS readers (‘aggregators’) • Allows a user to ‘subscribe’ (free) to a blog or other RSS-enabled website • Informs you of updates to the blogs/ websites to which you’re subscribed • Means you can save a LOT of time by not visiting sites with no new content • E.g: Bloglines, SharpReader, FeedDemon Back www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Wikis are webpages which can be edited by anyone, i.e. completely collaborative • Excellent for project work, joint document creation/editing… • Good for creating resource banks • E.g. Lesson Plans, Teaching Activities, Reference Wiki for Blogs in EFL Back www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Podcasts are audio files that can be downloaded via RSS • Podcasts can be saved on computer, MP3 player, burned onto CD for later listening • Good for listening practice, especially when accompanied by exercises • E.g. Aiden Yeh’s Speech Class, PadPod Back www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Ajax: Technology which allows one/more users to easily create/manipulate a webpage • No software needed by user other than normal browser • Very user-friendly and quick • E.g. Google Page Creator, Windows Live Back www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
Virtual reality world • Individuals are given a standard avatar to represent them, which they can change • Can move around the world interacting with others using text-chat or voice • EduNation – EFL-related part of the world • EduNation Tour Back www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
True interactivity at last? • In terms of technology, certainly one step closer - abundance of tools for sharing & collaborating • In terms of actual use, still limited by fascination with and ignorance of technology • Potential misuse/underuse of tools (e.g. blogs, podcasts) • Danger that new tools limit our flexibility because we lose sight of … → www.ericbaber.com Any questions/comments? eric@ericbaber.com
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