No Longer Newcomers: Teachers, Technology, and Language Education

1. No Longer Newcomers:Teachers, Technology, and Language Education Paige D. Ware, Ph.D. Ohio State TESOL Conference October 31, 2008

2. No Longer Newcomers • Put strong pedagogy first • Start re-seeing technology

3. The Three R’s • Resources • Reservations • Roles

4. Resources - Is it better? • Tutor • Tool - Is it different?

5. Tutor

6. Tutor - Listening and Speaking http://www.elllo.org/english/video.htm

7. Tutor - Reading and Vocabulary • Translations into the native language • Definitions in the target language • Audio of the pronunciation

8. Tutor - Grammar and Writing Discoveriesand inventions have tremendous impact<Missing articles>on our lives.  There are a lot of inventions.  For<Clause errors> example, Electricity, Airplain<Spelling errors>, lamp, telephone and paper etc.<Punctuation errors> I will tell about a lamp.  Thomas Edison<Spelling errors> invented it.  What is it's<Misused words> impact or influrence<Spelling errors> on mankind?  The lamp<Subject-verb agreement errors> make<Subject-verb agreement errors> human being work at anytime.  We can work anywhere.  Experiments use it well. The invention<Subject-verb agreement errors> of lamp make<Subject-verb agreement errors> human being work at anytime. We can work anywhere. Experiments use it well. (Songie/P3D1) Excerpt from Semire Dikli, TESOL 2007

9. Tutor - Grammar and Writing Advice: The expression 'tremendous impact' usually requires an article. Replace with [the tremendous impact] or [a tremendous impact], or use the plural or a possessive like 'my'. Error Category: USAGE Error Label: Missing articles Suggestions: the tremendous impact~a tremendous impact Explanation: Missing Articles These rules flag the possible absence of an article or determiner before single count nouns, some plural nouns, nouns that require an article, and fixed expressions and proper nouns that require an article. Examples:Change: She used to be school teacher before she retired.To: She used to be a school teacher before she retired. Change: I ate apple for lunch.To: I ate an apple for lunch. Explanation:The Missing Article rule suggests adding an appropriate definite or indefinite article, such as a or an, or replacing the noun with a plural. (Songie/P3D1) Excerpt from Semire Dikli, TESOL 2007

10. Research ?

11. Example – AWE (Automated Writing Evaluation)

12. Proponents of AWE Warschauer & Grimes, 2008 Should - motivate students to revise more • But... although students revised more, almost all revisions were at the lexical/sentence level Should - save grading time so that students can write more • But... although teachers saved time, students did not write more

13. Critics of AWE Might - replace writing teachers • But... instead gave teachers more time to hold conferences, plan lessons, & provide other types of feedback Might - have a negative effect on teaching • But... teachers were able to blend MY Access! into their teaching routine Might – promote stilted writing • But... little evidence--larger impact from the pressure of high-stakes (5-paragraph) essay tests ---Warschauer & Grimes, 2008

14. Resources - Tutor

15. Tool • Native-speaking texts and cultural materials • Interactive websites • Downloaded audio, music, and visual files • Computer-mediated communication (email, chat, conferencing, etc.)

16. Tool

17. Tool

18. Research ? • Build fluency and spelling accuracy • Foster motivation • Provide authentic audience • Offer community role models • Build basic computing skills • Promote reflective teaching

19. Example – Online Mentoring

20. Example – Online Mentoring

21. Resources - Tool

22. The Three R’s • Resources • Reservations • Roles

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24. The LCD projector is not mapping to your laptop.

25. You must use a new software program not necessarily backed by research, and you receive no training. 6% of the budget 80% of teachers

26. You must explain the difference between CALL, NBLLT, and CMC. CALL: Computer-Assisted Language Learning NBLLT: Network-based Language Learning and Teaching CMC: Computer-mediated Communication

27. You must present a talk on how to use wikis.

28. You must present a talk about how to use wikis.

29. You must present a talk about how to use wikis.

30. Computers In The Closet OVERLOADED & UNDERSUPPORTED =

31. Reservations • Hard to trust • Hard to decipher • Hard to understand • Hard to keep up with

32. The Three R’s • Resources • Reservations • Roles

33. New role = innovative role? I'm pretty sure that I will be a good teacher when I grow up. And I think I'm pretty but I'm not sure about that. When I get mad is thanks to a boy. I like to play video games too.  . . --Silvia, 12 years old “hy my sprin brek wos borin cos i diren bon naten des ste sterin the wall cos i wos panish cos i hit my breter cos hi wos roin in the hausi end thas hoan i hit may broter.” --Gabriel, 11 years old

34. I'm pretty sure that I will be a good teacher when I grow up. And I think I'm pretty but I'm not sure about that. When I get mad is thanks to a boy. I like to play video games too.  . . --Silvia, 12 years old

35. The book was about a girl named Anastacia and the girl hade a green note book and in the notebook she writ all the staff that she likes and the staff that she geits. Like her teacher and the man front the front of the streat. That was what the book was about. --Silvia, 12 years old Tutor: Automated writing evaluation software to practice academic writing skills Tool/medium: Wiki to provide for authentic, project-based learning in a social medium

36. “hy my sprin brek wos borin cos i diren bon naten des ste sterin the wall cos i wos panish cos i hit my breter cos hi wos roin in the hausi end thas hoan i hit may broter.” --Gabriel, 11 years old Tutor: Reading tutor to work on phonemic and graphophonemic awareness and high-frequency words Tool/medium: Movie-making software to provide oral interaction in a context-rich visual environment

37. TESOL Technology Standards • Prompt teachers to learn to use technology in their teaching • Articulate a clear set of stages for the development of teacher IT competence • Provide direction and motivation for integrating technology into teacher education • Guide administrators and policy makers • Help minimize the digital divide - between countries and within countries

38. Teacher Standards Goal 1 - Language teachers acquire and maintain foundational skills and knowledge in technology for professional purposes Goal 2 - Language teachers integrate pedagogical knowledge and skills with technology to enhance language teaching and learning Goal 3 - Language teachers apply technology in record-keeping, feedback, and assessment Goal 4 - Language teachers use technology to improve communication, collaboration, and efficiency

39. Digital Immigrants, Digital Natives • There is no “critical age hypothesis” for learning technology. • There is no “idealized native speaker.” • There is no homogenous “digital culture.”

40. The Bottom Line There is no good use of technology without solid pedagogy-- and in that, teachers are certainly no longer newcomers.

41. Final thoughts on the Three R’s • Opens up the classroom to a wider range of resources • Asks us to examine--and navigate through--our reservations • Challenges us to consider our ever-changing roles