New Technologies in TEFL
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21st Century Learning New Technologies in TEFL
Mitzi Downing, Ed.D.
Today s education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how youth live and how they learn.
The Internet Revolution
Each day there are:
[ 2 million new web pages [ 10 billion instant messages [ 19 billion email messages and 12 billion spam messages [ The web is doubling in size every 120 days [ 80% of the sites that WILL exist a year from now
don t exist today
Youth Today . . .
The Net Generation
[ Born between 1982 and
2000
[ Ctrl + Alt + Del is as
[ Photographs have
always been processed in an hour or less
[ They have never
basic as ABC
[ Fascinated with new
technologies
[ Computers have
known life without a Starbuck s
[ Bert & Ernie are old
always been in their backpacks
enough to be their parents
In a Digital World
Youth need to learn to use the tools to master the learning skills that are essential to everyday life and workplace productivity. This proficiency is known as ICT (Information Communications Technology).
Tools to Develop Learning Skills
ICT literacy the interest, attitude, and ability . . . To appropriately use digital technology and communication tools to access, manage, integrate and evaluate information, construct new knowledge, and communicate with others in order to participate effectively in society
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Relevant Meaningful Community Connection
Use of New Technologies
Beyond Classroom
Real World
Assessment
[ A balance of assessments [ High quality standardized tests for accountability purposes [ Classroom / Program assessments for improving teaching
and learning
[ Use new information technologies to increase efficiency &
timelines
Questions
Mitzi Downing, Ed.D.
Why use technology?
Student can work on specific topics at his/her own pace. Immediate feedback on most on-line practice sites. Differentiated learning. Different approach to language acquisition. Internet available 24/7- students don¶t have to rely on just teacher time in classroom.
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Potential of Internet for learning
Restructuring technology in society. Shapes society as well as education. Changing work patterns: workers learn. Changing learning patterns: students work. Facilitates flexible and individual learning. Exploratory learning in authentic tasks. Group collaboration, discussion, selfassessment. Oral presentation at end.
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Potential for language learning
Expose students to new forms of communication:
³A pedagogy of networked computers must therefore take a broad view, examining not only the role of information technology in language learning, but the role of language learning in an information technology society´ (Kern and Warschauer, 2000:12-13).
Shift to interaction with other humans through computers Sociocognitive framework:
³To provide alternative contexts for social interaction; to facilitate access to existing discourse communities and the creation of new ones.´(ibid: 13).
Typical forms:
± Email, online discussion, chat, web quests, web publishing
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Tutor-tool distinction
Computer-as-tool paradigm
± Interaction with humans through computers ± General tech ± nologies for language learning
Computer-as-tutor paradigm:
± Interaction with computer ± Specific tutoring functions for language learning ± Provide exercises, feedback, corrections and explanations
CALL applications typically use either or both of these paradigms
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Principles of classroom language learning
(from Hanson-Smith, 1999)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Learners have opportunities to interact socially and negotiate meaning« Learners interact in the target language with an authentic audience« Learners are involved in authentic tasks« Learners are exposed to and encouraged to produce varied and creative language« Learners have enough time and feedback« Learners are guided to attend mindfully to the learning process« Learners work in an atmosphere with an ideal stress/anxiety level« Learner autonomy is supported«
How can this be accomplished with technology? 16
Foreign Language and Technology Sites
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/mfl195/ http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/teaching.htm http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/beh/depa rtments/spanish/technology.html http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/lessons.htm http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/9806/u sing_the_internet.html http://www.richmond.edu/%7Eterry/tech.htm http://www.sad34.net/~steve_tanguay/teacherto ols.html#6
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Mitzi Downing, Ed.D.
Today s education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how youth live and how they learn.
The Internet Revolution
Each day there are:
[ 2 million new web pages [ 10 billion instant messages [ 19 billion email messages and 12 billion spam messages [ The web is doubling in size every 120 days [ 80% of the sites that WILL exist a year from now
don t exist today
Youth Today . . .
The Net Generation
[ Born between 1982 and
2000
[ Ctrl + Alt + Del is as
[ Photographs have
always been processed in an hour or less
[ They have never
basic as ABC
[ Fascinated with new
technologies
[ Computers have
known life without a Starbuck s
[ Bert & Ernie are old
always been in their backpacks
enough to be their parents
In a Digital World
Youth need to learn to use the tools to master the learning skills that are essential to everyday life and workplace productivity. This proficiency is known as ICT (Information Communications Technology).
Tools to Develop Learning Skills
ICT literacy the interest, attitude, and ability . . . To appropriately use digital technology and communication tools to access, manage, integrate and evaluate information, construct new knowledge, and communicate with others in order to participate effectively in society
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Relevant Meaningful Community Connection
Use of New Technologies
Beyond Classroom
Real World
Assessment
[ A balance of assessments [ High quality standardized tests for accountability purposes [ Classroom / Program assessments for improving teaching
and learning
[ Use new information technologies to increase efficiency &
timelines
Questions
Mitzi Downing, Ed.D.
Why use technology?
Student can work on specific topics at his/her own pace. Immediate feedback on most on-line practice sites. Differentiated learning. Different approach to language acquisition. Internet available 24/7- students don¶t have to rely on just teacher time in classroom.
12
Potential of Internet for learning
Restructuring technology in society. Shapes society as well as education. Changing work patterns: workers learn. Changing learning patterns: students work. Facilitates flexible and individual learning. Exploratory learning in authentic tasks. Group collaboration, discussion, selfassessment. Oral presentation at end.
13
Potential for language learning
Expose students to new forms of communication:
³A pedagogy of networked computers must therefore take a broad view, examining not only the role of information technology in language learning, but the role of language learning in an information technology society´ (Kern and Warschauer, 2000:12-13).
Shift to interaction with other humans through computers Sociocognitive framework:
³To provide alternative contexts for social interaction; to facilitate access to existing discourse communities and the creation of new ones.´(ibid: 13).
Typical forms:
± Email, online discussion, chat, web quests, web publishing
14
Tutor-tool distinction
Computer-as-tool paradigm
± Interaction with humans through computers ± General tech ± nologies for language learning
Computer-as-tutor paradigm:
± Interaction with computer ± Specific tutoring functions for language learning ± Provide exercises, feedback, corrections and explanations
CALL applications typically use either or both of these paradigms
15
Principles of classroom language learning
(from Hanson-Smith, 1999)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Learners have opportunities to interact socially and negotiate meaning« Learners interact in the target language with an authentic audience« Learners are involved in authentic tasks« Learners are exposed to and encouraged to produce varied and creative language« Learners have enough time and feedback« Learners are guided to attend mindfully to the learning process« Learners work in an atmosphere with an ideal stress/anxiety level« Learner autonomy is supported«
How can this be accomplished with technology? 16
Foreign Language and Technology Sites
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/mfl195/ http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/teaching.htm http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/beh/depa rtments/spanish/technology.html http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/lessons.htm http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/9806/u sing_the_internet.html http://www.richmond.edu/%7Eterry/tech.htm http://www.sad34.net/~steve_tanguay/teacherto ols.html#6
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