Wikis, blogs, photologs, e-groups… the sky’s the limit!

The New Technologies in your English Classroom.

Nora Lizenberg

Share Convention 2008

August 2008

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What are we doing in our classroom?

Information on the Internet.

Assignments typed on computers.

Assignments via e-mail.

Communication via e-mail.

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Generational change

Digital Immigrants

Digital Natives

http://www.marcprensky.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JV2cDIsUI

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• Information SocietyInformation Society

• Knowledge SocietyKnowledge Society

»Learning SocietyLearning Society

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WEB

WEB 2.0

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Some tools:

• Wikis

» http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=LQt5quD_meE» www.wikipedia.org» www.wikispaces.com » http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/05/using-wikis-

with-efl-students.html

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http://efl.wikia.com/wiki/EFL

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Some Activities:

• Webquests

» http://webquest.sdsu.edu/necc98.htm » www.somece.org.mx/virtual2004/ponencias/conteni

dos/CuervoCristina.pdf

» http://portal.educ.ar/capacitacion/

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Some tools:

• Web logs or Blogs

– Podcasts – Mp3

– Videocasts - youtube

– https://www.blogger.com/start– http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/jane-willis– http://blogsearch.google.com

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http://fceblog.blogspot.com/

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• Podcasts – Mp3

• Videocasts – Youtube

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• FolksonomyFolksonomy

• Transactional DistanceTransactional Distance

»Affective LinkAffective Link

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Affective link

• SMS - http://moblearn.blogspot.com/search/label/SMS

• Skype - http://www.onlinetutoringworld.com/technology/teflskype.htm

• Photologs or phlogs – www.fotolog.com

• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/

• Linked-In - http://www.linkedin.com/

• Second Life - http://gabinetedeinformatica.net/wp15/2007/10/24/language-learning-community-llc-aprendizaje-de-idiomas-por-medio-de-comunidades/

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Tks!Nora