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Technologies do NOT change teaching & learning,
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They They expect expect things to work things to work properlyproperly and and work fastwork fast..
They They get boredget bored if not challenged if not challenged properly, but when challenged, they properly, but when challenged, they excel in excel in creativecreative and and innovativeinnovative
ways.ways.
They They learn by doinglearn by doing, not by , not by reading the instruction manual or reading the instruction manual or
listening to lectures.listening to lectures.
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Websites, articles, newspapers books
Listening activities
VideoPicturesPresentations
BloggingWebquestsSearching and creating
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Glossary: Useful terms
Guess the word-Definition game
Blog: 2.810,000,000 of resultsSpain: 346 million / España: 316 millones
Economy: 233 million
Obama: 219 million
Michael Jackson: 161 million
Santander: 37,6 million (Bank included)
Macmillan: 29,4 million
... and Education: 2.030 million
Data January 2010Data January 2010
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DefinitionA blog (short for weblog) is a frequently updated website that often resembles an online journal.
- Easy to create and update (publish student writing )
- Requires only basic access to the Internet- Minimum of technical know-how- Text-based blogs - Display photos, audio and video
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LiveJournalhttp://www.livejournal.com/
Edublogs http://edublogs.org/
Twitter (microblogging) http://twitter.com
Wordpress
http://wordpress.org/
w h y w e b l o g s ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022
Using blogs in the classroom
To share opinions and learning.
To see knowledge as interconnected.
To facilitate reflection and evaluation.
To develop a digital portfolio.
To promote creative writing.
To teach responsible public writing.
http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/01/17/rationale-for-educational-blogging (Davis 2007)
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Texts, Books, newspapers magazines,
websites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ Audio-Broadcast-podcast
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An example: Free-Lighthouse Family
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Images-Presentations
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Syndication
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Add widgets to your blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVRlXn9mAs
Syndicate, get updates automatically
www.feedreader.com
www.bloglines.com
www.google.com/reader
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A reflection on digital learners. A vision of students today
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References & Webliography
• The ICT Impact Report. A review of studies of ICT impact on schools in Europe Anja Balanskat, Roger Blamire, Stella Kefala.© European Communities, 2006.• The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and on the Role of Teachers of Foreign Languages. ICC,a report commissioned by the Directorate General of Education and Culture.• A vision of K-12 students today. B. Nesbitt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 (Digital Natives)• Digital Learners. On the Horizon. Prensky, Marc. (NCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001).• CONE OF LEARNING. WE TEND TO REMEMBER OUR LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT• Edgar Dale, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching (3rd Edition). Holt, Rinehart, and Winston (1969) http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icphp/ed_training/ttt/archive/2002/2002_course_materials/Cone_of_Learning.pdf• Web 2.0 tools for EFL Teaching by Thiago Eduardo: http://fedup2.edublogs.org/• Competencia Digital y currículum. Fernando García Páez – CEIP SAN WALABONSO Niebla (Huelva) www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/sanwalabonso [email protected] • Materiales autenticos para la clase de español. A. Yagüe Barredo http://formespa.rediris.es/index.html • Campbell AP 'Weblogs for use with ESL classes' http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Campbell-Weblogs.html• Downes, S., Educational Blogging, http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/EducationalBlogging/40493• Stanley, G., Blog-EFL, http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/• Stanley, G., blog for ELT, http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/blogging-elt• Ciaffaroni, M.T. Blogs, http://www.slideshare.net/ciaffaroni
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