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New Technology

Expanding your resource repertoire to support learners

Richard Nelson \ Hilary Woodhead

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Sceptical?

• “this ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.” Western Union memo 1876

• “...there’s a world market for about 5 computers.” Thomas Watson, Chairman IBM 1943.

• “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Popular Mechanics, 1949

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Yes, no, maybe/unsure

Are you comfortable?

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Did you get any resource ideas in the last 2 weeks?

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Do you use technology to communicate with your

students?

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Do your students use technology to communicate

with each other?

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Have you heard of

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Could you define ‘social network’?

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Have you got a social network account (e.g.

Facebook) ?

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Do you know what a blog is?

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Can you remember what a wiki is?

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What do I use?

Discussion Boards

Issues in English

Commercial software

VLE, Intranet and shared network

Existing websites

Internet

Outlook

Powerpoint Excel

WordMS Office

Mind Genius

Kar2ouche

Interactive Whiteboards

Activote

VLE quizzes

In house tools

QUIA Hot Potatoes

Quiz Tools

Students’ work

Tense Buster

Chat

Texting

Web design software

Do you use any of these things in your teaching?

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Definitions

• ILT (difference between that and IT/ICT?)

Information (sometimes ‘interactive’ or integrated) Learning Technology

• E learning (previously ‘e’ at a distance (online learning) but less so now)

• Blended learning

• Online learning (distant vs distance)

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Rationale

• ILT impact – benefits? and resources e.g. IWBs. • Coping with differentiation- ability, pace &

learning styles.• Embedding IT and ‘dual skill’ approach to

learning.• Reduce dependency.• Diversity of prior knowledge of key/ functional

skills • Meets expectations and what is familiar in the

‘real world’

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VLEVirtual Learning

Environment

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Free ‘Open source’ http://moodle.org/

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Pay versions e.g. WebCT

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• Free online options

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Online communication/ storage/ collaboration/ interaction etc.

• Posterous blog

• Google’s Blogger

• Moodle’s Blog

• Other’s like Wordpress.com (www.richardnelsononline.co.uk)

• Wiki

• Social network – facebook (Bradford PCET)/ youtube/ twitter (@geordie_online)

• Storage: Dropbox/ Box.net19

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All three have some e-communication facilities

It is the interaction in web 2.0 tools that get biggest cheer

from tech teachers

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Where it started…

Discussion forums and chat

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What does a discussion board look like?

This is a screen from a previous staff dev session where colleagues had a hands on session after the ‘theory’. As you can see, it looks who contributed, when and shows what their contribution is about.

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‘Threads’

What does a discussion board look like?

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Have a go….In Moodle and find ‘Forum’- reply to

welcome message

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What does a chat room look like?

Chat rooms look like this. You could use it as has been done here to give one to one feedback/ support at a distance.

There are all sorts of web protocols and short hands which you may want to familiarise yourself with ‘lol’ ;-)

There’s chat function in Moodle

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Initial considerations

1. Resources and time

2. See it as a way of enhancing face to face discussions

3. It gives opportunities to students to contribute who may not otherwise

4. As with all teaching- know your outcomes

5. Will you use it for assessment?

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1. Schedule a chat as part of a collaborative task

2. Use discussion boards for students to share work and ideas

3. Follow a thread in class and use it as a prompt for discussion

4. ESOL/ Basic Skills- have a chat then get students to correct all or one type of error on the script

5. Tell students you will give a detailed response to all questions asked outside class time but only on the discussion board (thereby all students ‘hear’ your answer)

How could I use them? – Some ideas

Discuss your ideas into the chat room

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1. Technophobe resistance 2. Can be tough at first3. Typing speed ( a real con or good to develop?)4. Policing inappropriate use5. Language quality6. Tutor time?7. Is it appropriate for all learners?

E Discussions- cons

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The blog

• Set it up and give me the details, copy url into moodle

Blog Task 1:

• Definitions

• How teachers could/ do use them as a teaching/ learning resource

• Problems and pitfalls

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The Blog

Blog Task 2

Take away the article, read and summarise on your blog for next week.

Next week: assessment, storage and podcasts

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