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BASIC TECH SKILLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Pamela Arrarás
• Introductions – getting to know each other & where we’re standing
• E-mail: choosing & using 4 education.• Making the most of the extra apps• Online Identity Management• The tip of the iceberg: some resources
to get your feet wet…• Web 2.0• Staying in touch with one another…
Agenda
About me…
Now you…
If you had to pick one image to represent
yourself and your life in a nutshell, what would that
picture be?
Know thyself…even more
Access the full version of this self-assessment published by Beth Kanter by clicking here.
Criteria:• Storage capacity• Attachment size • Ability to download and/or
forward messages• Extra features• Other applications included in
account
E-mail accounts
Suggested Services
• Gmail• Hotmail• Yahoo• Inbox• Zoho
Comparison Chart
Storage Attachments Download? Forward? Other Apps
Gmail 7.79 GB 25 mb Yes Yes y
Yahoo No limit 25 mb No ($) yes y
Hotmail No limit 10 mb No Only 2 msn y
Zoho No limit? 10 mb Yes Yes y
Inbox 5 GB 20 mb Yes Yes y
Comparison Chart - Features
Aliases Calendar Notes Auto reply
Contacts admin
Network Filters Add another account
Personal Homepage
Gmail y Y – can share
Kind of Tasks
y y Y - Buzz
Y – & Tags
y Y
Yahoo y Y – can share
y y y lots of options
y y Y – only POP
Y
Hotmail ? Y – can share
Y – To Do list
y y y y y Kind of
Zoho y Y – can share
y y y n y y y
Inbox n y y y y n y y n
Comparison Chart – Other Apps
Photo Storage
Events organizer
Website publishing
Groups Online documents
RSS Feeds Aggregator
Online storage space
Gmail Picasa Google Calendar
Yes Yes Google Docs
Google Reader
n
Yahoo Flickr No No Yes No n Kind of Zumo
Hotmail Yes No Kind of – Spaces (1)
Yes Office Live Workspace
n y – 25 GBSky Drive
Zoho n Y - Share Kind of Wikis
Kind of (2)
Y n n
Inbox Yes n n n n n Y – 2GB
Comparison Chart Synchronous Tools
Chat Video chat Screen sharing
Gmail y y n
Yahoo y y n
Hotmail y y n
Zoho y y Y (1-1)
Inbox n n n
For more information…
• Inbox Features explained• Hotmail / Windows Live• Windows Live Workspaces• Google Products• Zoho Suite
Ok, I know how to use all this terrrrrrific stuff…NOW WHAT?
Watch the following clips and come up with anidea about how you could use each feature:• To do activities with your students, or • for your own professional development, or• as an aid to prepare your classes better
Want more tutorials?
Remember to check outour companion site!
Taking advantage of extra apps
Examples:• Personalized Homepages:
• My Yahoo• IGoogle
• Google Reader• Google / Zoho / Office
Live Docs
Keyword: ESL
Keyword: English
Less is more
Google Reader
How to subscribe
Google ReaderDevelop your reading & writing skills:•Organize your reading: subscribe to blogs you like by clicking on the orange square•Share the posts you like the most, write comments on them for other teachers to read.
If you know how to use tags, create public tags and set up reading lists for your students. An example has been made for you at www.pamelaarraras.com.ar/faapi2009 on the right sidebar
LINK TO FEED
Google Docs
• Create documents that you can keep online, without having to download them anywhere; they can be public or private.• Do collaborative writing with your students or colleagues.• Write articles and publish them online for your students or peers.• Create exercises students can download or print.• Do surveys: students can submit homework to you through Google forms!
Learn more watching video tutorials :
• Go to http://pamelaarraras.com.ar/faapi2009/video-tutorials/. You will find the following videos:– Google Docs in Plain English– Google Reader in in Plain English– Blogs in Plain English– Online Photo Sharing in Plain English– Wikis in Plain English– Social Networking in Plain English– Podcasting in Plain English– RSS in Plain English
Courtesy of Common Craft, through YouTube
Now it’s your turn!
Write down at least three ways you might use the applications we have already mentioned. • 1 for personal language
learning• 1 for developing teaching
skills• 1 for teaching / using with
Sts.Now turn to a person near you and share them!
Take a break…
The road ahead of us…
• Online Identity Management• Web2.0 Intro• Resources for prof. development• How to stay in touch…
Online Identity management
• Avatars & aliases• Being private in
the web2.0• Wrong Way, right
way• Different levels of
you
“Share, but be digitally aware” (WINSORDI)
www.google.com/profiles
UserNamecheck.com
Wrong way, right way
• Browser’s memory• Same password
everywhere• Obvious security
questions• Birthday year
OPEN ID
Web2.0 Intro
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The Early Web : Web 1.0
one-way webread-only web
content produced by an expert author
published on the web
to be read by consumers.
Extracted from Jane Hart’s PPT in Slideshare
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E-Learning 1.0
one-way learningread-only learning
online coursesproduced by experts(teachers)
and published on a VLE (virtual learning environment)
to be studied by learners
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Web 2.0 = read-write web
services and apps to co-create content, collaborate and share it with others
social media toolsencourage socialisation
FREEOpen SourceHostedtools
Emergence of Web 2.0 Technologies
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Learning 2.0 = Social Learning
Learners create content
in a variety of formats using tools
like blogs and wikis
share knowledge, experiences, information with others
work and learncollaboratively
participatory learning
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Attitudes to Learning(generational and technology influences)
Traditional learner• Classrooms and workshops• content-driven• taught• linear• tied to tests• “just in case”• singularity• online web-based courses• text-based• independent
New breed of learner• hyperlinked info• multi-tasking• visual • experiential• with short attention spans• social• “just in time”• instant gratification• construct own learning
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Web 2.0 Tools
1. Social bookmarking2. Social networking3. File sharing4. Blogging/RSS5. Microblogging6. Collaboration tools
Levels of Engagement
1. Passive Consumer– browses Web sites, blogs, and wikis, watches videos, listens to podcasts,
etc.
2. Active Contributor– comments on content in blogs, wikis, and other sites , rates, comments on
and favourites items– shares links– connects and communicates with others using e.g. micro-blogging and social
networking
3. Pro-active Creator– creates and shares own content like photos, videos, etc – creates blogs, wikis, social networks, etc.
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Informal Professional Development
• Journals & magazines• Workshops• Books, reference books, encyclopedias • Conferences• Traveling• Keeping a journal/log
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•All the above plus:•Blogs •Podcasts & Videocasts•Webinars•E-zines•E-lists•Online courses•Online… EVERYTHING
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ITunes - Zencast
http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2010/
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/
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http://portal.educ.ar/capacitacion/cursos_moderados/
Let’s stay in touch…
