DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE Connecting Technologies - DLI Vykov - BILC 4 th - 9 th October 2009 DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE In the winter of 1813, I attended a school in Boston where I was struck at the appearance of a black, board suspended on the Wall. I had never heard of such a thing before. But it was there that I first saw what now I trust is considered indispensable in every school The Black Board and there that I first witnessed analytical and inductive teaching. Samuel J. May, Abolitionist, 1855 Chalk & Talk V Technology 7 Seconds Eye Contact Entry Non-Verbals Your Visual Image Attire Organization Movement Demeanor Which slide communicates the clearest visual message this one or 7 Seconds Eye Contact Entry Attire Organization Non-Verbals This One ? Movement Demeanor DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE Google it! Connecting with our students W hat does ROTFL mean? P neumonic for remembering the 5 cell types R eserve Officers Training Florence R ecord of Tactile Foreign Languages R olling On The Floor Laughing Its a Foreign Language! What do these Emoticons mean? ;-) >:-( ^5 (((((name)))) Instructor V Student InstructorStudent Smart Board Students? Baby Boomers TV generation Typewriters Memos Gen X Video games ComputersNet Gen The Web Mobile devices Instant messenger Online communities Smart Board Methodologies Digitally literate Mobile Always on Experiential Social (stay connected) Crave interactivity Read visual images Visual-spatial skills Parallel processing Inductive discovery Fast response time Teams / Peer-to-Peer Structure Engagement & experience Visual & kinesthetic Things that matter Students V Faculty Pictures, sound, video Text Random access Linear, logical, sequential Interactive & networked Independent & individual Multitasking Single or limited tasks Spontaneous Deliberate Engaging Disciplined Connecting Technologies Emotional Engaging PassiveActive Case Study Voting Debate Problem Solving Real Project Games Facilitated Discussion Lecture Q & A Connecting Technologies Methodology and Testing Department Use of the computer in language testing Assessment of writing skill Pause for thought How should we supersede the classroom of the past with the classroom of the future? What difference does it make psychologically, socially and politically to teach with a Smart Board? How do we assess the ways a new technologically delivered class is redefining intangible and tangible skills? What are the risks of over exposure? Thank you