Integrating ICT into English Teaching: More than PPT Secretary & English Teacher, CSGHS Chiu...

Integrating ICT into English Teaching: More than PPT

Secretary & English Teacher, CSGHSChiu Shu-chuan (Alice Chiu)

2006.05.10

IntroductionIntroduction

ICT: What? ICT: Why? ICT: When? ICT: How?

ICT Core ICT Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Teaching

SearchingCreating

Evaluating

Technical

Networking/Communication

Technical CompetenceTechnical Competence Basic Computer Literacy Browser Word Processing PowerPoint (?) Multimedia software (?) Web-page building (?)

ICT Core ICT Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Teaching

SearchingCreating

Evaluating

Technical

Networking/Communication

Communication: Communication: tools Synchronous communication

CMC such as Yahoo Messengers / MSN

Video Conferencing

Asynchronous communication E-mail Exchange (Epals.com Classroom Exchan

ge) Forums (I*EARN Youth Forum) Mailing List Blog

Communication: Mailing List ELTeCS NETEACH-L: teaching ESL/EFL on the

Net (listserv@hunter.listerv.cuny.edu) Join the feedback and communities in “

Teaching English” website.You can subscribe the mailing list and take part in the message board.

Learn more about ESL/EFL mailing lists

Communication: Online Project-Based Learning

I*EARN (US) Global Gateway (UK) TakingITGlobal (Canada) Friendship Through Education (US)

Communication: Online Professional Development

I*EARN professional Development courses Integrating the Internet into the Classroom i

nstructed by Michael D. Kruass in Lewis and Clark College

Using the Internet in the K-12 Classroom from Indiana University

Net learning

ICT Core ICT Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Teaching

SearchingCreating

Evaluating

Technical

Networking/Communication

SearchingSearching

2-3 billion pages; Constantly changing.

Easy to search...Easy to waste time

Searching: google/wikipediaSearching: google/wikipedia Just about the worst thing you can

do is to sit down and type things into a search engine…. A search engine should be the last, rather than the first thing that you think about using. (A Googling Lesson)

Websites for TeachersWebsites for TeachersEffective Internet SearchEffective Internet Search

Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniqueshttp://library.albany.edu/internet/search.html

Effective Internet Searching Techniqueshttp://uwgb.edu/helpdesk/docs/search.htm

Internet Search Tools & Techniqueshttp://www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm

Using Web Search Toolshttp://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/les5/

Teaching Materials on the InternetTeaching Materials on the Internet

Interesting things for ESL Students Activities for ESL/EFL Students Online Reading Comprehension The Change Agents Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab BBC Online Soap Opera CNN Student News

ICT Core ICT Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Teaching

SearchingCreating

Evaluating

Technical

Networking/Communication

EvaluatingEvaluating Accuracy Authority Currency Navigation Design URL

Evaluate Web Pageshttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

ICT Core ICT Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Teaching

SearchingCreating

Evaluating

Technical

Networking/Communication

CreatingCreating

Handouts/worksheets

PowerPoint Slides

Web pages for web-based Lessons

Webquest

ICT Core ICT Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Teaching

SearchingCreating

Evaluating

Technical

Networking/Communication

Teaching: ActivitiesTeaching: Activities

Tasks

Language Awareness

Research Projects

Intercultural Projects

Online Activities

ICT Core ICT Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Teaching

SearchingCreating

Evaluating

Technical

Networking/Communication

ConclusionsConclusions The new technology offers a good

deal. However, it can waste enormous amounts of time and resources. Remember, the key to success is not hardware and not software, but…