Web 2.0 Technologies for EL Classroom

Engage Libyan Learners: Web 2.0 Technologies in EL

Classroom

By

Nadia Nsir

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is the second generation of the internet.

It is social networking or social Media tools:

What makes Web2.0 different from Web 1.0 ?

• Browse & view pages• Read• One-way• Download • Static template• Receive • Mostly read-only Web

• Interact• Post &Create• Two-way• Upload & download• Dynamic pages• Tag, Connect, Comment• Wildly Read-Write Web

Comparison

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

What are some examples of Web 1.0?

- Read-only documents - Personal websites.

• - Static pages

Web 1.0

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot

read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and

relearn” Alvin Toffler

IS web 2.0 suitable for 21st

Century Learners

Why do the new generations use Web 2.0?

• Technology savvy generation

• N-generation.• Digital Natives• Millennial

• Students get involved & engaged.

• Two-way conversation with commenting and sharing.

• Users are producers and publishers.

• Involves participation, collaboration

• Empowers users being user-centered & user-driven.

• Cost effective, collaborative, accessible, relevant &

motivational.

Why Web 2.0 tools in our classroom?

• Learners become active and interactive.

• Students can create and develop content.

• Both EL teachers & students are empowered

to share the resources and the learning

process.

• Sts find Web 2.0 tools interesting

Let’s See how Web 2.o tools may influence ELT

• Use the tools available.

• Share with other teachers.

• Use sites that meet the students’ needs.

• Use students’ experience and involvement.

• Adopt communication/collaboration strategies.

• Get involved in the learning & teaching

community.

What do EL teachers need to do?

1. Voki

2. Tumblr

3. Prezi

4. Voice Thread

5. Jing

6. Scoop It

7. Voxopop

8. Livemocha

9. Story jumper

10. Wordle

11. English central

12. Planet PDF

13. Read write Think

Some Practical Ideas to Integrate Web 2.0 in EL Classroom

• Voki allows learners to create custom

avatars

• Custom text, gender, and speech

• You can also create scenes or

backgrounds

• Save, edit, or view other students’ Voki

• Email Voki’s to friends or publish them

globally Voki

• Students can type or paste any

text and turn it to speech.

• Sts can choose the accent of the

speech.

• Students can record themselves

and publish their recordings.

• Email Voki’s to friends or publish

them globally

Voki

Listening & Speaking Activities

Tumblr

Tumblr can be used in class by

sharing projects and assignments.

Tumblr is a free blogging social

media that involves videos, chat,

quote and sharing photos.

Find and follow other fellow

teachers or education

professionals.

Prezi allows you to creatively present & share ideas online.

You can zoom in on different passages and make fun animations

Prezi

• Voice Thread is a cloud application used by many educators.

Voice Thread creates a classroom scene, by allowing students to post pictures, voice recordings, videos, or text to discuss a topic.

Voice Thread

Use Jing to…• Create images and videos of what you see on

your computer screen, then share them instantly!

• Collaborate, edit and enhance sharing. • Create a quick tutorial video

Jing is a computer software program used to share images or movies with others on the Internet

Jing

With Scoop it, you can…• Connect with a community of bloggers on similar interests

• Easily edit and publish in Engaging Magazines

• Catch your followers' attention

• Make a social media feed

Scoop.It

Scoop.it is a blog that helps everyone to be a publisher by creating a beautiful online magazine.

Voxopop

Voxopop is a voice-based e-learning tool.• Join or start your own talkgroups• Listen, and participate in discussions

with your voice.

Livemocha is an instructor-led language classes.

• Designed to help you practice your English.

• Livemocha lessons are taught by expert instructors and are structured around active English curriculum.

LiveMocha

A website where you can build stories and share them with friends, family, or students.

StoryJumper

WORDLE

• Wordle is simply is beautiful word clouds

• Wordle gives prominence to the most frequent words in the text you paste or type.

• You can print your Wordle images out, or share them with your friends.

• Wordle tutorial on YouTube can

help you use it creatively:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhL5D9nz5aI

With English Central, you learn English with videos

in many topics;

•Choose your video among a variety in topics,

difficulties, and popularity

•While you are watching, you can read the

subtitles & listen to the lines.

•Get the meaning & pronunciation of the

•New words.

•You can read & speak the lines.

English Central

You can join free amazing courses

with different levels and

interactive activities that will:

• Improve fluency

• speaking & listening skills

• enhance your vocabulary

• get feedback & useful

quizzes.

• PDF planet offers a range of free PDF eBooks & popular novels.

• You can get standard PFD copies

• OR tagged PDF copies which are clear for screen- readers and with images description & table structures,

• You can save your eBooks to your computer or print them out.

Planet

PDF

• Hundreds of perfect lesson plans

• Teaching material as PowerPoint presentations, games, flow charts, worksheets…so on

• Students interactive materials.

• Fill your work online & print it out.

Read.Write.Think

Social Media for a Networked

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The Best Of Web 2.0 For Teachers &

Students

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THANK YOU

Questions?