Bridging the gap between Digital Natives and Digital

Immigrants/Foreigners

Chiew N Pang

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“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” Albert

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We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . .

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using technologies that haven’t yetbeen invented . . .

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in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

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By 2023, when 1º ESO students

will be just 25 years old and beginning their (first or second) careers . . .

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it will only take a €700 computer to exceed the capabilities of the human brain.

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And while technical predictions farther out than about 15 years are hard to make . . .

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predictions are that by 2050 a €700computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the human race.

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So, So, whatwhat are we going to do are we going to do about itabout it

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Can we still use traditional methods to teach our children

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Children spend as much as6 hours per dayin front of screens

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So, do we engage them or enrage them?

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ICTIN

EDUCATION

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How can we incorporate ICT

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• Blogs• Quizzes• Videos• Games

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• school• class• teachers• group• individual

Who?

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• free• easy• fast• interactive• control

Why?

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• parents can tune in• ss can reinforce• extra activities• organisation & focus• encourage camaraderie• extend class time

Why?

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• display students’ work• extend discussion• improve/increase communication (especially with shy students)• improve writing• group work to foster team building skills• virtual announcement board

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• blogspot• wordpress• edublogs

Which?

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Quizzes &

other fun

activities

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• add to the variety of learning tools• accelerate the learning process• they’re fun!• encourage self-help• get students involved in

designing questions

Why?

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• ProProfs• My Studiyo• Hot Potatoes• Wondershare• ContentGenerator

Which?

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• multiple choice• multiple answers• fill in the gaps• essay

ProProfs

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• add pictures• add videos

ProProfs

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• tracking• email notification

ProProfs

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• customise scoring• automatic grading

ProProfs

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• multiple choice• multiple scoring

MyStudiyo

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• add pictures• add videos• statistics• skins

MyStudiyo

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• multiple choice• short answers• jumbled sentence• crossword• matching/ordering• gap-fill

Hot

Potatoes

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• multiple choice• essays• jumbled sentence• click map• matching/ordering• gap-fill

Wondershare Q

uiz Creator

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VIDEOS

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Assign films as homework – only in original language. Tasks include reviews, class discussion, and comprehension questions

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• Show short segment without volume nor subtitles

• Students imagine situations before and after

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• Have students listen only (no images)

• They imagine the scene

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• Work with scripts• Role-play•Wordle script, then discuss

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• Don’t just work with films

• Recipes are excellent for imperatives, sequence words, etc.

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• Watch and tell activity

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GAMES

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• Purpose Games• Content Generator• Classtools.net Arcade game Dustbin game

How?

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• Parts of the Face• Geometric Shapes• False Friends• Phonetics• Q & A• Grammar, e.g. Constructing Questions,

Plurals

Examples of

Purpose Games

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• Definitions• Irregular Past Simple• Countries & Nationalities• Gap-Fill• Pronunciation• Trivia

Examples of

Arcade Games

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• Count & Uncount Nouns• States of Matter• Make or Do• Sports: Play, Do or Go?• Musical Instruments• Pronunciation (simple past)

Examples of

Dustbin Games

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• Matching• Multiple Choice

Examples of Content

Generator Games

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___ orbit around the ___ .

___ is the furthest planet in our Solar System.

The four ___ closest to the ___ are ___, ___, ___ and ___ .

The four gas giants are ___, ___, ____ and ___ .

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