Connecting the Dots:Technogogy and the AHA! moment

Vance StevensTESOL Arabia Ed Tech SIG

Ras Al Khaimah, Apr. 16, 2011

Vance Stevens, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, Apr.16, 2011

Technogogy

• Nik Peachey http://www.technogogy.org.uk/ • Zaid Ali Alsagoff defines technogogy as

"the convergence of technology, pedagogy and content in the transformative use of technology to foster learning," http://elearningmalaysia.blogspot.com/2008/01/technogogy-convergence-of-content.html

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Elucidating the Ineffable• It's because computers are anything but isolating, because they

bring people together in innumerable modalities, that they are transformative in learning. Yet …

this is not widely accepted as fact due to the ineffable nature of the process.

Technogogy has to be experienced to be understood, and many simply do not grant themselves the opportunity to experience it; therefore they never achieve that aha! moment.

• From http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/transforming-learning-with-creative.html

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What’s going on here?

• IATEFL Brighton http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2011/

• TESOL Arabia chapters http://tesolarabia.org/ • PLN– Webheads http://webheads.info – Twitter http://twitter.com/vances – Facebook– Learning2gether

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com

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A few Digital Literacies

• George Siemens: Connectivismhttp://www.connectivism.ca/

• Howard Rheingold: Network awarenesshttp://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/AttentionandOther21stCenturySo/213922

• Multiliteracies: http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com • Dave Cormier: MOOCs

http://davecormier.com/edblog/wp-content/uploads/MOOC_Final.pdf

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Cormier’s Success in MOOC

• Orient• Declare• Network• Cluster• Focus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8avYQ5ZqM0&feature=player_embedded

At http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/w/page/33070273/Week2EVO2011

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How to connect

• Elluminate via Learning Timeshttp://tinyurl.com/y3eh

• WiZiQ http://wiziq.com • BigMarker http://bigmarker.com • Skype http://skype.com • TappedIn http://tappedin.org

every Sunday noon GMT (4 pm in UAE)

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Paradigm shift: Transfer

• From networking with friends via Facebook• To collaboration with colleagues in

Google Docs and Delicious• Examples with language focus– Writingmatrix http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com – Webheads http://webheads.info

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Transformative Technogogy

• These technologies only become transformative when their use becomes second-nature to the point where we and those around us use them in our normal workflow.

• From http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/transforming-learning-with-creative.html

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The essence of “teaching”

• Modeling• Demonstrating• Reflecting• Practicing

Think about it:How do YOU do EACH of these things with digital literacies and technogogies?

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Change Agency• Cofino, K. (2008). Making the shift happen. Always learning. Retrieved

on March 28, 2011 fromhttp://kimcofino.com/blog/2008/02/24/making-the-shift-happen/

• Curtis, P. (2009). Building A Web 2.0 culture. Multimedia presentation at the K12 Online Conference 2009. Retrieved on March 28, 2011 from http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=457 .

• Carozza, B. (2009). Embracing Web 2.0 for the Administrator. Multimedia presentation at the K12 Online Conference 2009. Retrieved on March 28, 2011 from http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=455.

• Freedman, T. (2006). Overcoming obstacles: Selling Web 2.0 to senior management. Paper delivered at the K12 Online Conference 2006. Retrieved on March 28, 2011 fromhttp://k12online.wm.edu/overcomingobstacles.pdf.

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Use it with Students

Photo credit, Barbara Dieu: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bee/5737375/(shared here per creative commons: attribution, noncommercial, share-alike)

Thanks to all who joined in the live presentation

All Vance’s slides are athttp://slideshare.net/vances This session was recorded:

http://tinyurl.com/2011rak16apr