Using the Internet in eduaction

Ewa Nawrot

What is the Internet?

EU: Access to the Internet

The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education.

Education over the Internet is going to be so big it is going to make email usage look

like a rounding error.

(Chambers, 1999)

Why should we use the Internet for language learning?

• Learner-centered teaching• Motivation

Why shouldn’t we use?

• Plagarism• Global education

The Internet can be:

•A resource bank•A classroom tool

A reference tool• Encyclopedias (e.g. Wikipedia)

• Learning object repositaires (e.g. Merlot)• Dictionaries

• Search engines (Google etc.)

A classroom tool

• Email penpal exchange• Writing projects• Web-based projects

Core internet skills:

• Searching the InternetAND/NOT/OR; „key words” (+/-)• Using the Internet to communicate

with other users (e.g. email)• FAQs

New opportunities:

• WIKIS• WEBLOGS• RSS• ONLINE

PHOTO GALLERIES

• PODCASTS

WIKIS

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is

given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what

we’re doing.Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder

(Wales, 2004)

WEBLOGS

My students’ blogs

RSS

• Real Simple Syndication (e.g. Google Reader)

ONLINE PHOTO GALLERIES

PODCASTS – audio/video casting

DISSCUSION

• BBC: „Schools told to put computer skills on same footing as 3Rs”

• BBC website: „The move to elevate computer skills to the same importance as literacy and numeracy will horrify traditionalists.”

Will e-learning replace face-to-face learning?

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