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ICT in ELT: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

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overview

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typical learners & typical materials technology & typical learners

using technology: compelling reasons

getting started required skills sample classes potential pitfalls towards a brighter future
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typical learners

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Wojtek Korput
AGE: 17 (born 1988) INTERESTS: Computers, music, girls, weekends in the mountains, nightclubs, skiing in the winter... BACKGROUND: Family of five. Mother & father working, second home on the coast

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typical materials

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Teen Cults

Teen Problems
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tell
Technology ENHANCED Language Learning

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to enhance = to improve

Internet = Communication
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TeenAdvice Teen Problems

tech teens
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compelling reasons

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Judging the Internet:

Information Currency Content Presentation Functionality

+ multiple authors, easy to adapt, plenty of choice ...

The Internet encourages an eclectic approach to lesson preparation, presentation and practice

CALL & printed materials cant live up to this model

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getting started teacher skills

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lesson planning skills

teaching skills email skills

search skills evaluation skills critical thinking skills word processing skills

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getting started learner skills

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email skills
search skills evaluation skills

critical thinking skills

word processing skills
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getting started sample classes

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10 samples to get you started

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getting started potential pitfalls

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cost / lack / availability of equipment fear of the unknown / training? technical support broken windows
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towards the future I

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or
content syllabus

&

global local
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towards the future II

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Integrating classroom computer work with real-world computer usage is the key:
"If you don't develop a scaffolding for learners to relate what they do on computers in the language classroom with what they do with them in real life, they won't gain knowledge they can apply in other contexts."

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ICT in ELT: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. THANKS

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