2. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY Attilio Galimberti – ELI - Milan, 26 November 2007

3. Get ready for Takeoff WAIT…!!!

4. Do I teach in a language centre where students pay for a language course? Do I teach in a State school where English is only ONE among the other subjects?

5. Does my school or institution… 1.provide language teachers with useful on-the- job training? 2.support didactic research in foreign languages? 3.invest in new hardware, educational software or technological devices?

6. 1.am I a ‘doer’ or a ‘thinker’? More a ‘thinker’ than a ‘doer’? Or both at the same time? 2.am I generally satisfied with my students’ average output? 3.what language skills do I want my students to develop? 4.how much importance do I give to learning technologies to improve the teaching/learning process?

7. How do I feel when I come across words like… E-LEARNING WIKIS BLOGS PODCASTING WEBLEARNING WEB 2.0 SOCIAL NETWORKING…???

9. What should I do if I… feel that I could motivate my students better if I started introducing any learning technologies, but for any reason… my school doesn’t provide courses or I can’t afford expensive ones?

10. Join a teachers’ group LearningTechnologiesSIG@yahoogroups.com learningwithcomputers@yahoogroups.com lendbari@yahoogroups.com swissenglish@yahoogroups.com germany-english@yahoogroups.com http://ictforlanguageteachers.blogspot.com/

11. Make the most of your ‘old- fashioned’ computer skills... Creating exercises and tests with a spread sheet spread sheet

12. Make the most of your ‘old- fashioned’ computer skills... Making (grammar) exercises with a PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

13. Use open source software “Free software” is a matter of freedomFree software www.gnu.org

14. Don’t throw away your ‘old’ audio- cassettes Do you want to save your old cassettes to new CDs? Do you want to save your old LPs to new CDs?

15. Use Online Recording Tools www.audio-tool.net/

16. …with open source software… Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

17. Make the most of your CD-ROMs…

18. Use easy authoring software (Exercise made with Hot Potatoes)Hot Potatoes www.halfbakedsoftware.com

19. Scavenge the web for… Learning the basics (and more…) about... INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS

20. www.ict4lt.org A great website for LT!!!

21. www.languages-ict.org.uk/technology/technology_for_languages.htm One more…

22. www.teachertrainingvideos.com Watch and learn...

23. Scavenge the web for… FREE online resources: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/index_s.htm www.examenglish.com/ www.manythings.org/ http://a4esl.org/ www.englishclub.com/ www.englishpage.com www.learnenglish.de/ www.roadtogrammar.com www.elllo.org/ www.tolearnenglish.com

24. Online Resources for…: LISTENING EXERCISES www.eltpodcast.com/archive/bc

25. cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/ Online Resources for…: PHONETICS

26. Online Resources for…: QUIZZES www.elionline.com/teenbeat/games/usaquiz/usaQuizExp.htm

27. Online Resources for…: ‘WATCHING’ GRAMMAR www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCEUz763Rz4 www.grammarmancomic.com/gmanmovie1.html

28. Online Resources for…: PLAYING LANGUAGE GAMES (…with your children) pbskids.org/lions/games/

29. Online Resources for…: FINDING REAL PARTNERS www.language-exchanges.org

30. Online Resources for…: CREATING VIDEO MAILS www.springdoo.com

31. Online Resources for…: READING MAGAZINES www.elimagazines.com/issue1/teen.htm

32. Online Resources for…: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES (Webcasting) www.ild.rai.it

33. Online Resources for…: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES (Webcasting)

34. Online Resources for…: WORKING WITH SONGS www.lyrics.com/lyric.php?id=32724

35. Online Resources for…: WORKING WITH MOVIE SCRIPTS… www.awesomefilm.com/

36. Online Resources for…: MOVIE GUIDES www.eslnotes.com/synopses.html

37. Online Resources for…: UNDERSTANDING A MOVIE

38. Online Resources for…: SETTING UP KEYPAL PROJECTS www.epals.com

39. ….PROJECTS WITH SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE WORLD henry.sandi.net/staff/cpauchni/italy2.html

40. …VIA WEBCONFERENCING…: http://henry.sandi.net/staff/cpauchni/italycon.html

41. Online Resources for…: TANDEM PROJECTS www.slf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

42. Online Resources for…: FINDING MATERIAL FOR LITERATURE www.sparknotes.com/lit/www.sparknotes.com/lit/ (Free Literature Study Guides) www.studyworld.com/studyworld_studynotes/index.htm www.studyworld.com/studyworld_studynotes/index.htm (text analysis) www.contemporarywriters.com www.online-literature.com www.classicreader.comwww.classicreader.com (Collection of Free Classic Books ) www.glencoe.com/sites/international/teacher/literature/assets/litl ibrary.htmlwww.glencoe.com/sites/international/teacher/literature/assets/litl ibrary.html (free downloadble PDF Study Guides)

43. Online Resources for…: COLLABORATIVE TANDEM READING www.itiscannizzaro.net/Ianni/booksweb/home/index.htm

44. Let’s work on a book together… www.itiscannizzaro.net/Ianni/booksweb/romeojuliet/index.htm

45. Where can I store all these links, projects, etc…? In a ‘cyber-space’… Create a wikispace for your class: www.wikispaces.com http://pbwiki.com/ www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikihowto.cfm http://e-language.wikispaces.com/w2w http://learningwithcomputers.pbwiki.com

46. A wikispace for my EFL students… amaldi-english-corner.wikispaces.com

47. …for DISTANCE LEARNING

48. Ready for landing?

49. How are you feeling now? DIZZY? SCARED? EXCITED? DISAPPOINTED? DEPRESSED? CURIOUS…??? FED UP WITH TECHNOLOGY?

50. How can we (teachers and educators) bridge the gap between Technology and Pedagogy? Relax… and think it over:

51. What is education? Education is… NOT about teaching facts to people NOT about telling them what they need to know NOT about giving them answers but about… giving them questions and about… helping them find the tools they need to help themselves to answer these questions. ( Ulf Dantanus - IATEFL )

52. Learning Technologies have a Pedagogical Value in terms of… Learner-centred approach Personalised learning Teaching as a facilitating process F2F relationship Organising different language level groups Collaboration with colleagues Cooperative work among students inside and outside schools

53. Remember: you are ALWAYS a teacher! You don’t have to change into a computer geek…

54. …or into a technophobe, either

55. … Just try to be a person who still likes teaching to people even if..

56. You (we!) don’t know much about…don’t know much about…

57. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY Attilio Galimberti – ELI - Milan, 26 November 2007