Alan Pulverness Norwich Institute for Language Education

I read it in the papers, so it must be true

I saw it on the Internet, so it must be true

Technology will not replace teachers… …but teachers who understand technology will replace those who do not. Ray Clifford

 Devices  Online tools  Finding resources  Creating content  Communicating

 Computer labs  Interactive whiteboards  Netbooks  Smartphones  Tablets  E-readers  iPods  Games consoles

 Puzzles & games  Test & quizzes  Multimedia posters (Glogster)  Word montages (Wordle)  Presentation tools  Text-to-speech apps

  h-people-as-foreign-language-learners/ h-people-as-foreign-language-learners/

Photo-sharing (Flickr) Video-sharing (YouTube) Podcasts Reference resources (dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopaedias, concordancers, corpus samples) Authentic ‘texts’ Online sources of authentic materials Online learning Online professional development

 Blogs  Wikis  Content management systems / virtual learning environments (Blackboard, moodle)

SMS / Instant messaging VOIP communication (Skype) Online surveys (Survey Monkey) Content & discussion Online journals Online portfolios (Cambridge ESOL teacher portfolio)  Social networking (Facebook)  Virtual worlds (Second Life)

 What are the advantages of ICT in language learning and teaching?  What are the possible pitfalls awaiting the unwary?  How can we (learners and teachers) protect / prepare ourselves to get the best out of ICT?

 Encouraging critical thinking  Interaction in speech and writing  Cross-cultural awareness  Collaboration  Exploring identities  Creativity

 Technology for its own sake  Style over substance  Unreliable narrators!  The distractions of surfing  Risk of teacher-fronted instruction  Research vs. plagiarism

Is your technology really necessary? Choose the right tools Develop digital (re)search skills Be suspicious of information Triangulate your sources Join / Establish virtual communities Share your discoveries

…for learners?  greater autonomy  wealth of information: content & language  potential for interactivity: local to global  learning resources  democratising the classroom …for teachers?  not just another tool, but a whole toolbox  teaching resources  bringing the world in  multi-dimensionality  motivational asset

…for learners and teachers?  Make the technology serve teaching / learning  Take opportunities to develop digital literacy  Be circumspect about the quality of information