1. Being a teacher in the 21st century
Can Technology Help?

2. The Use of the Internet Professional development
-Up-to-date information
-learning by sharing
-learning through collaboration on wikis, blogs,etc
-possibility of attending conferences online
-communication with colleagues all over the world
(social networking, COPs)

3. The Use of the Internet In the classroom
-motivated students learning in and outside the classroom
-students more autonomous in learning
-peer teaching, collaborative learning
-meaningful language and real life situations
- possibility of collaboration with other schools and team teaching
- availability of reference material, etc

4. Teaching with Technology

5. What ? (Lesson Materials 1)
Already available on recommended sites:
onestopenglish.com
-teachingenglish.org.uk
-theteacherscorner.net
-edutopia.org
-oup.com
-macmillanenglish.com, etc
Kids’ favourite web sites

6. Lesson materials 2 Other educators’ blogs and webpages: e.g.
etc.

7. Lesson materials 3 using free online tools teacher-created
student-created

8. Some tools I’ve used and found useful:(1)
blogs

9. Tools for use with students (2)
Social networking

10. Content creators
Writing your own lessons

11. Story telling

12. Voice and videos

13. Posters and fun

14. What is the added value of lessons with technology?
Should teachers reconsider their role and let technology into the classroom?

15. Teachers are like sharks
If they don’t keep moving forward, they die.
(V. Stevens, paraphrasing W. Allen)

16. Thank you!