Critical analysis of six technologies

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Critical analysis of six technologies

• 1) Podcasts
• 2) Interactive whiteboards
• 3) Blogs
• 4) Wikis
• 5) Virtual Learning Environments
• 6) M-learning

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Podcasts

• Upside

• Downside

• portability mp3 player
• learner control
• authentic materials ESP
• DIY

• wrong kind of podcast
• authoring not for every teacher

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Interactive whiteboards
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Approach one
Four approaches

• Power Point
• Word
• CD-ROM
• Internet
• Always-on Internet
• Just-in-time teaching

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Approach two
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Approach four - DIY
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Learner response devices
Text to board
Voting
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Benefits

• memorable presentations
• savability
• Review
• heads-up
• precise answer

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Drawbacks

• cost issues
• need to calibrate
• learning curve
• can encourage teacher-centred classroom

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Virtual Learning Environments
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Focus on appropriacy
Synchronous
Asynchronous
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Virtual Learning Environments

• Upside

• Downside

• time-consuming to learn
• blended courses pleasing no-one
• cost issues (Blackboard to Moodle)
• robustness issues (Nicenet)
• narrow-use

• information on demand
• appropriacy
• pre/post course tasks

Features Assignments / Chatrooms / Questionnaire
/Quizzes / Forum / Glossary / Handouts
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Wikis

• Upside

• Downside

• collaborative
• process writing
• history to see changes

• not intuitive
• not everyone wishes for peer correction

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M-learning a definition

• Different meanings in different communities..

learning that happens when the learner takes
advantage of the learning opportunities offered
by mobile technologies. http//en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Mobile_learning
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Hardware

• Mobile-phone / Smart-phone
• iPod / iPod touch / mp3 player
• PDA (personal digital assistant)
• Laptop / Notebook - Netbook
• Tablet PC / iPad / Samsung Galaxy
• E-book readers
• Learner response devices
• Electronic translator

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Software plus

• Dictionaries
• Grammar practice
• Services
• ELT materials
• Language learning apps

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Dictionaries - MED
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Grammar practice app English Grammar in Use
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Services Gapfillers
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Issues

• Range of interpretations
• Range of hardware
• Range of software
• Design - screen-size
• Bite-size tasks
• In-class vs on the move
• Informal or formal?

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Issues electronic translators

• Upside

• Downside

• ubiquitous / helpful
• listening to lectures
• cross- check bilingual / mono-lingual
• review favourites / games

• stop students guess from context
• restrict fluency
• mis-used for production - writing