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Curation and social networking for pre-service language teacher development Shona Whyte University of Nice, France EUROCALL Teacher Education SIG Symposium. Göteborg, Sweden. 23 August 2012

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Curation and social networking

for pre-service language teacher development

Shona WhyteUniversity of Nice, France

EUROCALL Teacher Education SIG Symposium. Göteborg, Sweden. 23 August 2012

Shona WHYTE http://efl.unice.fr @whyshona [email protected] EUROCALL, 23/12/12

challenges of pre-service CALL

teacher education

The Tower and the Cloud (Katz, 2008)

curation

wiki

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pre-service CALL teacher education challenges

MA Languages, Nice University; ICT for MFL course

• literary background, no pedagogy

• teachers of different languages in same course

• limited secondary school class contact

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Participants & course overview

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Students’ curation sites

sites still“live” after course end

a) Time 1 = Feb 12b) Time 2 = July 12

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Followed and rescooped (French university Italian teachers)

Italian student12

41 posts on day before final exam

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“dead” site still visitedEnglish student E1

a) Time 1 = Feb 12b) Time 2 = July 12

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Effectiveness of student curation

• sites systematically shared on social media had more visits• student sites attracted secondary/university teacher following• sites remain relevant after course end

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Number of students (N=24)

learning activities podcastsreference sites news sitesteaching blogs videoculture

Content curated: frequency of resources cited (Scoop.it

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learned new toolslearned to collaboratelearned about teachinglearned social mediawant to use tools with learnerswant to learn more toolswant to share resourceswant to collaborate with teachersinternet privacytechnical problemscomplexity

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Reflections on development during

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learned new toolslearned social medialearned to collaboratelearned about teachingwant to learn more toolswant to share resourceswant to collaborate with teacherswant to use tools with learnerstechnical problemsinternet privacycomplexity

Reflections by language group

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• learn techno-pedagogical skills

• access online teaching resources

• plan for continuing professional development

Student reaction papers suggested they were able to ...

but were perhaps less ready to

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Misgivings

• suitability for learners

• privacy and security issues

Students also expressed

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Group curation - experiential modelling

• allowed students to experience collaborative practice

• task-based training for task-based language teaching

• teacher autonomy?

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http://www.scoop.it/t/telt

http://www.scoop.it/t/learning-technologies-for-efl

Katz, R., 2008a. (Ed). The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing. EDUCAUSE, Boulder, CO.

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Classroom photo: cayoup, http://www.flickr.com/photos/52678969@N05/5604587723