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Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom Best Affiliates’ Presentations TESOL Convention – New Orleans, March 16-19, 2011 Evelyn Izquierdo VenezuelaTESOL (VenTESOL) http://ventesol.ning.com
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The use of the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has speedily increased during the last 20 years. They have led us to a new global citizenship, a new way of thinking and even a new way of behaving, which have influenced all knowledge fields, including education. As a matter of fact, UNESCO’s ICT Competency Standards for Teachers (2008) recently pointed out that both students and teachers must utilize technology effectively in order to live, learn, and work successfully in an increasingly complex, information-rich and knowledge-based society. Students have new ways to access information and learn; they have naturally developed cognitive skills that make the use of digital technology much easier. Thus, they are called ‘the net generation’ or 'digital natives', people who have grown up with technology, mainly Internet (Prensky, 2001). Consequently, teachers have to develop digital competences to satisfy the demands of that new generation. Making the teaching-learning process more effective, interesting, dynamic, updated and adapted to the new learning times is a must for us. This presentation will offer an overview of digital literacy and a basic training on powerful Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking, etc) to enhance the ELT teaching practice.
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Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom
Best Affiliates’ PresentationsTESOL Convention – New Orleans, March 16-19, 2011
Evelyn IzquierdoVenezuelaTESOL (VenTESOL)
http://ventesol.ning.com
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Aim
This presentation offers an introduction to Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking, etc) as a way to empower our ELT practice.
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Digital literacy in the 21st century
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Are teachers prepared for 21st century students?
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Digital Literacy: Competencies
According to UNESCO’s ICT Competency Standards for Teachers (2008) to live, learn, and work successfully in an increasingly complex, information-rich and knowledge-based society, students and teachers must utilize technology effectively. Within a sound educational setting, technology can enable students to become:
• Capable information technology users• Information seekers, analyzers, and evaluators• Problem solvers and decision makers• Creative and effective users of productivity tools• Communicators, collaborators, publishers, and producers• Informed, responsible, and contributing citizens
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 facilitates communication, information exchange and collaboration under a dynamic environment where users participate in the design and production of the site.
Web 2.0 sites allow the use of multiple artifacts, being able to generate and share information, organize social networks, exchange videos photos, wikis, blogs, podcasts, and folksonomies among other advantages.
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some tools for listening and speaking
Video calls: – Skype
Podcasts Webbased recorders:
– Pod-O-matic– Chirbit– Voki– Spreaker
Software: Audacity Voice tools:
– Voicethread– Voxopop– Voki
Images Videos: YouTube
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some audio tools and voice recorders
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Samples
Blogs Podcasts Glogster Digital coursebook Twitter Literature on Webheads in action’s site
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some tools for storytelling
Images:– Flickr– Photopeach– Fotobabble– Glogster: Text, images, music, videos– Phrasr
Cartoon
– Voice/video tool: xtranormal
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some key tools/resources for reading skills
Blogs E-books E-story sites Microblogging
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some tools for writing skills
Blogs:– Blogger– Wordpress– Posterous
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Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some tools for collaborative work
Wikis– Wikispaces– Pbworks– Wetpaint
Google docs Diigo
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Popular storage, online back up and sharing sites
Dropbox Google docs BlipTV Scribd
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some bookmarking tools
Del.icio.us Diigo Others
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Some popular virtual worlds are: Second Life, OpenSim, Sun Microsystems MPK20, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, Club Penguin, WhyVille, Gaia, WebKinz, Neopets, HabboHotel, There, Kaneva, Stardoll, PixieHollow, and Virtual MTV, among others. The most famous of all is Second Life. Second LifeSecond Life is an online, totally free, 3D virtual world that offers its users opportunities to create, interact, having fun and learn through an avatar. It is a net of networks that allows users to organize in groups and communities of practice.
Virtual worlds
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Popular social networks
Facebook Twitter Ning StumbleUpon Digg (also social bookmarking) Groups: Yahoo, MSM, Google
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Other popular tools
Social networks: MySpace, Sonico, Hi5, Tagged, Orkut, Bebo
Sites to storage and share audio, create podcasts, leave audio messages or make phone calls: Podbean, Skype, etc.
Photos: Flickr, Bubbleshare, Picassa, Photobucket etc. Videos: You Tube, TeacherTube, Bliptv, Metacafe, etc. Blogs (blogs): Blogger, Wordpress, etc. Microblogging: Twitter, Crowdstatus, etc. Wikis: Wikipedia, Wikieducator, Wetpaint, Wikispaces Doc and PPT storage sites: Thinkfree, Box.net,
Google docs, Slideshare, Dropbox Learning environments, platforms or virtual rooms:
Learning Times, Tapped in, Elluminate, WiZiQ, Moodle Virtual worlds: Second Life and others already
mentioned; and Board markers: Wallwisher, etc
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Further resources
• American Association for Higher Education (October, 1999) and the Council of Independent Colleges (February, 2004). Information Literacy Competency Standards of Higher Education. [Online] Available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/standards.pdf Retrieved April 15, 2009.
• Downes, S. (2007) What connectivism is. [En línea] Blog: Half an hour. [Online] Available at: http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-connectivism-is.html Retrieved November 23, 2008
• Educational Testing Service, International ICT Literacy Panel (2002). Digital transformation: A framework for ICT literacy (A report of the International ICT Literacy Panel). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. [Online] Disponible en: http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/ictreport.pdf Retrieved March 18, 2009
• Izquierdo, E. y Verschoor, J. (2009). Social Bookmarks. Integrating Technology for Instruction and Learning. [Online] Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/EvelynIzquierdo/social-bookmarking-1293488 Retrieved April 3, 2009
UNESCO (2008, en Eduteka). ICT Competency Standards for Teachers[Online, Eduteka Website] Available at http://www.eduteka.org/EstandaresDocentesUnesco.php Retrieved January 18, 2009
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Useful Web sites
• http://avealmec.org.ve/• http://evelynizquierdo.wordpress.com• http://www.go2web20.net/ • http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ • http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/ • http://podcastingevo2011activities.blogspot.com/ • http://sitesforteachers.com/ • http://web2storytelling.wikispaces.com/• http://www.toolsforeducators.com/• http://www.webheadsinaction.org
Izquierdo, E. (2011) Powerful Web 2.0 tools for the ELT Classroom. TESOL Convention 2011
Thank you!
Evelyn Izquierdo MS in EFL, ESP teacher at Universidad Central de Venezuela, e-tutor, Web 2.0 trainer, current president of Avealmec (Venezuela CALL association), Webhead, e-moderator of several social networks and VenTESOL’Communications Coordinator.
Contact information: Universidad Central de VenezuelaEmail: [email protected]: evelyn.izquierdoTwitter: @evewebSecond Life: Evelyn Michalskihttp://evelynizquierdo.wordpress.com/
