basic tech skills

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BASIC TECH SKILLS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Pamela Arrarás

• Introductions – getting to know each other & where we’re standing

• E-mail: choosing & using 4 education.• Making the most of the extra apps• Online Identity Management• The tip of the iceberg: some resources

to get your feet wet…• Web 2.0• Staying in touch with one another…

Agenda

About me…

Now you…

If you had to pick one image to represent

yourself and your life in a nutshell, what would that

picture be?

Know thyself…

Know thyself…

Know thyself…

Know thyself…

Know thyself…even more

Access the full version of this self-assessment published by Beth Kanter by clicking here.

Criteria:• Storage capacity• Attachment size • Ability to download and/or

forward messages• Extra features• Other applications included in

account

E-mail accounts

Suggested Services

• Gmail• Hotmail• Yahoo• Inbox• Zoho

Comparison Chart

Storage Attachments Download? Forward? Other Apps

Gmail 7.79 GB 25 mb Yes Yes y

Yahoo No limit 25 mb No ($) yes y

Hotmail No limit 10 mb No Only 2 msn y

Zoho No limit? 10 mb Yes Yes y

Inbox 5 GB 20 mb Yes Yes y

Comparison Chart - Features

Aliases Calendar Notes Auto reply

Contacts admin

Network Filters Add another account

Personal Homepage

Gmail y Y – can share

Kind of Tasks

y y Y - Buzz

Y – & Tags

y Y

Yahoo y Y – can share

y y y lots of options

y y Y – only POP

Y

Hotmail ? Y – can share

Y – To Do list

y y y y y Kind of

Zoho y Y – can share

y y y n y y y

Inbox n y y y y n y y n

Comparison Chart – Other Apps

Photo Storage

Events organizer

Website publishing

Groups Online documents

RSS Feeds Aggregator

Online storage space

Gmail Picasa Google Calendar

Yes Yes Google Docs

Google Reader

n

Yahoo Flickr No No Yes No n Kind of Zumo

Hotmail Yes No Kind of – Spaces (1)

Yes Office Live Workspace

n y – 25 GBSky Drive

Zoho n Y - Share Kind of Wikis

Kind of (2)

Y n n

Inbox Yes n n n n n Y – 2GB

Comparison Chart Synchronous Tools

Chat Video chat Screen sharing

Gmail y y n

Yahoo y y n

Hotmail y y n

Zoho y y Y (1-1)

Inbox n n n

For more information…

• Inbox Features explained• Hotmail / Windows Live• Windows Live Workspaces• Google Products• Zoho Suite

Ok, I know how to use all this terrrrrrific stuff…NOW WHAT?

Watch the following clips and come up with anidea about how you could use each feature:• To do activities with your students, or • for your own professional development, or• as an aid to prepare your classes better

Want more tutorials?

Remember to check outour companion site!

Taking advantage of extra apps

Examples:• Personalized Homepages:

• My Yahoo• IGoogle

• Google Reader• Google / Zoho / Office

Live Docs

Keyword: ESL

Keyword: English

Less is more

Google Reader

How to subscribe

Google ReaderDevelop your reading & writing skills:•Organize your reading: subscribe to blogs you like by clicking on the orange square•Share the posts you like the most, write comments on them for other teachers to read.

If you know how to use tags, create public tags and set up reading lists for your students. An example has been made for you at www.pamelaarraras.com.ar/faapi2009 on the right sidebar

LINK TO FEED

Google Docs

• Create documents that you can keep online, without having to download them anywhere; they can be public or private.• Do collaborative writing with your students or colleagues.• Write articles and publish them online for your students or peers.• Create exercises students can download or print.• Do surveys: students can submit homework to you through Google forms!

Learn more watching video tutorials :

• Go to http://pamelaarraras.com.ar/faapi2009/video-tutorials/. You will find the following videos:– Google Docs in Plain English– Google Reader in in Plain English– Blogs in Plain English– Online Photo Sharing in Plain English– Wikis in Plain English– Social Networking in Plain English– Podcasting in Plain English– RSS in Plain English

Courtesy of Common Craft, through YouTube

Now it’s your turn!

Write down at least three ways you might use the applications we have already mentioned. • 1 for personal language

learning• 1 for developing teaching

skills• 1 for teaching / using with

Sts.Now turn to a person near you and share them!

Take a break…

The road ahead of us…

• Online Identity Management• Web2.0 Intro• Resources for prof. development• How to stay in touch…

Online Identity management

• Avatars & aliases• Being private in

the web2.0• Wrong Way, right

way• Different levels of

you

“Share, but be digitally aware” (WINSORDI)

www.google.com/profiles

UserNamecheck.com

Wrong way, right way

• Browser’s memory• Same password

everywhere• Obvious security

questions• Birthday year

OPEN ID

Web2.0 Intro

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The Early Web : Web 1.0

one-way webread-only web

content produced by an expert author

published on the web

to be read by consumers.

Extracted from Jane Hart’s PPT in Slideshare

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E-Learning 1.0

one-way learningread-only learning

online coursesproduced by experts(teachers)

and published on a VLE (virtual learning environment)

to be studied by learners

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Web 2.0 = read-write web

services and apps to co-create content, collaborate and share it with others

social media toolsencourage socialisation

FREEOpen SourceHostedtools

Emergence of Web 2.0 Technologies

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Learning 2.0 = Social Learning

Learners create content

in a variety of formats using tools

like blogs and wikis

share knowledge, experiences, information with others

work and learncollaboratively

participatory learning

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Attitudes to Learning(generational and technology influences)

Traditional learner• Classrooms and workshops• content-driven• taught• linear• tied to tests• “just in case”• singularity• online web-based courses• text-based• independent

New breed of learner• hyperlinked info• multi-tasking• visual • experiential• with short attention spans• social• “just in time”• instant gratification• construct own learning

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Web 2.0 Tools

1. Social bookmarking2. Social networking3. File sharing4. Blogging/RSS5. Microblogging6. Collaboration tools

Levels of Engagement

1. Passive Consumer– browses Web sites, blogs, and wikis, watches videos, listens to podcasts,

etc.

2. Active Contributor– comments on content in blogs, wikis, and other sites , rates, comments on

and favourites items– shares links– connects and communicates with others using e.g. micro-blogging and social

networking

3. Pro-active Creator– creates and shares own content like photos, videos, etc – creates blogs, wikis, social networks, etc.

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Informal Professional Development

• Journals & magazines• Workshops• Books, reference books, encyclopedias • Conferences• Traveling• Keeping a journal/log

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•All the above plus:•Blogs •Podcasts & Videocasts•Webinars•E-zines•E-lists•Online courses•Online… EVERYTHING

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ITunes - Zencast

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Let’s stay in touch…

Thanks for coming!

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