Developing materials and practices for the digital

generation

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

http://tinyurl.com/bujwand

About meFreelance Consultant

Teacher Trainer Writer | Blogger

Technology ConsultantCourse developer Teacher Trainer

Lecturer - Media & Technology - MA TESOL

ELT -1992 CELTA & DELTA M.Ed Tech - ELTNik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

• More than 75 percent of teens own cell phones•73 percent use online social networking sites•38 percent share something online that they created, such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos. •A Nielson Wire Report found that teenagers averaged 3,339 sent and received texts a month!

Data from a recent Pew Research Center survey shows:

Engaging Students on Their Own Terms http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/01/20/omg-engaging-students-on-their-own-terms.aspx By Anthony A. Luscre

The App Gap

Eliminating the “App Gap” By Marc Prensky -In Educational Technology Jan-Feb 2012

“Should we be concerned about the fact that today there are a great many students who already have phones, or iTouches or iPads with the ability to download whatever apps they need or want (and the accounts and means to do so), and, of course, many more that do not?”

“apps include some of the most useful learning tools that have ever been available.”

http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

The Challenge“My challenge to teachers is to create assignments, projects and techniques to capture your students' attention. Projects should be technology-rich, highly engaging, and fun learning experiences that reflect real-world skills.”

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Engaging Students on Their Own Terms http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/01/20/omg-engaging-students-on-their-own-terms.aspx By Anthony A. Luscre

How do we adapt our teaching and materials to cater to the digital generation?

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Developing materials and practices for the digital

generation

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

How do we get students communicating in this environment?

Creating a Back Channelhttp://todaysmeet.com/

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Why?• Information sharing

• Audience response

• Democratising the classroom

• Brainstorming

• Engagement

• Working without paper

• A record of interaction

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Exploiting SMS Texting Language

Chat with SMShttp://transl8it.com/

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

A Poem

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frm wot I've tasted of desireI hold w thOs hu favor fire.bt f it had 2 perish twice,I tink I knO Enuf of h8

2 sA dat 4 destruction iceiz also gr8

& wud suffice.

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Dialogue

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By NE othR nAm wud smeL az swEt

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Why?• Increase engagement with

short texts

• Understanding the genre

• Thinking about the sound

• Communication

• Fun

• Lead in to phonology http://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Using Blogs as an Online Publishing Space

Shared work spacehttp://posterous.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Members onlyhttp://posterous.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Working collaborativelyhttp://posterous.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Blog by Emailpost@posterous.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Mobile blogginghttp://posterous.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Why?• Publish content as writing

task

• Create online materials

• A shared private workspace

• Peer editing and collaboration

• Mobile digital narrative

• Blended learning courses

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/news-story

http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/married-life-4668

http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/if-this-world-were-mine-21851

http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/a-vision-of-students-today

Examples

Creating Mixed Media Comprehension Tasks

Mashing up multimedia http://storify.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Multimedia searchhttp://storify.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Social media researchhttp://storify.com

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On MobileNik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

On MobileNik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Why?• Mixed media

comprehension tasks

• Embed into blogs etc

• Research tasks for students

• Synergising information

• Moving beyond cut and paste for digital sources

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Generic tasks

• Fact collection

• Evaluating sources

• Summarising

• Peer created (?)

• Reporting

• What interests you

• Comparison

• Merge texts

• Projects

• CLIL

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Save preparation time by using generic tasks

Interacting with Online Texts

Interacting with texthttps://www.scrible.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Storing informationhttps://www.scrible.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Sharing informationhttps://www.scrible.com

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Why?• Developing study skills

• Interactive with text to increase retention

• Analysing text (grammar and vocab)

• Pinpointing text comprehension

• Keeping a record for revision

• Sharing questions

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Multi Media Online Note Taking

Digital Note takinghttp://www.evernote.com/

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Video Communication

Video Q&Ahttp://vyou.com/nikpeachey

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Answer from Anywhere

Increase engagementBe availableDevelop communication

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Video Mailhttp://mailvu.com/

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Speaking practice

Develop speaking skillsIncrease reflection and self awareness

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Video Diaryhttp://www.keek.com/Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Speaking diarySpoken ePortfolioLearning and reflectionCommunication

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Exploiting Visual Information

Infographic & visual literacy

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Finding sourceshttp://visual.ly/

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Creating a visual CVhttp://re.vu

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Why?• Great for comprehension

and writing activities

• Web research - fact checking

• Creative tasks

• Great for visual learners

• 10 tools for making Infographics: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Resources for Keeping Up

Tools for Learnershttp://www.scoop.it/t/tools-for-learners

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

About mehttp://about.me/technogogy

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

Thanks for listeningnikpeachey@mac.com

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My BookWeb 2.0 Tools for Teachers:http://www.scribd.com/doc/19576895/Web-20-Tools-for-Teachers

Recommended ReadingLearning & Technologyhttp://www.scoop.it/t/learning-technology

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Thanks to Pearson for sponsoring my talk at: Beykent Unıversıtesı Ayazaga Kampusu