Language Learner Evolution: Language Learner Evolution: Creators and TechnologyCreators and Technology

Chris Harte

Bellwork – readread the following film synopsis and be prepared to tell me the name of the film

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Today’s LearnersThe Screen GenerationMobile PhonesiPodsThe Internet LaptopsPCsGaming, PlayStationsHandheld DVD players

Learning through involvement

Active Multi- taskers

Choosing what and how to learn

Physically inactive

Experiencing a 24/7 world

Confronted by technology

Today's Learners

Learner evolution?Learner evolution?

Being surrounded by technology is exhausting…

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are needed to see this picture.

So what can we do? – technology…

Free and easyKids know bestFind the staffroom geek -

Learning Intentions

By the end of this session we:Must understand everything about ICT in

languagesShould be able to implement a whole new

departmental approach to ICT by break time next Tuesday

Could do with a drink and a lie down

No really…

By the end of this session we:Must take just one idea and try it in schoolShould see that ICT can be simple and

effectiveCould share our ideas with others in the

faculty

ICT for ICT’s sake

MFL teachers are already very good at using images, flashcards, OHTs and PowerPoint (PowerfulPoint or PowerPointlessness?)

How do we engage the pupils in using ICT in MFL?

Is ICT best used as process or product or both?

Some practical ideas…Always remember that ICT is a tool and can be part of

the assessment for learning process as well as being

great for creating product - videos, PowerPoints,

Podcasts…

Here are three questions you need to ask yourself when

planning ICT:1.Do I need to use ICT?

2.What will ICT add to my pupils’ understanding?

3.What do I do when it all goes wrong?

Which film?

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In order to remove all of the spaces from a piece of text in Word, go to Edit - Replace. In the “Find what” box press the space bar once. Leave the “Replace with” box blank. Then press replace all. Voilà!

Now we are at text level…Je m’appelle Pierre. J’ai quatorze ans. Je

suis grand. Je suis mince. J’ai les cheveux bruns et les yeux marron. J’aime la musique. Je suis intelligent. Je ne suis pas arrogant. Ma mère s’appelle Sandrine. Elle est petite. Elle est de taille moyenne. Elle a 45 ans. Elle est sympa. Elle est égoïste. Je m’entends bien avec ma mère.

In order to activate track changes, go to the tools menu and click on “Track changes”.

By the end of today we will be able to…

Apply UN AVOCAT, WWW and EBI to a longer text in order to improve it

Write the best ever holiday story as a group

What are we looking for?

un avocat –Understand the questionNegativesAdjectivesVarietyOpinionsConnectivesAccuracyTenses

WWWL’été dernier je suis allé en France avec ma famille.

Nous sommes allés en voiture et nous avons pris le

ferry aussi. Le voyage dans la voiture était un peu

long, mais la mer était calme et le ferry était rapide.

Pendant le voyage, j’ai écouté de la musique et

aussi j’ai mangé un sandwich au jambon. J’aime le

jambon, c’est délicieux! La prochaine fois, je

prendrai du poulet et des frites……….

EBI L’été dernier je suis allé en France avec ma famille. Nous

sommes allés en voiture et nous avons pris le ferry aussi.

Le voyage dans la voiture était un peu long, mais la mer

était calme et le ferry était rapide. Pendant le voyage, j’ai

écouté de la musique et aussi j’ai mangé un sandwich au

jambon. J’aime le jambon, c’est délicieux! La prochaine

fois, je prendrai du poulet et des frites……….

A freeware programme that allows students to record themselves and export this as an MP3 or .wav file. This can then be listened to on an i-pod, mp3 player or cut onto CD. Just imagine students learning their oral presentations on the bus with their i-pod…or their phones…

Creators…

Web 2.0 technology allows students to become creators on the web, sharing their work with others around the world

Communicators

Using technology allows students to communicate across the world…

E-twinning platformsbloggingAn experiment! SKYPE

Learning Intentions revisited

By the end of this session we:Must take just one idea and try it in schoolShould see that ICT can be simple and

effectiveCould share our ideas with others in the

faculty