Digi Teaching

What is it? and is it really that effective?

How are we as Wellington College English Teachers integrating

technology into our teaching?

How effective is what we are already doing?

• Wikis•Moodle

•Ecoll•Powerpoint

What is Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?

• Web 1.0

This is a web page that has the purpose of presenting information to an audience.

• Web 2.0

This is a web page that has the purpose of presenting information where the audience can view and respond.

Web 1.0

The White Pages is Web 1.0 because it is an example of information

being uploaded to a website. The only intention being to show

information and not allow the audience to respond.

Web 2.0

Stuff is a Web 2.0 site because it allows their audience to share their views and

opinions with one another. This is an example of a discussion forum. Stuff also

allows their audience to share the article on their personal Facebook or

MySpace page.

Why make a change after all these years of effective teaching?

• New curriculum

• Learning needs of teenagers are changing

• Increased opportunity to share with a larger community

• Increased motivation of students with a wider audience

Links to the new curriculum

• Key competencies:

1. Thinking

2. Relating to others

3. Participating and contributing

4. Using language, symbols and text

5. Managing self

So how can you use Web 2.0 products to be a more effective

teacher in the implementation of the new curriculum?

•Scribd- an online document storage centre. From here you can embed

documents onto your own webpage. This also means that students don’t

require the latest version of Windows documents.

YouTube- Online video uploaded from a variety of sources can be

embedded onto your own webpage. This allows for teachers to offer support

material for text studied.

Slideshare- an online slideshow storage centre. You are able to upload

PowerPoint presentations and embed them into your webpage. This is a

valuable tool for collating teacher notes. From the webpage, viewers are able to

add comments and share with others.

Heaps of other things that you can play with when you are feeling more

confident.

• Wordle- text cloud tool

But how are we able to do this when we have no time because of

everything else?

• Training days

• Asking for help

• Walk before you can run

• Student support within your own class

So how does this change the department ICT goal?

• The focus for us is to use ICT in a way where it is an effective teaching tool.

• ICT should not be a hindrance or something that is used once a term.

• ICT does not replace the teacher in the classroom, but is a more effective way of implementing the key competencies.