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Getting Started With the Getting Started With the InternetInternet
What the internet is...What the internet is...
Attractions, precautions, Attractions, precautions,
issues…issues…
Some Current Uses...Some Current Uses...
Getting Started With the Getting Started With the InternetInternet
What the internet is...What the internet is...
Attractions, precautions, Attractions, precautions,
issues…issues…
Some Current Uses...Some Current Uses...
English Teaching and Internet English Teaching and Internet
What the Internet is...What the Internet is...
Some Interesting DifferencesSome Interesting Differences
Attractions and PrecautionsAttractions and Precautions
English Teaching and Internet English Teaching and Internet
What the Internet is...What the Internet is...
Some Interesting DifferencesSome Interesting Differences
Attractions and PrecautionsAttractions and Precautions
Globalisation of InformationGlobalisation of Information
TimeTime SpaceSpace CultureCulture PoliticsPolitics Changing IdentityChanging Identity
Democratisation of InformationDemocratisation of Information
Free Speech?Free Speech? A New Public Sphere?A New Public Sphere? Knowledge Production?Knowledge Production? Virtual Communities?Virtual Communities? Undoing Eurocentrism?Undoing Eurocentrism?
Decentralisation of InformationDecentralisation of Information
Authors/PublishersAuthors/Publishers HypertextHypertext Copyright IssuesCopyright Issues CostCost ReliabilityReliability "Decoupling" of the Curriculum"Decoupling" of the Curriculum
English Teaching and Internet English Teaching and Internet
What the Internet is...What the Internet is...
Some Interesting DifferencesSome Interesting Differences
Attractions and PrecautionsAttractions and Precautions
Teacher CentredTeacher Centred» Up-to-date on latest theoriesUp-to-date on latest theories» Enormous variety of resources "Tried & True"Enormous variety of resources "Tried & True"» Access to others with shared topicsAccess to others with shared topics» Personal & Professional DevelopmentPersonal & Professional Development» Self paced & Pro-active LearningSelf paced & Pro-active Learning» Dissolving of theory/practice splitDissolving of theory/practice split
Advantages Advantages and and DisadvantagesDisadvantages
Student CentredEnglish as dominant language of communicationExposure to varieties of EnglishHighly social activityGreater connection with materials and language in useIncreased motivationCultural Education
Advantages Advantages and and DisadvantagesDisadvantages
CostsCosts Equipment maintenance & Equipment maintenance &
upgradesupgrades Control/AccessControl/Access Internet “addiction”Internet “addiction” ““Pornography” and language issuesPornography” and language issues Gimmicks vs.. LearningGimmicks vs.. Learning
AdvantagesAdvantages and and DisadvantagesDisadvantages
Getting Started With the Getting Started With the InternetInternet
What the internet offersWhat the internet offers
Attractions, precautions, Attractions, precautions,
issues…issues…
What you will need to connectWhat you will need to connect
Putting It Together: Putting It Together: ComputersComputers
Mac vs. PC Mac vs. PC Technical issuesTechnical issues PrintingPrinting
Direct
Modem
ISDN
LAN
ISP
Computer The NET
Putting It Together: Putting It Together: ConnectingConnecting
Putting It Together: Putting It Together: ConnectingConnecting
Modems and their speedsModems and their speeds CostCost Network possibilitiesNetwork possibilities Multiple simultaneous shared Multiple simultaneous shared
usersusers
Computer placement...Computer placement...
““Stand-alone” set-up with InternetStand-alone” set-up with Internet Small local network in classroomSmall local network in classroom Local area network in SchoolLocal area network in School
Computer Lab on a LANComputer Lab on a LAN The Computer ClassroomThe Computer Classroom
NavigationNavigation
BrowsersBrowsers
Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Communicator 4.5Communicator 4.5
Information RetrievalInformation Retrieval
Search EnginesSearch Engines BrowsingBrowsing DatabasesDatabases Books on-lineBooks on-line Electronic JournalsElectronic Journals LibrariesLibraries NewspapersNewspapers
Browsers: Keys to the InternetBrowsers: Keys to the Internet
Email and other "plug-ins"Email and other "plug-ins" Downloading, copying texts, images, pagesDownloading, copying texts, images, pages Bookmarks and FavouritesBookmarks and Favourites SubscriptionsSubscriptions History File and Proxies and cacheHistory File and Proxies and cache Comparisons...Comparisons...
EmailEmail
Email ClientsEmail Clients FunctionsFunctions Sending LinksSending Links Address BooksAddress Books ConfiguringConfiguring ComparisonsComparisons
Critical Literacy and the WWWCritical Literacy and the WWW
Point of view being foregroundedPoint of view being foregrounded Point of view being backgroundedPoint of view being backgrounded Something missing? Why?Something missing? Why? Reliability of source? TrustworthyReliability of source? Trustworthy Balanced or biased view?Balanced or biased view? Is Author linked with a particular group?Is Author linked with a particular group?
Some simple deconstruction Some simple deconstruction questions...questions...
What can be assumed about the intended What can be assumed about the intended audience?audience?
What can be assumed about the writer?What can be assumed about the writer? What assumptions/values are signalled in the What assumptions/values are signalled in the
text?text? What or whose interests are served by the What or whose interests are served by the
texttext What is valued in the text?What is valued in the text?