…OR WHAT TO DO WITH MATERIALS

COURSEBOOKS OR E-BOOKS??THE APPEARANCE OF DIGITAL BOARDS HAS RECENTLY TRIGGERED THE PRODUCTION OF E-BOOKS. TODAY, WE WILL SEE SOME PROs

(AS WELL AS SOME CONs) OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF E-BOOKS IN A

CLASSROOM.

DISCUSS

PROS CONS It is visually more

attractive for students.

Teachers needn’t carry the mp3 player around, listening exercises included in CD-Rom

It isn’t too difficult to operate.

In most cases, it essentially includes the same exercises than a regular coursebook!!!

As a consequence, it has exactly the same flaws as a regular coursebook.

AN EXAMPLEThe book I

have to use at school with

my 1st grade of Secondary

Education students

CONCLUSIONE-books still have a very long way to

go until they prove useful. If the digital contents are EXACTLY the

same contents of the printed version, very little or nothing has been

improved. Digital resources, as we will see, can be exploited and

become a very fruitful resource for us teachers.

‘USEFUL’ ICT RESOURCES

MAXIMIZING ‘ICT’ THE INTERNET IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR

BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. IT IS OUR DUTY TO TEACH THEM HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THE ONLINE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. THE INTERNET OFFERS:

@ LISTENING EXERCISES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

@ MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION@ NUMEROUS WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT THE

SOCIO-CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN (E-PAPERS, E-ZINES, ETC…)

WHAT ICT ACTIVITIES COULD WE CARRY OUT IN OUR SESSIONS????

BRAINSTORM!!!!

SOME POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES@ WEBQUESTS@ PROJECTS@ BLOGS @ SCHOOL/CLASS WEBSITES@ PODCASTS@ E-PAL @ GAMES

A PERFECT SCENARIOTODAY, WE WILL BE

DAY-DREAMING. IMAGINE, FOR ONE

MOMENT, THE PERFECT SITUATION…….

WHAT I MEAN BY ‘ A PERFECT SITUATION’ IS ONE WHERE TEACHERS HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE THEIR

SYLLABUS DESIGN DIDACTIC UNITSACTIVITIESIT IS IN THESE ELEMENTS THAT YOUR SPIRIT AS

TEACHERS WILL BE REFLECTED.

PREPARING A SYLLABUS DESIGNSYLLABUS DESIGNS ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED TAKING TWO FEATURES INTO CONSIDERATION:

OUR STUDENTS: AGE, LEVEL, CHARACTERISTICS, LEARNING PREFERENCES, INTERESTS, ETC…

THE OFFICIAL STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT

BECAUSE MY SUBJECT IS DEVOTED TO THE RESOURCES USED IN A CLASSROOM, AND

BECUASE SYLLABUS DESIGNS ARE EXTREMELY BORING, I WILL OMIT THIS PART

RESOURCES IN A DIDACTIC UNITWE SHOULD MAKE USE OF ALL THE AVAILABLE

RESOURCES IN EACH DIDACTIC UNIT:COURSEBOOKSTORYBOOKS (TALES, BOOKS)AUDIO VISUAL (LISTENING EXERCISES,

SONGS)ICTFLASHCARDSPICTURE BOOKOTHERS (CRAFTS, PAINT, CLAY, ETC…)

OF COURSE, THE COMBINATION AND IMPORTANCE WE GIVE TO EACH OF THESE RESOURCES WILL DETERMINE THE TYPE OF SESSIONS WE WILL BE CARRYING OUT.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE MORE WE USE AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES, THE BIGGER EMPHASIS WE WILL BE PLACING ON LISTENING / SPEAKING.

TO CREATE YOUR OWN SYLLABUS DESIGN AND YOUR OWN RESOURCES, FIRST YOU WILL NEED TO COMPILE TONS OF ACTIVITIES,BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN. THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO GRADE THEM IN TERMS OF DIFFICULTY AND ORGANIZE THEM ACCORDING TO THE CONTENTS AND THE DIDACTIC UNITS WHERE THOSE UNITS WILL BE.

HOMEWORK@ DESIGN ONE ACTIVITY WHERE STUDENTS

HAVE TO MAKE USE OF ICT. TRY TO AVOID TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR EXERCISES (GAP-FILLING, MULTIPLE CHOICE, ETC..)

@ PLEASE INCLUDE: -OBJECTIVES -CONTENTS -ASSESSMENT CRITERIA -DESCRIPTION