ICTs in EnglishHow technologies can support effective teaching and learning in English

Karen Melhuish

Online Professional Learning

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Why are we here today? What do we hope to learn?

By the end of the session, we will….

“Give one, get one”

Think of one example of when you have used, or been involved with, the use of digital technology as part of your English teaching.

Describe what happened this with a partner (2mins)

Starting with what we do….

Looking more closely at what we do…

Consider the example you explained:•What was the impact on the students’ behaviour?•How do you know?

What was the impact on the students’ learning? How do you know?

Stepping back to look at the wider context

The world in which we live…

•Digital reformation

•Lifelong, ‘21st Century’ learning

•User-focused paradigms

•Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

•Economic and social drivers e.g. KAREN

Stepping back to look at the wider context

Pedagogy: ‘teaching as inquiry…e-learning can support the teaching approaches (p. 36)

Vision: ‘Connected…lifelong learners…’

Key Competencies: ‘Using language, symbols and texts…intellectual curiousity…participating and contributing..’

English: ‘learn to deconstuct and critically interrogate texts..make and create meaning’

Literacy: ‘each learning area has its own language’

A scenario to critique: Miss Smith gives it a go

•How did she decide what was important to teach? And what the students needed?

•How did she choose her strategies? And the digital content?

•How was the digital content integrated into the learning? And how was new knowledge co-constructed?

•What happened as a result of the teaching?

•What might be the next steps, from a teaching and a digital point of view?

An exemplar scenario: War Poetry Focusing Inquiry

Over-arching concepts:

•What is the impact of war on people and environments?

•Context: ’Dulce et decorum est’ / WW1

My students’ learning needs?

•The literacy demands of the poem (language/structure/context/prior knowledge)

Elearning needs?:

•How media literate are they? What Web 2.0 tools can they use?

What are my own needs?

•I need to understand how to support students’ literacy needs

•I need to make sure I can scaffold their elearning needs

•I need to know the affordances of suitable technology

An exemplar scenario: War Poetry Teaching Inquiry

Teaching strategies to help them engage with the poem and the over-arching question:

•Engage prior knowledge•Make connections•Ask questions•Test hypothesis•Understand main idea, audience and purpose•Infer, analyse, evaluate

Would digital content help this?

How will I choose this?

An exemplar scenario: War Poetry Teaching and Learning•Engage prior knowledge: brainstorm using Freemind/Inspiration

•Make connections: WW1 Webquest; comparison of WW1 and modern war articles

•Ask questions: collaborate on three-level guide style questions and post to wiki for collaborative response

•Understand main idea, audience and purpose: shared/guided reading, watch and critique a Youtube version, use Wordle as a starting point for imagery and vocabulary, students select images from Google Images/Creatve Commons to illustrate and explain the meaning of different sections.

•Infer, analyse, evaluate: discuss the main question via blog/online forum/Voicethread

www.wordle.com

An exemplar scenario: War Poetry Learning inquiry

How can I monitor/notice the impact on students’ learning?

• Classroom observation

•Analysis of poem in an essay/digital essay/collaborative wiki response - look at Aos and assessment schedule

What are the next steps for their learning, and for my learning?

What have I learned about the integration of digital content?

What do I need to change or learn?

Return to your own example

What would you keep?

What would you change?

Have we met our success criteria?

Review the initial direction we set ourselves….[slide 2]

Where to now? 3-2-1-out!3 ideas that are worth exploring further

2 things you have learned

1 point for action, for yourself or your school

A final thought…

Learning and Motivation in 21st Century

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w&feature=related

Image sources:

•Slide 1: ‘Adrian on the computer’ by Bombardier (Flickr CC)

•Slide 3: ‘Students working on class assignments in the computer lab’ by ExtraKetchup (Flickr CC)

•Slide 4: by ‘Playing with magnifying glass’ Somegeekintn (Flickr CC)

•Slide 5: It’s future is in our hands by aussiegall (Flickr CC)

•Slide 7: from Literacy Online TKI: elearnng as inquiry

•Slide 11: Bluff Signpost by Rob Young

•Slide 12: 'Different sides’ by JP<3

•Slide 13: Question mark and arrow by laurakgibbs