Bridging the gap between Digital Natives and Digital
Immigrants/Foreigners
Chiew N Pang
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“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” Albert
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We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . .
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using technologies that haven’t yetbeen invented . . .
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in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.
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By 2023, when 1º ESO students
will be just 25 years old and beginning their (first or second) careers . . .
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it will only take a €700 computer to exceed the capabilities of the human brain.
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And while technical predictions farther out than about 15 years are hard to make . . .
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predictions are that by 2050 a €700computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the human race.
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?So, what are we going to do
about it
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?Can we still use traditional methods to teach our children
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Children spend as much as6 hours per dayin front of screens
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?So, do we engage them or enrage them?
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ICTIN
EDUCATIONBridging the gap between Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants/Foreigners
?How can we incorporate ICT
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• Blogs• Quizzes• Videos• Games
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• school• class• teachers• group• individual
Who?
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• free• easy• fast• interactive• control
Why?
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• parents can tune in• ss can reinforce• extra activities• organisation & focus• encourage camaraderie• extend class time
Why?
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• display students’ work• extend discussion• improve/increase communication (especially with shy students)• improve writing• group work to foster team building skills• virtual announcement board
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• blogspot• wordpress• edublogs
Which?
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Quizzes &
other fun
activities
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• add to the variety of learning tools• accelerate the learning process• they’re fun!• encourage self-help• get students involved in
designing questions
Why?
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• ProProfs• My Studiyo• Hot Potatoes• Wondershare• ContentGenerator
Which?
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• multiple choice• multiple answers• fill in the gaps• essay
ProProfs
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• add pictures• add videos
ProProfs
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• tracking• email notification
ProProfs
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• customise scoring• automatic grading
ProProfs
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• multiple choice• multiple scoring
MyStudiyo
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• add pictures• add videos• statistics• skins
MyStudiyo
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• multiple choice• short answers• jumbled sentence• crossword• matching/ordering• gap-fill
Hot
Potatoes
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• multiple choice• essays• jumbled sentence• click map• matching/ordering• gap-fill
Wondershare
Quiz Creator
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VIDEOS
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Assign films as homework – only in original language. Tasks include reviews, class discussion, and comprehension questions
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• Show short segment without volume nor subtitles
• Students imagine situations before and after
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• Have students listen only (no images)
• They imagine the scene
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• Work with scripts• Role-play• Wordle script, then
discuss
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• Don’t just work with films
• Recipes are excellent for imperatives, sequence words, etc.
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• Watch and tell activity
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GAMES
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• Purpose Games• Content Generator• Classtools.net Arcade game Dustbin game
How?
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• Parts of the Face• Geometric Shapes• False Friends• Phonetics• Q & A• Grammar, e.g. Constructing Questions,
Plurals
Examples of
Purpose Games
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• Definitions• Irregular Past Simple• Countries & Nationalities• Gap-Fill• Pronunciation• Trivia
Examples of
Arcade Games
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• Count & Uncount Nouns• States of Matter• Make or Do• Sports: Play, Do or Go?• Musical Instruments• Pronunciation (simple past)
Examples of
Dustbin Games
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• Matching• Multiple Choice
Examples of Content
Generator Games
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___ orbit around the ___ .
___ is the furthest planet in our Solar System.
The four ___ closest to the ___ are ___, ___, ___ and ___ .
The four gas giants are ___, ___, ____ and ___ .
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