ELT professional

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ELT professional ongoing improvement in
information competency professional
development More information competent more
employable Information competency time
efficiency
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• Information competency includes
• Computer literacy
• a functional level of knowledge and skills in
  using computers and computer-based multimedia as
  an aid to communication with oneself and others
  for the purposes of learning, knowing, and for
  using one's knowledge.
• A New Definition of Computer Literacy (Dave
  Moursund)
• http//www.uoregon.edu/moursund/dave/a_new_defini
  tion_of_comput.htm

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• Technology integration is using technology to
  help meet the curriculum standards and learner
  outcomes of each lesson, unit or activity.
• We should first of all think of what we have/want
  to teach (and what we want our students to
  learn), and only then see if computers can help
  us achieve this.

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• Advantages disadvantages of using computers
  the Internet (two-edged sword)
• Access
• (Time) efficiency
• Motivation
• Individualization

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• Acquiring skills for information competency
• Deciding on what information is needed
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• brainstorming key ideas and making mind-maps out
  of them.

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• Acquiring skills for information competency
• Accessing that information effectively and
  efficiently
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• discussions of the advantages and disadvantages
  of different investigation methods and sources of
  information
• comparison of results of searches for information
  in different online resources.

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• Acquiring skills for information competency
• Evaluating information critically by comparing
  with existing knowledge and values
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• comparison of student-written summaries
• work on topic-sentences of paragraphs
• identifying experts and others to consult.

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• Acquiring skills for information competency
• Using information effectively to achieve the
  desired outcome
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• "show and tell" - mini-presentations of plans and
  discussions of these
• discussions on register and audience how
  presentations should be changed to meet the needs
  of different audiences.

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• Acquiring skills for information competency
• Understanding the issues involved in the use of
  information.
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• presentations of different online resources that
  provide good and bad examples of the issues
  involved
• learners produce their own manual on "netiquette"
  and self-imposed rules, as a group.

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• Information competency yesterday today
• The skills that comprise information competency
  have not arisen because of new technologies, but
  rather have always been important.
• What has changed is the quantity and variety of
  information available, meaning the acquisition of
  the skills is more complex than it was before.