Who

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Whos afraid of the Digital World

• Ann Shlapobersky

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What does digital mean anyway?

• Noun / Adjective
• of or pertaining to a digit  or finger.
• manipulated with a finger or the fingertips a dig
  ital switch.
• of, pertaining to, or using data in the form of nu
  merical digits.
• Computers . involving or using numerical digits  e
  xpressed in a scale of notation to represent discr
  etely all variables occurring in a problem.
• of, pertaining to, or using numerical calculations
  .
• available in electronic form readable and manipul
  atable
•  by computer.
• Using or giving a reading in digits a digital
  clock.
• Characterized by widespread use of
  computers living in the digital age
• http//dictionary.reference.com/browse/digital
• www.thefreedictionary.com/digital

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Digital Nation

• Within a single generation, digital media and
  the World Wide Web have transformed virtually
  every aspect of modern culture, from the way we
  learn and work to the ways in which we socialize
  and even conduct war. But is the technology
  moving faster than we can adapt to it?
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitaln
  ation/etc/synopsis.htmlixzz1gIs3P1AE

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3 Things You Need to Know to Become a DIGITAL
Teacher

• Technical thing
• Digital thing
• Educational thing

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Technical you need to know how to

• turn on the computer
• turn on the projector
• connect the laptop to the projector
• access your file(s) from the computer,
  disc-on-key or the Internet
• upload/download files or pictures
• download/install/update programs
• Troubleshooting all of the above!
• Who do you call or do you teach yourself?

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Digital you need to know

• what programs are available for education
  purposes
• what programs can be adapted for education
  purposes
• how do you use the programs
• what new programs or Internet sites are
  appropriate for your specific students
• what are the new trends in digital education
• how or if you can/should adapt them to your
  teaching methods and syllabus
• You have to take the time to practice and learn.

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Educational you need to know

• does the digital program/activity supports your
  curriculums pedagogy
• is the aim of the digital program/activity to
  help
• enrich / reinforce /supplement something you are
  teaching in class?
• have you provided your students a means to focus
  on the main point of digital program/activity?
• how do you integrate the program/activity into
  your syllabus?

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Before you use a digital program/activity asked
yourself.
What will my students gain from this?
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Internet Sites to Integrate
Name of Internet site Aim of the site Teacher/Classroom use(s)
Tricider.com To ask a question / make a statement and get feedback suggestions. Class discussions Give opinion Agree/disagree
Transl8it To change your text to sms messages. Writing practice
Telscopictext To show students how to add detail and expand sentences Writing development
Pimpampum To relate words to images Writing development
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Name of Internet site Aim of the site Teacher/Classroom use(s)
Cueprompter You can develop students reading skills Developing faster reading skills
Audioboo record and share audio Record yourself / phone app
Twurdy You can ?nd texts based around key topics for lower levels far more easily Site searching
Storify Choose sites and images to create themes Develop a story based on a variety of multimedia.
http//www.scribd.com/doc/53030128/36-Tools-for-Di
gitising-your-ELT-Course-Book
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Educators believe

• We do not doubt that the digital future will
  transform education along with practically
  everything else. But rather than seeing it as a
  painful (and politically volatile) trade-off
  between technology and teachers, we propose that
  digital education needs excellent teachers and
  that a first-rate teaching profession needs
  digital education.
• http//educationnext.org/like-peanut-butter-and-ch
  ocolate-digital-learning-and-excellent-teachers-go
  -well-together/
• Students in elementary school now will most
  likely graduate high school in a world where
  digital content has, by and large, completely
  replaced print content, said Doug Levin, CEO of
  the State Educational Technology Director's
  Association
• http//blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/20
  11/12/setdas_levin_classrooms_digita.html

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Technology for Learning - Chapter 1, Part 2

• Researchers report that integrating technology
  affects students motivation, autonomy, access to
  diverse sources of information, development of
  technology skills, and engagement.
• These are all important aspects of the learners
  experience that can lead to academic success.
• But does technology integration lead to greater
  academic achievement?
• The answer is that it depends. It depends on
  whether the technology is implemented in a way
  that changes the behavior of teachers and
  students so that it leads to increased academic
  achievement.
• Simply employing technology in the classroom does
  not necessary change the way that teachers teach
  and students learn.
• Technology for Learning - Chapter 1, Part
  2Published by TeachLearning - sponsored by
  Intel and HP

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• Thank you
• Ann Shlapobersky
• ashlapo_at_ecb.co.il