The digital classroom: how technology is changing language teaching Pete Sharma IATEFL Poland Conference Warsaw September 2011
Knowledge – Skills - Attitude K S A 3 numbers
Six statements Six technologies: analysis Six controversies Six practical ideas Lindsay Clandfield
(1) New era! Blended learning Digital immigrants vs digital natives (Prensky) Web 1.0 – Web 2.0 – user content / collaborative
More than a coursebook……. Disc CD-Rom DVD Internet E-lesson Web-site Support TB Blog
Normalisation (Bax)
(2) Controversial: Multiple perspectives Multiple perspectives Teacher Student Trainer DOS $$$ School Publisher Author Designer Developer Theory
Corpus linguistics (3)Technology - changed language teaching forever
Range of course types face-to-faceBlended: 3 + CD-ROMdistance
(4) CALL is ‘situation- specific’ (5) Importance of attitude
(6) Centralicity of pedagogy What is it? So what? How to use it?