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Instructional Technology
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“ …. created a flat world: a global, web-enabled platform for multiple forms of sharing knowledge and work, irrespective of time, distance, geography and increasingly, language.” At the very moment this platform emerged, three huge economies materialized - - those of India, China and the former Soviet Union --“and three billion people who were out of the game, walked onto the playing field.” --- Friedman
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Web 2.0
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Blogs Podcasts Wikis Social bookmarking Social networks (Facebook, Ning, etc.) Twitter Youtube Flikr Etc. ….
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Open Movement
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Open Software Audacity Open Office Ubuntu Glimp Etc. …
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Mobile Technologies PDAs iPhones Cellphones iPods, mp3, mp4 players Netbooks
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Summary Flat world/classroom Web 2.0 Serious gaming The Horizon Report Open movement Mobile technologies
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Are computers and other technologies going to revolutionize the way English is learned and taught? Can technologies replace the teacher? Are teachers and students in Armenia aware of computer and other technologies? If they are not how can they be informed about it? Is Armenian society ready for the changes, namely integrating computer and other technologies in education? At the course level, how can we use technologies to enhance their EFL and technological literacy? Scenarios of schools that have differing technological capacities: how to move them forward? If we want to move Armenia towards more technologically literate society, how do we proceed with this task? What should be the priorities?
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