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THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM IN A CONNECTED WORLD (the grammar of the internet?) Michael Coghlan 5th International Congress on English Grammar (Hyderabad) January, 2007 This presentation on the web at http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/connected_educator

SUBJECT + TRANSITIVE VERB + OBJECT + ADVERBIAL PHRASE

The Internet – more than just a book

“ The Read/Write Web” (Tim Berners Lee) Original photo by Hummanna .

eLearning 2.0/Web 2.0 (Stephen Downes) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(this description courtesy of Sean Fitzgerald)

Expansion of the ‘Grammar of the Internet’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Image Plate from Owen Jones' 1853 classic, "The Grammar of Ornament". Photo by EricGjerde

Rewriting or Killing our Cultures?

My Story ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How do I work? ,[object Object],[object Object]

My ‘TAG CLOUD’ folksonomy from http://del.icio.us/mikecogh

“ technology” “ future” TAGS

A GLOBAL AUDIENCE: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MIT; Jason and TV shows…..

DIGITAL STORY PLAYED AT THIS POINT AVAILABLE AT http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =Pue4FtOb3HM

PERSONAL PUBLISHING/ PARTICIPATORY MEDIA TOOLS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =e5jtiJPlv4Y

Indian YouTube Equivalents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Facebook in India ,[object Object],[object Object],http:// ngs.ics.uci.edu/blog/?p =779

Indian Initiative: babajob.com/babalife.com NY Times, Oct 30 th , 2007

Indian Technology in a Flat World http:// ngs.ics.uci.edu/blog/?p =849

It’s a Wild World http:// youtube.com/watch?v =T-t8tUED9MI “ Just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware.”

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Who are the Webheads? ,[object Object],300 + members

Where are the Webheads? in approximately 50 countries To join the Webhead community send an email to [email_address] Or join in a 6 week online seminar: Becoming a Webhead in Jan/Feb - Becoming a Webhead 2008

See http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/unaccusative-verbs.aspx/ for commentary

http:// grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx

IN A CONNECTED WORLD: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LOCAL GLOBAL LOCAL = (GLOCAL?)

Implications for the Classroom ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why might teachers create an online presence? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why might students create an online presence? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*Soft Skills and the Net (Terry Anderson) at http://terrya.edublogs.org/2007/09/30/distance-educators-and-dogma/

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://flickr.com/photos/dbarefoot/5279903/

From a student of Konrad Glogowski: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

MEDIA RICH BLOGS ,[object Object],[object Object],Aiden is an EFL Lecturer, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages Kaohsiung, Taiwan MOVIE MULTILITERACY DIGITAL LITERACY ELITERACY

CONNECTIVISM: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age (George Siemens, University of Manitoba, Canada) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THE CULTURAL CONTEXT ,[object Object],Image courtesy of http://www.sussex.ac.uk/USIS/test/education/1-2-14.html

THE CROWD: Collective wisdom? Stupidity of the masses? Is our culture being re-written? Is the Internet killing our Culture? (Andrew Keen: the cult of the amateur)

Mobile/Cell Phone ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

http://flickr.com/photos/32912387@N00/171506548/

SLOW LEARNING "It is going to become very fashionable at some point to be disconnected," Silicon Valley futurist Paul Saffo predicts. "There are going to be people who wear their disconnectivity like a badge.“ ( http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070111/1a_tech-noxx.art.htm )

SLOW LEARNING: A Dangerous but Powerful Idea - Counter Acceleration and Speed with Slowness and Wholeness ,[object Object]

Geetha Narayanan - Slowness as a pedagogy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

HORIZONTAL V VERTICAL LEARNING

Horizontal Learning (multitasking) Instant Messaging Assignment SMS iPod Surfing Watching video/TV

Vertical Learning (single focus) Assignment: What were the principal factors that led to the Indonesian coup in 1965 and the eventual downfall of President Sukarno? (5000 words)

Horizontal v Vertical Learning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Using RSS to aggregate content ,[object Object]

The excellent eteacher: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The excellent eteacher: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The excellent eteacher: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

IN CONCLUSION: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

IN CONCLUSION: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Education by and large has not changed. Syllabus/curriculum is still rooted in a past paradigm of fixed knowledge. The world beyond classrooms has changed a great deal, and will continue to do so at an ever-increasing rate…… Photo courtesy of Sawrah, http://flickr.com/photos/sawrah/314474272/

Further Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Further Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some Recommended Grammar Sites for ESL/EFL Students ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THANK YOU This presentation on the web at http:// www.slideshare.net/michaelc/connected_educator Email: [email_address]

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