The slideshow traces the development of CALL, distinguishes between digital immigrants and natives, describes the advantages and pitfalls of IT + ELT and suggests a new role for the ELTs using IT. Takeaways suggest moderation in IT use and saving the best of older tried and true techniques to go with the newer technology-based approaches.

1. ELT + IT: CALL for a Balance
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance,
order, rhythm and harmony.
Thomas Merton

2. 10 Questions to Consider
1. Who are the digital natives and are they
getting restless?
2. How does ELT + IT help ELLs attain 21st
century literacy?
3. How does ELT + IT improve language
learning?
4. What are some of the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
5. Are there any “angels” to help us with ELT
+ IT?
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3. 10 Questions to Consider
6. How can teachers prepare for ELT + IT?
7. Do our D.N. students really need our IT
guidance?
8. What is the teacher’s role in the ELT + IT
classroom?
9. What really makes a successful ELT?
10. What can you take away from this
presentation?
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4. Who are the digital natives?
Joe Morelock – Canby, Oregon School District
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5. Who are the digital natives?
 People born into technology (after 1980)
 How many of you are digital natives?
– Never used a typewriter
– Don’t check your watch for the time
– Spent 5K hrs reading but 10K hrs video games
by college graduation
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6. Who are the digital immigrants?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schlaus/926911366/ 6

7. Who are the digital immigrants?
 We adopt technology but have a digital
immigrant “accent”
– Wear wristwatches (to tell time, not just for
fashion)
– Remember waiting for photos to be “developed”
– Still buy CDs for some of our music!
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8. Digital Dinosaurs Among Us?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwitton/3854150152/ 8

9. Why are D.N.s getting restless?
 DI assumptions about learning don’t
match DN assumptions.
 DNs can’t use their digital information
tools in the classroom.
 DNs don’t feel the classroom
experience prepares them for global
environment.
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10. Restless Digital Natives?
Michael
Wesch
A Vision of Students Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o 10

11. Questions to consider:
 Do the students in the video remind you of
your students? Why? Why not?
 Do DNs really learn differently? Can DNs
actually multitask efficiently?
 Should the DN students learn the old ways
or should their DI teachers learn the new?
Is there any middle ground?
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12. What skills must ELLs possess?
 21st century literacy skills (Warschauer)
– Academic Literacy - competencies
related to academic work.
– Not new to us
» Summarizing
» Critical Reading
» Researching
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13. What skills must ELLs possess?
 21st century literacy skills (Warschauer)
– Digital Literacy - Competencies related to creation
and use of digital materials
» Computer Literacy
» Information Literacy
» Multimedia Literacy
» Computer Mediated Communication Literacy
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14. Why do our students need to attain
this new literacy?
 “Technological Know-How
is a Job Requirement”
– Daniel Gulati, Harvard Business
Review, March 2012
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/03/technological_know-
how_is_a_job_requirement.html?awid=6493846415991042466-3271
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15. Is there another reason?
“In our Information Age
twenty-first century society,
knowledge is the coin of the
realm and the ability to
think critically is a
prerequisite for democratic
participation.” Panama government in session
http://www.panama1.com/gobierno.php
Cummins, Brown and Sayers: Literacy,Technology,
and Diversity. 2007, p. vi
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16. And yet another?
 National borders becoming
less important
 Globalization allows access
to playing field
 More opportunities but more
competition
 Digitally literate citizens
will have the edge!
http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/bookshelf/the-world-is-
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17. How does ELT + IT improve language learning?
 Authenticity (unlimited access to authentic materials,
communication and publishing)
 Literacy (read, write, communicate, research & publish on
Internet = 21st century literacy)
 Interaction (key to acquiring fluency; Internet provides
stimulus and opportunity)
 Vitality (flexible, modern medium; provides opportunity
for meaningful, relevant work)
 Empowerment (mastery allows teachers and students to
become lifelong learners).
Internet for English Teaching, Warschauer, Shetzer & Meloni, TESOL, 2000.
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18. What is Web 2.0? How is it used in ELT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IRkqbUoXY
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19. Web 2.0 supports the 21st century model
Warschauer in “The Death of Cyberspace and the Rebirth of CALL”
http://www.gse.uci.edu/faculty/markw/cyberspace.html
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20. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theta444/12372029/
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21. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
 Time, time, time
– Learning new
tools/techniques
– Keeping up with
changes
– Technology
addiction
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenandagain/26288869/
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22. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
David Pogue, New York Times, Feb 15, 2012
writes:
“OMG! Did you see Brad Pitt’s post on Digglr last
night?”
“No, I was too busy cruising Cr.us.ta.ce.an. What
did he say?”
“OMG, it was all over Regurgtatr!”
Have you ever had the sinking feeling that the
online world is moving so fast that you’ll never
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catch up?

23. Every year, there’s another hot new online service,
another drain into which to pour your time.
Question: Once you’re on Facebook and Twitter and
Foursquare and Google Plus and Tumblr and
LinkedIn and Instagram and Reddit and Path —
when, exactly, do you have time left over for a life?
Well, never mind. Incredibly, yet another free site
has become white-hot popular, because it’s found yet
another purpose not quite served by anyone else . . .
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/technology/personaltech/reviewing-pinterest-the-newest-
social-media-site.html?_r=1&nl=technology&emc=cta2 23

24. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
Are you drowning in information?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/ 24

25. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
Are you getting “blurry-eyed?”
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ 25

26. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
Internet Safety
http://www.cskcst.com/ 26

27. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
Distraction and loss of f2f interaction.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4944690645/

28. What about the pitfalls of ELT + IT?
"The ties we form through
the Internet are not, in the
end, the ties that bind.
But they are the ties that
preoccupy. . .” p. 280
Sherry Turkle, MIT technology and
society specialist.
http://alonetogetherbook.com/
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29. Pitfall - Digital Divide
 Lack of
connectivity
 Lack of teacher
training
 Lack of teacher
networking
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/peru/the_achilles_heel_of_the_peru_deployment.html 29

30. Are there any “Angels” to help us?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicepopkorn/3616617104/ 30

31. Are there any “Angels” to help us?
(Mavens)
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
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32. Are there any “Angels” to help us?
(Mavens)
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http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/

33. Are there any “Angels” to help us?
(Web Sites)
http://elllo.org/ 33

34. Are there any “Angels” to help us?
(Web Sites)
http://www.ted.com/talks 34

35. Are there any “Angels” to help us?
(Tools)
http://www.diigo.com/index 35

36. Can you tell me about more “angel” resources?
You will find them here:
http://tinyurl.com/6qd8j9b
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicepopkorn/3616617104/ 36

37.  Self-education
– Get familiar with the TESOL technology
standards + vignettes
– Subscribe to CALL-IS VSL (Virtual Software
List)
– Subscribe to blogs/sites by Stannard, Peachey,
Ferlazzo
– Join social networks like Classroom 2.0, EFL
2.0, PETsNet (Victor Hugo)
– Attend professional conferences!

38. TESOL EVO Sessions 2012
(free and need not be TESOL member)
•Becoming a Webhead
•TESOL-Drama
•Digital Storytelling-Young Ls
•Digital Tools with a Purpose
•PLEs and PLNs
•Gamification
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/FrontPage
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39. E-Teacher Online Courses
http://tinyurl.com/56jqc9
http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/eteacher/courses.html
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40. Exploring Web 2.0 Online Course
http://tinyurl.com/56jqc9
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41. Do DN students really need IT guidance?
http://www.radpic.com/you_werent_downloaded.html 41

42. An ELL without ELT guidance:
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdxqIBfEAw 42

43. Do DN students really need guidance?
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http://youtu.be/lpvgfmEU2Ck

44. Do DN students really need guidance?
Teachers
are the
critical lin
k!
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/myklroventine/3400039523/

45. What is the role of the teacher in IT + ELT?
The Player-Coach
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenmama/2126257888/ 45

46. The Player Coach
 Leads the team but also participates
 Has the same stake in success as the players
 Applies expertise in setting goals and objectives
 Designs meaningful practice to support improvement
 Knows the strengths and weaknesses of the players
 Strives to motivate all players
 Assesses performance and gives constructive advice
 Establishes an emotional bond with the players
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47. What Makes a Successful ELT?
 Inspiration
 Enthusiasm
 Professional competence
 Attention to affective development of student
 Tolerance, patience, warmth, sensibility and open-
mindedness
ROBINETT, B.W. (1977): «Characteristics of an Effective Second
Language Teacher» in M. Burt, H. DULAY and M. FINOCCHIARO
(eds.) (1977): Viewpoints on English as a Second Language. New
York: Regents Publishing Co. 47

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49. “A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots After
Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn’t Working”
 “I implemented your idea,
and it just didn’t work. The
students thought it was
chaos.” (Wesch colleague)
 “It doesn’t matter what
method you use. . . you
must focus on . . . the bond
between teacher and
student.” (Wesch)
Michael Wesch
http://chronicle.com/article/A-Tech-Happy-Professor-Reboots/130741/ 49

50. Final Takeaways for ELT + IT
 Technology is our ally, but not a silver bullet!
 Technology can make a good teacher better, but
cannot make a bad teacher good!
 Every old technology was once new. New is not
necessarily good. Old is not necessarily bad.
 Beware, computers can serve as “digital cocaine”
both for digital natives and digital immigrants.
 Everything in moderation. Strive for balance when
doing ELT + IT.
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51. Use IT wisely! Be yourself in the classroom!
Enjoy your teaching!
Embrace your families and friends!
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