The EFL teacher & technology

Who is the BOSS?

@ What is ICT?

@ What is Multimedia?

@ The EFL teacher & the

new technologies

@ The technocentric

frame

What is ICT?

Information

Communications

Technology/ies

ICT is an umbrella term that includes radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems, videoconferencing and distance learning.

Source: http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/definition/ICT 

What is Multimedia?

“Multimedia involves the convergence of text, audio, sound, still pictures, animation and video into a single presentation.”

Shrum & Glisan,2010:457

Shrum, J. & Glisan, E. (2010). Teacher´s Handbook. Contextualized Language Instruction. Cengage Learning.

@The EFL teacher &

the new technologies

How do you feel towards

the new technologies?

threatened

scared

overwhelmed

Punya Mishra & Matthew KoehlerMichigan State University

“The new technologies have changed the nature of the classroom or have the potential to do so.”

Misrha, P. & Koehler, M. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge.

Teacher College Record. Volume 108, Number 6, June 2006, pp.1017-1054. Columbia University.

“Though not all teachers have embraced these technologies for a range of reasons – including a FEAR of CHANGE and lack of time and support – the fact that these technologies are here to stay cannot be doubted.”

Misrha, P. & Koehler, M. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Teacher College Record. Volume 108, Number 6, June 2006, pp.1017-1054. Columbia

University.

Nicholas Burbules

“It is threatening because it is new and it is difficult and it is a change.”

“Teachers need to see this not as a threat but as an opportunity.”

“There is a race going on between the ability of traditional educational institutions and other entities that are beginning to provide these e-learning opportunites.”

“Schools can´t afford to lose this race.”

Source: http://edt514tpack.wikispaces.com

Judith Harris

“For about 25 years, teachers have been asked to design lessons around a computer or a particular piece of sottware. But that doesn´t work, unfortunately.”

Judith Harris

“It is NOT about designing lessons around the tools, but it is about designing lessons, units and projects around learners´ needs.”

Judy Harris´ Conference at Educared 2011 – Madrid- Spainhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnKKj31m_6c -

“The way that we´ve been doing it is like the tail wagging the dog.”

Judy Harris´ Conference at Educared 2011 – Madrid- Spainhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnKKj31m_6c -

Punya Mishra & Matthew KoehlerMichigan State University

Technology

Technology

Seymour Papert

1980Papert, S. (1980)Mindstorms: Children, Computers & Powerful Ideas. Basic Books Inc.

Technology

Horacio RegginiReggini, H. (1988): Computadoras: ¿Creatividad o Automatismo? Ediciones Galápago. Buenos Aires: Argentina.

1988

Punya Mishra & Matthew Koehler

TPACK•Technological

•Pedagogical

•Content

•Knowledge

TPACK

Chapter 1

”TPACK is a framework for teacher knowledge for technology integration. We argue that the development of TPACK by teachers is critical to effective teaching with technology.”

Misrha, P. & Koehler, M. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge.

Teacher College Record. Volume 108, Number 6, June 2006, pp.1017-1054. Columbia University.

TPACK”Teaching is a highly complex activity that draws on many kinds of knowledge.”

Misrha, P. & Koehler, M. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge.

Teacher College Record. Volume 108, Number 6, June 2006, pp.1017-1054. Columbia University.

TPACKQuality teaching requires:

TPACK

Content Knowledge

TPACK

Pedagogical Knowledge

TPACK

Technological Knowledge

TPACK emphasizes the complex interplay of the three bodies of knowledge.

AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology (Editors)(2008).Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 1:

Introducing TPCK

Chapter 5:

TPCK: An Integrating Framework for World Language Teachers

AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology (Editors)(2008).Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5:

TPCK: An Integrating Framework for World Language Teachers

Dr Van Olphen

TPACK”We argue that the complexity of developing and applying TPACK suggests that a greater emphasis should be placed on the idea of teachers as curriculum designers.”Koehler,M. & Mishra, P. (2008:3)

From EFL teacher to EFL material designer in the “Word Processor”

and “You Tube” Era

30-hour course

15 teachers with

netbooks/notebooks

Pedagogical Knowledge

From EFL teacher to EFL material designer in the “Word Processor”

and “You Tube” Era

Pedagogical & Content Knowledge

Technological Knowledge

TPACK”We view the teacher as an autonomous agent with the power to significantly influence the appropriate (or inappropriate) integration of technology in teaching.”Koehler,M. & Mishra, P. (2008:3)

Dr Kumaravadivelu

Kumaravadivelu, H. (2006). Understanding Language Teaching. From Method to Postmethod.

The 3 Parameters of Post-Method Pedagogy

Particularity

Practicality

Possibility

Particularity

‘...Any postmethod pedagogy must be sensitive to a particular group of teachers teaching a particular group of learners pursuing a particular set of goals within a particular institutional context embedded in a particular sociocultural milieu.’ (Kumaravadivelu, 2001, p. 538)

Prof.Kumaravadivelu

Practicality

‘The parameter of practicality focuses on teachers’ reflection and action, which are also based on their insights and intuition.’

Possibility

‘The notion of possibility stresses the importance of acknowledging and highlighting students’ & teachers’ individual identity, encouraging them to question the status quo.

TPACK”We view the teacher as an autonomous agent with the power to significantly influence the appropriate (or inappropriate) integration of technology in teaching.”Koehler,M. & Mishra, P. (2008:3)

The Post-Method Teacher

Autonomous

Researcher

Recommended Bibliography & Webliography

TPACK & Postmethod Pedagogy

AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology (Editors)(2008).Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators. New York: Routledge.Koehler, M. J., & Mishra, P. (2006). What is technological pedagogical content knowledge?Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 9(1), 60-70.Harris, J., Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. (2009). Teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge and learning activity types: Curriculum-based technology integration reframed.Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 41(4), 393-416.Kumaravadivelu, B. (2006). Understanding Language Teaching. From Method to Postmethod. ESL. Applied Linguistic Professional Series.

Recommended sites & videos

http://www.tpack.comhttp://edt514tpack.wikispaces.comhttp://punya.educ.msu.edu/

Judy Harris´ Conferencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnKKj31m_6c

Punya Mishra: Conference in Hong Kong 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bwXYa91fvQPunya Mishra & Mathew Koehler

Teachers as Designers of Content, Technology and Pedagogyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNoijjIrPT8