ICT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
Let’s use technology!!
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL“FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA”
LICDA. EVELIN PEÑA J.
It is the means of generating, processing, transmitting, and presenting
Information (Edwards, 2000).
involvesinvolves
INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
NETWORKINGTECHNOLOGY
TELECOMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY
Using computers
Using telephones, radio, T.V..
Using the Internet
Student’s needs andInterests.
Pedagogical aim
Resource availability
Technical support andIntegration with the
course program
Teacher Training
Syllabus integration
Up to date
Planning for content
Clear on-linetask
Clear instruction
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
TEACHER CANAccess authentic reading material
Different kind of texts/genres
Make communication
projects
Have students publish their
activities
Make games
There are some tools teachers can use with
the Internet
Chats
Wikis Blogs
Podcasting
It is real-time communication between two or more people
using computers
The use of chat can improve reading and writing skills, also some chats offer the use of microphones so
students can develop their speaking and listening skills.
Activities using chats include:
Oral quizzes
Language study
Transcripts as a study tool
Brainstorming sessions
Small groupwork Guest
speakerVirtual
Office hour
It is a webpage or set of WebPages that can be easily
edited by anyone who is allowed access (Ebersbach et al, 2006).
The use of Wikis enable students and teachers to review drafts, post comments about content and
publish final reports.
Activities using Wikis include:
Collaborativewriting
Group organization
Peer reviewPeer
editing
It refers to a simple webpage consisting of brief paragraphs of
opinion, information, personal entries, or links, called posts.
The possibility to use blogs in classroom or as an activity during a semester is considered a great strategy to promote writing, comprehension and critical thinking
and other skills.
Activities using Blogs include:
Student’sfeedback
Class examples
Student’sevaluation
Paper topics
Student/teacherconferences
Podcast is like a radio show. It is recorded and then distributed over the Internet, so that you can listen
to it whenever you please.
To improve the listening and speaking skills the use of voice software, podcasting, voicemail and others, help
teachers create activities in order to get students involved in the foreign language
Activities using Podcasting include:
Classroomnews
Interviews
Recording of student’s works
Topic writing/recording
LICDA. EVELIN PEÑA JEREZ