Getting Started With the Getting Started With the InternetInternet

What the internet is...What the internet is...

Attractions, precautions, Attractions, precautions,

issues…issues…

Some Current Uses...Some Current Uses...

Getting Started With the Getting Started With the InternetInternet

What the internet is...What the internet is...

Attractions, precautions, Attractions, precautions,

issues…issues…

Some Current Uses...Some Current Uses...

English Teaching and Internet English Teaching and Internet

What the Internet is...What the Internet is...

Some Interesting DifferencesSome Interesting Differences

Attractions and PrecautionsAttractions and Precautions

English Teaching and Internet English Teaching and Internet

What the Internet is...What the Internet is...

Some Interesting DifferencesSome Interesting Differences

Attractions and PrecautionsAttractions and Precautions

Globalisation of InformationGlobalisation of Information

TimeTime SpaceSpace CultureCulture PoliticsPolitics Changing IdentityChanging Identity

Democratisation of InformationDemocratisation of Information

Free Speech?Free Speech? A New Public Sphere?A New Public Sphere? Knowledge Production?Knowledge Production? Virtual Communities?Virtual Communities? Undoing Eurocentrism?Undoing Eurocentrism?

Decentralisation of InformationDecentralisation of Information

Authors/PublishersAuthors/Publishers HypertextHypertext Copyright IssuesCopyright Issues CostCost ReliabilityReliability "Decoupling" of the Curriculum"Decoupling" of the Curriculum

English Teaching and Internet English Teaching and Internet

What the Internet is...What the Internet is...

Some Interesting DifferencesSome Interesting Differences

Attractions and PrecautionsAttractions and Precautions

Advantages and Advantages and DisadvantagesDisadvantages

Teacher CentredTeacher Centred» Up-to-date on latest theoriesUp-to-date on latest theories» Enormous variety of resources "Tried & True"Enormous variety of resources "Tried & True"» Access to others with shared topicsAccess to others with shared topics» Personal & Professional DevelopmentPersonal & Professional Development» Self paced & Pro-active LearningSelf paced & Pro-active Learning» Dissolving of theory/practice splitDissolving of theory/practice split

Advantages Advantages and and DisadvantagesDisadvantages

Student CentredEnglish as dominant language of communicationExposure to varieties of EnglishHighly social activityGreater connection with materials and language in useIncreased motivationCultural Education

Advantages Advantages and and DisadvantagesDisadvantages

CostsCosts Equipment maintenance & Equipment maintenance &

upgradesupgrades Control/AccessControl/Access Internet “addiction”Internet “addiction” ““Pornography” and language issuesPornography” and language issues Gimmicks vs.. LearningGimmicks vs.. Learning

AdvantagesAdvantages and and DisadvantagesDisadvantages

Getting Started With the Getting Started With the InternetInternet

What the internet offersWhat the internet offers

Attractions, precautions, Attractions, precautions,

issues…issues…

What you will need to connectWhat you will need to connect

Putting It Together: Putting It Together: ComputersComputers

Mac vs. PC Mac vs. PC Technical issuesTechnical issues PrintingPrinting

Direct

Modem

ISDN

LAN

ISP

Computer The NET

Putting It Together: Putting It Together: ConnectingConnecting

Putting It Together: Putting It Together: ConnectingConnecting

Modems and their speedsModems and their speeds CostCost Network possibilitiesNetwork possibilities Multiple simultaneous shared Multiple simultaneous shared

usersusers

Computer placement...Computer placement...

““Stand-alone” set-up with InternetStand-alone” set-up with Internet Small local network in classroomSmall local network in classroom Local area network in SchoolLocal area network in School

Computer Lab on a LANComputer Lab on a LAN The Computer ClassroomThe Computer Classroom

NavigationNavigation

BrowsersBrowsers

Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Communicator 4.5Communicator 4.5

Information RetrievalInformation Retrieval

Search EnginesSearch Engines BrowsingBrowsing DatabasesDatabases Books on-lineBooks on-line Electronic JournalsElectronic Journals LibrariesLibraries NewspapersNewspapers

Browsers: Keys to the InternetBrowsers: Keys to the Internet

Email and other "plug-ins"Email and other "plug-ins" Downloading, copying texts, images, pagesDownloading, copying texts, images, pages Bookmarks and FavouritesBookmarks and Favourites SubscriptionsSubscriptions History File and Proxies and cacheHistory File and Proxies and cache Comparisons...Comparisons...

EmailEmail

Email ClientsEmail Clients FunctionsFunctions Sending LinksSending Links Address BooksAddress Books ConfiguringConfiguring ComparisonsComparisons

Critical Literacy and the WWWCritical Literacy and the WWW

Point of view being foregroundedPoint of view being foregrounded Point of view being backgroundedPoint of view being backgrounded Something missing? Why?Something missing? Why? Reliability of source? TrustworthyReliability of source? Trustworthy Balanced or biased view?Balanced or biased view? Is Author linked with a particular group?Is Author linked with a particular group?

Some simple deconstruction Some simple deconstruction questions...questions...

What can be assumed about the intended What can be assumed about the intended audience?audience?

What can be assumed about the writer?What can be assumed about the writer? What assumptions/values are signalled in the What assumptions/values are signalled in the

text?text? What or whose interests are served by the What or whose interests are served by the

texttext What is valued in the text?What is valued in the text?

questions comments

clarification confusion

further info

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