Developing materials and practices for the digital
generation
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
http://tinyurl.com/bujwand
About meFreelance Consultant
Teacher Trainer Writer | Blogger
Technology ConsultantCourse developer Teacher Trainer
Lecturer - Media & Technology - MA TESOL
ELT -1992 CELTA & DELTA M.Ed Tech - ELTNik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
• More than 75 percent of teens own cell phones•73 percent use online social networking sites•38 percent share something online that they created, such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos. •A Nielson Wire Report found that teenagers averaged 3,339 sent and received texts a month!
Data from a recent Pew Research Center survey shows:
Engaging Students on Their Own Terms http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/01/20/omg-engaging-students-on-their-own-terms.aspx By Anthony A. Luscre
The App Gap
Eliminating the “App Gap” By Marc Prensky -In Educational Technology Jan-Feb 2012
“Should we be concerned about the fact that today there are a great many students who already have phones, or iTouches or iPads with the ability to download whatever apps they need or want (and the accounts and means to do so), and, of course, many more that do not?”
“apps include some of the most useful learning tools that have ever been available.”
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
The Challenge“My challenge to teachers is to create assignments, projects and techniques to capture your students' attention. Projects should be technology-rich, highly engaging, and fun learning experiences that reflect real-world skills.”
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Engaging Students on Their Own Terms http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/01/20/omg-engaging-students-on-their-own-terms.aspx By Anthony A. Luscre
How do we adapt our teaching and materials to cater to the digital generation?
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Developing materials and practices for the digital
generation
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
How do we get students communicating in this environment?
Creating a Back Channelhttp://todaysmeet.com/
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Why?• Information sharing
• Audience response
• Democratising the classroom
• Brainstorming
• Engagement
• Working without paper
• A record of interaction
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Exploiting SMS Texting Language
Chat with SMShttp://transl8it.com/
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
A Poem
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2 sA dat 4 destruction iceiz also gr8
& wud suffice.
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Dialogue
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By NE othR nAm wud smeL az swEt
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Why?• Increase engagement with
short texts
• Understanding the genre
• Thinking about the sound
• Communication
• Fun
• Lead in to phonology http://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Using Blogs as an Online Publishing Space
Shared work spacehttp://posterous.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Members onlyhttp://posterous.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Working collaborativelyhttp://posterous.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Blog by [email protected]
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Mobile blogginghttp://posterous.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Why?• Publish content as writing
task
• Create online materials
• A shared private workspace
• Peer editing and collaboration
• Mobile digital narrative
• Blended learning courses
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/news-story
http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/married-life-4668
http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/if-this-world-were-mine-21851
http://nikpeachey.posterous.com/a-vision-of-students-today
Examples
Creating Mixed Media Comprehension Tasks
Mashing up multimedia http://storify.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Multimedia searchhttp://storify.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Social media researchhttp://storify.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
On MobileNik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
On MobileNik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Why?• Mixed media
comprehension tasks
• Embed into blogs etc
• Research tasks for students
• Synergising information
• Moving beyond cut and paste for digital sources
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Generic tasks
• Fact collection
• Evaluating sources
• Summarising
• Peer created (?)
• Reporting
• What interests you
• Comparison
• Merge texts
• Projects
• CLIL
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Save preparation time by using generic tasks
Interacting with Online Texts
Interacting with texthttps://www.scrible.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Storing informationhttps://www.scrible.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Sharing informationhttps://www.scrible.com
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Why?• Developing study skills
• Interactive with text to increase retention
• Analysing text (grammar and vocab)
• Pinpointing text comprehension
• Keeping a record for revision
• Sharing questions
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Multi Media Online Note Taking
Digital Note takinghttp://www.evernote.com/
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Video Communication
Video Q&Ahttp://vyou.com/nikpeachey
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Answer from Anywhere
Increase engagementBe availableDevelop communication
http://vyou.com/Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Video Mailhttp://mailvu.com/
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Speaking practice
Develop speaking skillsIncrease reflection and self awareness
http://mailvu.com/Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Video Diaryhttp://www.keek.com/Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Speaking diarySpoken ePortfolioLearning and reflectionCommunication
http://www.keek.com/Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Exploiting Visual Information
Infographic & visual literacy
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Finding sourceshttp://visual.ly/
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Creating a visual CVhttp://re.vu
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Why?• Great for comprehension
and writing activities
• Web research - fact checking
• Creative tasks
• Great for visual learners
• 10 tools for making Infographics: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Resources for Keeping Up
Tools for Learnershttp://www.scoop.it/t/tools-for-learners
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
About mehttp://about.me/technogogy
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Thanks for [email protected]
My BlogsTeacher Development: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/News and Tips: http://quickshout.blogspot.com/Student Activities: http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/On Social media: http://bloggingandsocialmedia.blogspot.com/
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
Social NetworksOn Twitter: http://twitter.com/NikPeacheyOn Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/cfygfrk On LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey
My BookWeb 2.0 Tools for Teachers:http://www.scribd.com/doc/19576895/Web-20-Tools-for-Teachers
Recommended ReadingLearning & Technologyhttp://www.scoop.it/t/learning-technology
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Thanks to Pearson for sponsoring my talk at: Beykent Unıversıtesı Ayazaga Kampusu