Using it in teaching english
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The document discusses strategies for using technology in the classroom to engage Generation Y students who have grown up with technology. It notes that Generation Y students prefer multitasking and peer/online content over traditional teaching. It then provides examples of how teachers can incorporate new technologies like wikis, web quests, videos, animations, comics, presentations, social networking, and mind mapping to engage these tech-savvy students. Specific websites are also provided as resources for activities like animation, videos, mind mapping, and presentations.
Using it in teaching english
- 1. Using IT in teaching English at school
- 2. Understanding and teaching Generation Y • Students were born in a world of information technology • They prefer to multitask rather than focus on one thing • They can be more attracted to the ideas of a peer or a web video than what the teacher have to offer
- 3. Generation Y is a tech-savvy • The most salient characteristic of this generation is its comfort with the technology
- 4. Teaching strategies for tech-savvy students • There are many useful ways to bring new technology into the classroom • -creating wikis • -using Web Quests • - implementation of video-based activities • - create animation, comics and avatars • - create polls • - create digital stories • - mind-mapping • -photo sharing • - presentations • - social networking and bookmarking • - using the videos in the classroom • - video conferencing • - create word clouds
- 9. Create discussions watching videos • http://film-english.com/
- 10. GOOD LUCK!