LearnEnglish British Council on-line resources Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21 st Century Learning 10 to 11 September.

LearnEnglishBritish Council on-line resources

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challengeof 21st Century Learning10 to 11 September Cebu City, Philippines

Mina Patel

11 September 2008

Basic Skills

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

One of British Council’s global aims for English is to ensure that every teacher and learner of English worldwide has access to quality language services from the UK.

British Council ‘English Next’ research: ‘English has been repositioned as a ‘basic skill’, to be learned by primary school children alongside other 21st century skills in Information Technology’

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Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

What is ICT?

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Information and Communication Technology is the term used to describe exciting and innovative ways to provide lifelong learners with global access to information, learning and support. Information systems that are seamlessly linked to learning support systems, that are enjoyable to use and which enable management.

http://asp2.wlv.ac.uk/its/website/everyone/its_jargon.htm

Global Products

TeachingEnglish

LearnEnglish

LE Family Premier Skills LE Second Life for Teens LE Audio LE Mobile

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

LearnEnglish Family

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Jim Knight, the UK government’s Minister of State for Schools and Learners:

‘ Parents have six times more impact on the learning of primary age children than teachers do.’

Child Learning

Teacher Parent

Basic SkillsLearnEnglish Family

British Council support

LearnEnglish Parents web pages

www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish/parents

LearnEnglish Kids web pages

www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish/kids

LearnEnglish Kids CDROM

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Premier Skills

www.britishcouncil.or/learnenglish/premierskills

LE Second Life for Teens

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Web users today

‘Consistent evidence dating back over a decade shows that technology can and does improve attainment in almost all National Curriculum subjects. BECTA

73% of learners of English say they want to learn using a computer, 69% say socialising is a main motivation in their learning and that they want to have fun; 92% think it’s important to develop their problem-solving skills. British Council Global Research.

LE Second Life for Teens

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

What is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERvhgSjiH0

It’s a learning zone for both group and independent learners in the Second Life virtual environment. Interactive LearnEnglish activities and quests based on UK culture are available for all Second Life residents registered as Teens.

LE Audio

‘The British Council’s global experience tells us that combining listening, technology and a variety of content types increases the chances of successful language learning.’

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

LE Audio

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

The best way to learn…..

1. Suits our lifestyle

2. Involves technology

3. Often involves audio

LE Audio

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Includes:

Free-to-use Learn English Podcasts web pages so that you can listen to audio through your computer or download audio to your MP3 player

www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts.htm

Printable self-study materials

Audio books from the UK

Learn English CD ROMS

LE Audio

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

How do podcasts help people listen and learn?

Cater to a variety of learning styles

Important for learners with visual difficulties

Listening avoids the difficulties of dyslexia – affects 4% of the population in the Western world

Provide models for a variety of contexts

LE Mobile

Are you a digital native or a digital immigrant?

IT literacy v. a need to learn

Dependent on technology

Operating systems and functionality

Age

Technology as part of everyday life

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Global Products

LearnEnglish

LE Family

Premier Skills

LE Second Life for Teens

LE Audio

LE Mobile

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

And finally…..

‘What makes our ambitions possible is to apply the transformative power of technological innovation to learning – enabling technology to be what it has the potential to be: the great liberating force in providing opportunity to all.’

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Thank you and any questions?

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning