HOW TO SURVIVE THE DIGITAL JUNGLE

(and find some treasure along the way!)

Make the Most of your Digital Book -

Module 1 ABEL GALVEZ BENITO

OXFORDUNIVERSITY PRESS

HOW TO SURVIVE THE DIGITAL JUNGLE

(and find some treasure along the way!)

How to survive the digital jungle (and find some treasure along the

way!)PART 1• The digital classroom panorama

• Interesting ways to exploit your digital textbook

• Useful resources in your digital class

• Collaborative work in a digital classroom

PART 2• Hands-on practice with your Oxford digital textbook

• The importance of sharing and asking for advice

1-The digital classroom panorama WHERE ARE WE

HEADING FOR?• IT'S A JUNGLE OUT

THERE!

• A fresh start with new horizons.

• Are we really prepared for the digital challenge?

• Are teachers and students motivated?

FEARS AND HOPES OF A DIGITAL CLASSROOM

and some solutions for the problems

FEARS AND HOPES OF A DIGITAL CLASSROOM

and some solutions for the problems• The connections won't work PLAN B IS

ESSENTIAL

• The materials won't get loaded SOME PHOTOCOPIES WILL COME IN HANDY

• The students will get lost WALK AROUND THE CLASS TO GUIDE THEM

• I won't be able to assess all my students' work KEEP A RECORD OF 2/ITEMS OF EACH STUDENT

• The progress won't get scored RECORD 3 MARKS OF STUDENTS’ CLASSWORK

• Assignments will get lost EMAIL CAN HELP YOU

• Students will surf different webs CHANGE YOUR POSITION: STAND AT THE BACK OF THE CLASSROOM

HOPES OF A DIGITAL CLASSROOM

• MY STUDENTS WILL BE MORE MOTIVATED• THEY ALREADY ARE COMPUTER

LITTERATE: (AND IT'S IN ENGLISH)• TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WILL “SPEAK

THE SAME LANGUAGE”• THEIR WEBWORK WILL BE INTERESTING

AND MOTIVATING• THEY WILL APPRECIATE PEN AND PAPER

WORK FROM TIME TO TIME, AND DICTATIONS, TOO

• THEY WILL HOPEFULLY BECOME MORE AUTONOMOUS ENGLISH LEARNERS

HOWEVER...

• IF EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GO WRONG, NEVER FORGET THAT YOU ARE AN EXPERT ENGLISH TEACHER!!!

• DON’T PANIC AND YOU WILL REGAIN CONTROL EASILY

WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND WHERE DO YOU WANT TO

GET TO

•What's your digital curriculum? What's your digital competence?

•Let's get real: our students will problably know more than us.

•What if students could “teach” their teachers? A shift in the learning-teaching paradigm.

•Let's take advantage of this shift for our benefit.

2-INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL

TEXTBOOK

GET A GOOD MAP!THE DIGITAL TEXTBOOK:

• What digital textbooks can offer us.• What else can we find when we are

connected? • The world is out there: DON'T LET THE

TEXTBOOK DICTATE YOUR SYLLABUS.• THE DIGITAL BUFFET: As much authentic

material as you can eat!

2-INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL

TEXTBOOK

OXFORD ESPAÑA WEBSITE:http://www.oupe.es/es/Paginas/Home.aspx

2-INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL

TEXTBOOKOXFORD UK RESOURCEShttp://www.oup.com/elt/students/?cc=gb

INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL TEXTBOOK

INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL TEXTBOOK

•Virtus Books

INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL TEXTBOOK

INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL TEXTBOOK

INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL TEXTBOOK

INTERESTING WAYS TO EXPLOIT YOUR DIGITAL TEXTBOOK

START STEP BY STEP

•Start step by step and get used to it. Then increase the level of your findings and digital outreach

START STEP BY STEP

• Suggested approach:

• FIND A PHOTO IN FLICKR.COM OR picasaweb

• LOCATE THE SETTING OF A TEXT- GEOTAGGING- GOOGLE MAPS/ GOOGLE EARTH

• FIND REAL WEBSITES OF THINGS/PLACES/PEOPLE MENTIONED IN TEXTS- WIKIPEDIA-SIMPLE ENGLISH

• FIND THE MEANING OF WORDS IN DICTIONARY.COM

• WATCH A CLIP IN YOUTUBE AND LISTEN TO REAL ENGLISH!!!

• LISTEN TO SONGS AND ENJOY KARAOKE!

• LYRICS TRAINING.COM

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS

– Interactive Whiteboards: Students get hold of the board.

– A new and powerful tool to make our class sizzle.

– Your class will burst into action (if you want to)– Exploit your OXFORD CD-ROMS– Exploit HOT POTATOES RESOURCES.– Exploit OXFORD INTERACTIVE GAMES.– Students love to stand up and touch the

screen.– Students love to show their work– Students love to be on screen

PACK YOUR BAG AND PUT ON YOUR BOOTS

–WHAT ARE YOUR RESOURCES: GET A REALISTIC VISION OF YOUR SITUATION:

–What's in the fridge and what am I going to cook with it?•Students are ALREADY VERY WELL

DIGITALLY EQUIPPED: mobile phones, MP4, DIGITAL CAMERAS, VIDEO CAMERAS, IPHONES, ...

USEFUL RESOURCES IN YOUR DIGITAL CLASS

•SURFING ALL TIME FAVOURITE WEBSITES– Isabel Perez

– Agendaweb

– Mansion inglés

– ELC Study Zone

– English-Zone

– Oxford websites and interactive games

Agendaweb.org

Isabelperez.com

Mansion inglés

Elc study zone

Bbc learning English

EDU365.CAT

DIGITAL CREATIVITY: USEFUL WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Let the students’ world get into your class:

•CINEMA: EL RACO INTERACTIU DE CINEMA

•SONGS •TV SERIES •TV ADS•SPORTS•STARS

EL RACÓ INTERACTIU DE CINEMA

http://www2.terrassa.cat/educacio/raco_interactiu_cinema/

EL RACÓ INTERACTIU DE CINEMA

NEW SEASON

DIGITAL CREATIVITY: USEFUL WEB 2.0 TOOLS•COLLABORATIVE TOOLS

–BLOGS–WEBQUESTS–GLOGS–SOCIAL NETWORKS: TWITTER AND

OTHER NING COMMUNITIES–GEO TAGGING–PICTURE GALLERIES–VOXOPOP–PODCASTS

USING BLOGS

IN CLASS

USING BLOGS IN

CLASS

GLOGSTER.COM

WEBQUESTS

ORAL WEB 2.0

GET HELP FROM YOUR MATES

• THE POWER OF YOU COLLEAGUES.

• COLLABORATIVE WORK IN A DIGITAL CLASSROOM: SHARE! SHARE! SHARE!

•YOUR STUDENTS CAN TEACH YOU, TOO!

LET'S START THE JOURNEY INTO THE WILD

– LET'S GET HANDS TO WORK. LOGGING ON TO YOUR OXFORD TEXTBOOK 

– CREATING PINS FOR VOCABULARY PRACTICE• USING GLOGS IN CLASS

– PINS FOR EXTRA GRAMMAR PRACTICE – ENRICHING READING TEXTS:

• WORD CLOUDS• NET SURFING• WORKING WITH WORDS: SYNOMINS AND

OPPOSITES.VOCABULARY LISTS– COMMUNICATION: RECORDING STUDENTS'

PERFORMANCES– WRITING: PUBLISHING YOUR STUDENTS' WRITINGS– CULTURE AND SONGS:

• YOUTUBE PINS• PINS FOR SONGS: KARAOKES AND LYRICS TRAINING

– SHOW AND TELL SECTION

SHOW AND TELL SECTION

•WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?

•WHAT CAN YOU SHARE?

•A COLLECTION OF RESOURCES READY TO USE IN SEPTEMBER

Conclusion

The challenge of digital books and the digital classroom is quite demanding, but with a

little effort and some creativity it’s going to be worthwhile: YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH COOL

TREASURE

DON’T FORGET TO WRITE!

abelgalvez@gmail.com