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AFTV Conference
Friday, 22 July 2011
Veronica Deren
How to Motivate Gen Y
Students Using ICT Tools
Motivation of Gen Y in a
Changing World
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In life, change is imminent and we need to make
the most of it as teachers and the key is to work
smarter, not harder
My questions are How do we engage our students
more in our classrooms? and
How can we embrace change without too much
stress to work smarter to connect students
more?
Four Main Reasons for
Changing our Teaching
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1. Students demand more connected learning
2. The change in working behaviours over the centuries
have been prominent
3. Educational teaching styles have changed to be more
flexible now
4. Educational Learning in different environments is
current now, at home and school and during leisure time
through being connected with the internet, i-phones, virtual
classrooms, podcasts, mp3 players, Skype, Moodle.........
Time Skills Focus
“Change the tools and this leads to a change in culture”
Pre-1800s
Manual labour and strength
were what was admired and
required in the centuries
before the Industrial
Revolution
1900s
The skills of the knowledge
worker were secure and we
set up modern schools –
prosperity and the new
economy.
The Industrial Revolution
Manual skills were replaced by
machines of the 18th
century. The focus was on
getting a trade which would
lead to success
21st Century
Technology and the use of
MSN, Face book, MySpace,
Twitter, ICT, smart chat,
wikis and blogs have
become the norm
The ‘generic’ Generation
Breakdown
 The
Silent Generation (The Builders)
- born before 1946
 The Baby Boomers - born 1946 - 1964
 Generation X - born 1965 - 1979
 Generation Y - born 1980 - 2000
 Generation Z - born 2000 +…...
Why ‘generic’ Generations?
In order to understand the changes in our
culture and the emphasis about the way we
do things and use our left and right
hemisphere of the brain
 In order to understand the different
characteristics of each generation better
 In order to build strategies to work more
positively and effectively with each generation
for their success, happiness and well-being
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Change Affects Left and Right
Brain Hemispheres
Another disconcerting fact is that over time
machines are now replacing human left brain
skills, but not the right brain strengths such as
creativity, empathy and intrapersonal and
interpersonal abilities
 However, try ‘Radic 20Q I can read your
mind’ (a family fun game)’ which is a toy
that attempts to predict what you are thinking
by asking you 20 questions
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A Change in Culture
and Thinking
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**Ref: Neil Postman (philosopher) in his book
Teaching as a Subversive Activity stated:
“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools
shape us” – this is what it is to be human) agrees
that:
Change the tools and this leads to a change in
culture
This means as teachers we must also adapt to
change or be left behind 
We are in the Midst of
Educational Change
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Gen Y = has an
addiction to
technology and being
connected
Gen X = how can we
forge a future and
make it excellent by
embracing change
and using
technologies more?
Gen X versus Gen Y
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Y = addiction to technology, SMS,
Facebook, MySpace, Skype, blogs,
twitter, iTunes, iPods and iphones
 Gen Y students have a need to be
connected to their peers, much more
than we did
 It’s not about the topic, but the need to
converse by texting!
Motivating Gen Y
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Inevitable cultural change and the way we
work now, means we need to learn to use
new tools such as. Web 2.0 Technologies,
Blogs, web-blogs, wikis, photo-sharing sites,
Moodle as a platform, Audacity,
Taggalaxy.de, i-Photo, i-Tunes and the list
goes on………. to engage our students more
Research Findings
Hattic (2003) Research “Cause
and Achievement Variance” states that:
 ‘...we need teachers in the future.
But...the role for teachers will change,
and we must remember that teachers
make a big difference in the life of
students” (See poem)
 John
How to Create Better
Connectivity with our Students?
Using connected learning and its
technologies in classes/home research and in
the curriculum
 Creating motivated and self-confident ICT
teachers and learners as users
 Accepting this technological cultural change
 Being enthusiastic about tools that enable
students to feel more connected
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Gen X versus Gen Y
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challenge:
 Gen X = how can we forge a future and
make it excellent by embracing change?
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Ref: The New Rules Of Engagement by Michael McQueen a must read for teachers of Gen Y students.
Let’s use Web 2.0 Tools?
Web 2.0 describes a loose grouping of social
technologies where its users are actively
involved in interacting with each other to build
communities across the web.
 Examples of Web 2.0 applications are: Picasa
3 and Flickr for photos, Wikipedia for
encyclopedia articles, YouTube for videoclips
and Facebook for creating friendships
 For more research about the Web see:
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http://e-language.wikispaces.com/
Research about connected
students in classrooms
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90% of our students use web2.0
technologies on a daily basis and many
of these are used in the classroom such
as:
 Blogs, micro-blogging, wikis, JAlbum
Animoto - photo-sharing websites and file-sharing ones
like ‘delicious and diigo’ and games such as
languagesonline and comicmaker and
other educational free websites
Blog? What’s a Blog?
a website that provides opinions and ideas
about a specific topic
 it includes links and images to co-related
topics
 interactive status - bloggers seek others’
opinions about their theme and they write for
an audience in mind (a class, collectors etc..)
 it can be used as an online diary
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see http://doucheys.edublogs.org/
How to Blog
• Go to
http://wordpress.com
• Upload articles to the
Dashboard
• sign up for a New Blog
and an email will be
sent to you for
confirmation
• Voilà!
• Give your Blog a
specific name so that
your students can
access it. Then activate
it
Wordpress.com
 Wordpress
is a Web publisher and it is
an incredibly powerful web-content
management system. It enables
students to: freely create web posts,
and blogs easily
 It can be a special webpage for the
class to upload information to the
Dashboard and share photos, blogs and
information
Our Goethe Institut
Munich Blog June 2010
Our Goethe Institut
Munich Blog June 2010
Participants
What’s the Educational
Value of Blogs?
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used to share ideas with other students
increase motivation about a subject and develop their
ideas, reflect and publish these on-line
create an avenue for feedback from others
are chronologically based so that the thread of the
research can be followed by the audience
enable students to have complete control over its online content and their opinions/research
Implementing the Blog
in your classroom
Use it as a tool to create active dialogue with
your students
 As a tool to manage knowledge and promote
student reflections and extra materials into
the class for all to use and discuss in their
research ( i.e. LOTE detailed studies, WW2,
Immigration, film studies)
 Visit other Blogs such as: www.schoolblogs.com
to stimulate discussion
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Practical strategies
for Blogging
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Demonstrate to students, how to blog, explain the
rationale for it and use good and bad blogs as
examples for their own writing and idea sharing
Set strict rules about length of posts, themes and
do’s and don’ts
When quoting others’ work, make references and
offer citations
Publicise student blogs by sharing links with the
outside world to make their blogs real and stimulating
Benefits of Student Blogging
 Blogs
can increase student motivation
and ownership of their learning
 it can create active researchers on a
particular topic
 it can promote different perspectives
both in and outside the classroom
 it can motivate all class members to
participate and have their say
Useful Educational
Blogging Sites
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sites are free and act as hosts
 Their design is for an educational
environment
 They have FAQ and ‘Blogger Basics” to
assist with technical setups for all
 These blogsites do not link to
inappropriate sites like Flickr or
Facebook that can compromise
teachers
Useful Educational
Blogging Sites
 Schoolblogs
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http://www.schoolblogs.net
 Edublogs
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http://www.edublogs.com
jAlbum Blog goes multilingual
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have a look at:
EduBlog, WordPress
http://www.shapecollage.com/blog/
http://www.mltav.asn.au/
What is a Wiki? (inspired by the Hawaiian word
‘wiki-wiki’ meaning ‘quick’)
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It is a website that allows visitors to remove, add and
basically edit the available content of a wiki
‘Wikipedia’ is a free encyclopedia and it is one of the
most well-known examples of a public wiki (but,
because it is a wiki, that is why its content cannot
always be trusted as fact - beware!)
Any topic that has the potential for collaborative
collection of content is suitable for a wiki
(Many wikis are private existing on intranets or
behind firewalls and they have restricted access to
registered users)
The Benefits of Using Wikis
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It enables collaboration between teachers/students
using wikis around the world - this could be ideal for
language learning in different LOTEs/ sister schools
It can build and strengthen learning relationships
amongst students and educators as creators of
knowledge and information as a group effort
It has multiple country boundaries and it can host
different content such as podcasts, videos and
pictures and expand chat potential in the LOTE
and you can also always revert to the last saved copy
Worthwhile Educational Wikis
 http://www.wikispaces.com/
 Wetpaint:
http://www.wetpaint.com/
 PBWorks (educational version of
PBWiki)
http://pbworks.com/academic.wiki
Photo-sharing Websites
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JAlbum = http://jalbum.et/
JAlbum enables you to create your own photo album site to
share with friends. It is very user-friendly - see the collection as
a slide show or see it in large-scale print (now multi-lingual)
Animoto: http://animoto.com
enables you to make 30 second video clips from your photos,
using your music or a range supplied. The finished movie can
be imbedded into a web site, downloaded, e-mailed or sent to
YouTube
Note: (as teachers be very careful of using Flickr in the classroom, it
can bring up inappropriate sites for your students
also be very careful of Facebook, it can also provide inappropriate
content)
Picasa 3 and i-Photo
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Picasa 3 is free Windows software to improve the
definition and resolution of pictures taken and they
can be used in Photostory, Powerpoint or Animation
slides
Windows Live Photo Gallery for PCs:
http://download.live.com/photogallery
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i-Photo does the same for Apple users and it
enables photos to be sorted under theme or city and
it produces it to you in a booklet
Podcasts using Audacity
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Audacity is a free Windows audio editor and
recorder. It can be used very effectively on a server
such as Moodle.
It can have up to 4 speakers participating in a role
play, tape music as background and it can modify
voices to create different dramatic settings and edit
recordings and sounds for professional production
This has been very popular for students to create
their VSL role-play projects at Saturday morning
classes
Moodle
Moodle is a free open source e-learning
software platform/web-application
 It produces modular internet-based courses
that support a modern social constructionist
pedagogy
 the VSL uses this effective platform to interact
with students, producing their workbooks,
written activities and recording recitations of
poems and dialogues for assessment from
Years 7-12
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Using Moodle in the LOTE
Classroom
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Moodle is a server that is used by the VSL to store student
modules of work, post current notices about seminars or helpful
grammatical sites and it also enables students to interact with
their teachers by recording their oral work (mp3 files), and to
send back their responses as written text and e-mailing
messages about seminars
The Education Departments in different states offer curriculum
resources using this platform as well. See
http://www.moodle.com.au/ and see the VSL one at:
http://www.vsl.vic.edu.au for Centres that teach languages
and www.languages.vic.edu.au for Distance Education
students enrolled in language courses
Reliable Resources to
Use with Students
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very reliable resource to use is:
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au and it is
filtered by the Education Department
Elluminate a
Video-conferencing Tool
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Elluminate Live! is a web conferencing program
developed by Elluminate Inc. It "rents" out virtual
rooms or vSpaces where virtual schools can conduct
lessons from remote locations
It is a video-conferencing tool that enables a VSL
teacher to link in with students from many different
schools and be treated like a class - with interactive
capabilities for the teacher to answer questions,
observe behaviours through web-cam and motivate
those students with questions
Skype is also a powerful tool to use to motivate
remote learners too
i-Tunes
i-Tunes is the world’s most popular digital
jukebox! Most students have an account
already. It can be used to download music
and LOTE podcasts
 download podcasts onto students’ mp3
players for revision and pronunciation
practice for French songs, poems, while
walking the dog to improve effective learning
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(i.e. Fou de Fa Fa by Flight of the Conchords)
Google Earth with Real Maps
Google Earth enables you fly anywhere on
Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain,
3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to
the canyons of the ocean
 Use it to take you to the exact place that may
be discussed in a poem, text or story. Track it
and motivate your students more to feel and
see the culture
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Quizlet for Juniors
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has access to ready made
flashcards or the teacher can make their
own (good for junior classes)
 http://quizlet.com
 ‘Glogster’ also creates on-line posters
for juniors http://www.glogster.com
Taggalaxy.de Creates Wonderworlds
to Start a New Theme or Research
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Taggalaxy.de. Tag Galaxy. is a spectacular visual
photo search engine. It uses Flickr to source photos
and display related tags.
It provides a world vision of images that may be
studies under a particular theme. It takes the student
on a visually motivating journey to different places
and enables students to focus on specific towns,
cities or monuments they may wish to talk about perhaps in a project or research study
Create Creatures Using Voki.com
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www.voki.com Create a speaking character and add a voice
and communicate and interact with class mates. This creates an
Avatar that you can customize to look like any creature you
want. You can change the shape of the head, the hair colour,
skin, eyes, etc. You can choose different backgrounds and so
much more.
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You can record or type in what you want the character to say.
You can embed it into a number of blogs or programs including
edublog, and wordpress for students to use. It's fun, but you
can only do 30 seconds of recording. It allows your students to
be creative and use their own designs
What is Wordle?
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is a program that creates word
‘clouds’ at http://wordle.net
 Use the following link for 23 ways of
using Wordle for educational purposes:
 http://languagesresources.wordpress.co
m/2009/05/07/23-ways-to-use-wordlein-the-mfl-classroom/
Wordle
• F ully 90 percent of our connected s tudents us e web2.0
technologies in their daily lives .
• T hink of the added value if they were us ed in
clas s rooms too with an educ ational purpos e.
Wordle in Action
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The Wordle ‘clouds’ are selected as they appear
more frequently in a LOTE source text
Change the clouds with different layouts, fonts and
colours for emphasis
You can use accents in Wordle (not Asian script at
present)
These words can be printed, saved in the Wordle
gallery or to the computer to focus/motivate students
with a new or completed topic
Bubbl.us
bubbl.us enables students to brainstorm
online. Easily create colourful mindmaps to
print or share with others. It assists with
WebQuests too
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maps to assist students with essay planning
and a logical organisation of ideas and it is
fun 
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WebQuests
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A real WebQuest is an interesting task that is ideally
a scaled down version of things that adults do as
citizens or workers.
requires higher level thinking, - it includes synthesis,
analysis, problem-solving, creativity and judgement.
makes good use of the web for its research as the
heart of the lesson
isn't a research report or a step-by-step science or
math procedure.
isn't just a series of web-based experiences
Lyrikline.org
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Lyrikline.org hosts contemporary international poetry
as audio (read by the authors) and text (original
versions & translations), plus bibliographies. It is free.
Students can use it to find the words to poems and
find them on the internet, it also enables the student
to find any YouTube clip that relates to the search.
For language teaching this can be a bonus to find an
artist like The Flight of the Conchords with their song
Fou de fa fa and practice pronunciation with the
French accent, this was our theme song on the ELTF
tour of Vichy and Paris in 2010…..
Notre Stage à CAVILAM,
Vichy, en France 2010
YouTube clips for teaching
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YouTube is a site to discover, watch, upload
and share videos. These can be a huge
bonus to students doing the detailed study in
VCE and one can use a comparison of songs
with a similar theme (i.e. Immigration) and
this could assist them with their studies to
understand the backdrop of the time, the
words, sentiments and popularity if they can
see the two clips and then perhaps discuss
and compare them
Puzzlemaker puzzlemaker.discovery.com
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Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker
provides teachers, students, and parents, the
tools necessary to create crossword, puzzles,
word search puzzles, ...
This free software makes up puzzles easily
once the teacher/student decides on the
number of words and then it provides clues
and answers. Often this may be an effective
way to complete a topic, extend students who
are quick to finish tasks and test it too.
In Conclusion
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Professor Judyth Sacks from the University of
Sydney states “it’s vital not to lose the human
thread of teaching” therefore we need to create
avenues of connectivity for our students
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Andrew Douch states that: “Students in a virtual
classroom are excited about virtual classes and
connectivity, it meets their need to be connected”.
Web and blog Andrew for Biology lessons on:
www.andrewdouch.com.au
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Strategies To Create Engagement And
Connectivity With Our Students
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Recommendations
– Teachers need to connect with the right brain activities
and functions to promote student motivation and
creativity to satisfy different styles of learning preferences
– Flexible learning is what should be used in a blended
manner. In the Grampians (Wimmera) Victoria, DEET
promotes virtual schools where Language learning is
online, and also in New Zealand teaching is through
podcasts and when students find a difficulty, they can
access help online and have a one-on-one session.
– Wimmera Virtual School moodle site is accessible from
anywhere 24/7 at: ... see The Wimmera Virtual School
Blended Curriculum Provision AGQTP Project
Strategies To Create Engagement And
Connectivity With Our Students
– The VSL is in an ideal situation to use Elluminate and
Skype and other flexible programs in teaching our
students and this is further food for thought for us to
become more flexible and use a blended model to teach
our Distance Education students with on-line learning,
corrections, seminars, coaching one-on-one, Audacity
and e-mail.
– Here at the VSL we can access on-line work and e-mails,
phone lessons and Elluminate, Dim Dim and Skype
sessions and this is the exact blending that is
recommended for teachers in classrooms too
What Should we Focus on Now?
More student engagement and connectivity
with our students through the use of a variety
of mediums in class to get them excited and
connected
 Use more technology, one-on-one teaching,
connecting with students using e-mail, iTunes in class, using Google Earth with real
maps and places to teach culture in LOTE as
well
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Ways to Improve Connectivity
with our Students
1) Be enthusiastic and use technology in
class!
 2) Provide a visual aid on-line where possible
to explain abstract concepts (WebQuests and
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shapecollage)
3) Create a class Blog for interest and upload
photos and make the class come alive with its
own personality and identity
 4) Encourage students to participate in their
class Blog and discuss, reflect and
collaborate
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Ways to Improve Connectivity
with our Students
5) Help students create a "link" between new
material and something already realistic with
the aid of technology – (Google Earth)
 6) Master new vocabulary and idiomatic
language by using podcasts for students’
mp3 players
 7) Rethink the introduction of new topics with
the use of Wordle, and play games to
reinforce these using Languagesonline
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Some ways to improve
connectivity with our students
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8) it uses learning strategies and
communication that students are familiar and
comfortable with to be more connected
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9) technology is of no extra cost to students
or teachers as it is part of the teaching
process
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10) invite students to share their expertise
and knowledge with others in their Blogs
Bonne Chance!
 Good
luck with your journey ! 
Bibliography
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CAVILAM Vichy Training Centre (ELTF)
Andrew Douch
Kristyn Paul ELTF Leader S. A. Dept Consultant
Professor Judyth Sacks - University of Sydney
Kerry Law Doncaster Gardens Primary School
John Hattic (2003) Research “Cause and Achievement Variance”
Ref: Michael McQueen The New Rules Of Engagement
a must read for teachers of Gen Y students
Ref: Neil Postman (philosopher) (1969) "Teaching as a Subversive
Activity”
The Goethe Institut Munich – ICT & Media Training Team
The VSL Workbooks Unit 1 and Year 10
DEECD (2010) Connecting People: Digital Learning Platforms
Research Series Paper No. 2.