Transcript Diapositiva 1

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The role of the library has changed.
It is no longer a book repository; it is an
information management center or a
research & learning center.
Technology has transformed the library
services
Information is delivered faster and more
accurately.
Any person can send or receive data,
information, or knowledge through the web.
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Technology is beautiful and fun!
But … when using “new” technologies,
planning is the key to success!
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Collaboration between the classroom and the
library is essential for effective instruction.
Librarians can help English language learners.
Teachers can help libraries and librarians.
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Digital native vs digital immigrant?
It deals with the ability to find the information
needed, read it and understand it, decide
whether to save it or not and how to do it,
how to evaluate information and sources
critically, and share that information.
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Web 2.0 is not only a change in technology,
it is a change in the attitude: collaboration
and cooperation, participation, collective
creation or “mass wisdom” – “architecture of
participation”
In Web 1.0, “they did it for you” … in Web
2.0, “you help to do it”.
Readers or users can contribute with the
content.
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Syndication
Blogs
Wikis
Social Networks
Social Markers
Other social media
Other tools
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RSS – Really Simple Syndication
It is a key tool of Web 2.0
When a source publishes new content
through a channel, we are notified (feeds)
The content goes to the user; the user does
not go to the content.
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An application that collects in one site,
contents coming from different sources.
Web based:
Google Reader, Google News, Bloglines,
iGoogle, My Yahoo, etc.
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Also called Weblogs
They are online journals with entries
organized cronologically, with links and
comments on different topics.
Blogs open the classroom into a wider world.
Example:
http://gsenglishclub.blogspot.com/
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Blogger www.blogger.com
LiveJournal
http://www.livejournal.com/
Bitacoras.com http://bitacoras.com/
WordPress http://wordpress.com/
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Google Blog search
http://blogsearch.google.com
Technorati http://technorati.com/
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It is a website where the contents are
produced in a collaborative way.
WikiPedia: the largest and most common
(www.wikipedia.org)
Scholarpedia: reviewed and verified by
experts (www.scholarpedia.org)
Knol (google): articles written by experts.
(http://knol.google.com/k)
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PBWiki:
www.pbwiki.com
www.pbwiki.com/academic.wiki
Wetpaint:
www.wetpaint.com
wikisineducation.wetpaint.com
Wikispaces:
www.wikispaces.com
www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
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Each user personalizes his/her profile,
including contents (photos, videos, favorite
books, favorite music) to share with his/her
friends.
Communities with common interests are
formed.
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Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/Peru.usembassy
Ning.com: ELT Russia
MySpace
Orkut (google)
Hi5
Yahoo! 360, Bebo, etc.
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A “professional network”
They connect with business partners, find
jobs, colleagues, employees.
They give job opportunities for employers
and future employees.
Examples:
- Xing.com
- LinkedIn
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Also called Social Bookmarking
Used to save and share “favorites”
Use of tags to categorize contents =
folksonomy
Tags describe an entry by subject
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Del.icio.us http://delicious.com/
http://delicious.com/irclima
Dir.eccion.es
Digg
Reddit
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Photos: Flickr – www.flickr.com
Videos:
- You Tube – www.youtube.com
- Google Video
- Yahoo! Video
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Sound:
- Podcasts: Digital recordings that can be
obtained for free.
- It comes from “iPod + broadcast”
- It also uses tags to find topics of interest.
- Uses: radio programs, audio tours, etc.
http://www1.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/
- Search:
Yahoo Audio Search
(audio.search.yahoo.com)
Podscope
Podsonoro
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It is a hybrid application: a combination of a
social network and microblog
Users write short messages (up to 140
characters called “tweets”
Two roles:
- You can be a “follower” of other users and
read tweets written by others
- You can be followed by other users. You
write tweets for others.
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Internet is a treasure of resources.
It provides unparalled ability to collaborate.
BUT … Internet use can be non-productive…
AND … universal access does not guarantee
success in education.
Training is the key – train the teachers, train
the students.
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Visit your libraries and work shoulder to
shoulder with your librarians!
Be brave, take some risks, and try at least one
of these tools!
Web 2.0 applications do fit with the view of
language teaching in the 21st Century!
We have to work together … join other
devoted teacher in collaborative efforts!
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