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    Using the Internet in eduaction

    Ewa Nawrot

    What is the Internet?

    EU: Access to the Internet

    The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education. Education over the Internet is going to be so big it is going to make email usage look like a rounding error.
    (Chambers, 1999)

    Why should we use the Internet for language learning?


    Learner-centered teaching Motivation

    Why shouldnt we use?


    Plagarism Global education

    The Internet can be:

    A resource bank A classroom tool

    A reference tool
    Encyclopedias (e.g. Wikipedia) Learning object repositaires (e.g. Merlot) Dictionaries Search engines (Google etc.)

    A classroom tool
    Email penpal exchange Writing projects Web-based projects

    Core internet skills:


    Searching the Internet AND/NOT/OR; key words (+/-) Using the Internet to communicate with other users (e.g. email) FAQs

    New opportunities:
    WIKIS WEBLOGS RSS ONLINE PHOTO GALLERIES PODCASTS

    WIKIS
    Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Thats what were doing. Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder (Wales, 2004)

    WEBLOGS

    My students blogs

    RSS
    Real Simple Syndication (e.g. Google Reader)

    ONLINE PHOTO GALLERIES

    PODCASTS audio/video casting

    DISSCUSION
    BBC: Schools told to put computer

    skills on same footing as 3Rs BBC website: The move to elevate computer skills to the same importance as literacy and numeracy will horrify traditionalists.

    Will e-learning replace face-to-face learning?

    THE END

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