Educational Technology and Other Learning Resources

Educational technology and other learning resources

The Technology Pyramid Language, Laboratories, videos, computers, Power Point.

CD player, Photocopiers Whiteboards, books

Paper and Pens Blackboard Nothing

People Real Life Blackboard

Paper and pens Whiteboard, books

CD player, Photocopiers

Language, Laboratories, Videos, Computers, Power Point

The Students

Objects, pictures and things • Realia • Pictures - Drills - (Communication) Games - Understanding - Ornamentation - Prediction - Discussion

• Cards - Matching and ordering - Selecting - Card Games

• Cuisenaire rods

The Coursebook No change Yes Change Use the Coursebook?

Omit No

Replace

Add Re-write Replace activities Re-order Reduce

Ways of showing • The board - Note-pad - Explanation aid - Picture frame - Public Workbook - Notice board • Overhead Projector (OHP) • The Flip chart • Computer-based presentation technology

Ways of

L i s t e n i n g

Ways of Finding Out • Dictionaries - Paper Dictionaries - CD-ROM - Electronic pocket dictionaries - Online Dictionaries • Searching the Internet - Using encyclopedias - Web quests

Ways of Composing • • Word processing, word editing • Mousepals, chat and blogging • Authoring • Designing websites Virtual Learning: From emails to simulated environments