Social Media for Young Learners : Social Media for Young Learners IATEFL Young Learners SIG
Barbara Dieu
March 2nd, 2009
TODAY : TODAY Introductions and context
Social media and change in paradigm
Projects, tools and platforms
Questions
WHO AM I? : WHO AM I? Barbara Dieu Bee Bee Kerouac http://beespace.net
http://barbaradieu.com
beeonline@gmail.com
Lycee Pasteur : Lycee Pasteur
WHO ARE YOU? : WHO ARE YOU?
Extended family : Extended family
Traditional classroom : Traditional classroom
Watching television : Watching television
Traveling : Traveling
Mobility : Mobility
Technology : Technology
Interest young kids : Interest young kids
New ways : New ways
A Participatory Web : A Participatory Web
The Past : The Past
On Social Media : On Social Media “ We use social media in the classroom
not because our students use it, but because we are afraid that social media might be using them -
that they are using social media blindly, without recognition of the new challenges and opportunities they might create.”
Michael Wesch
Thinking spiral : Thinking spiral
Scratch : Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/
International collaborative projects : International collaborative projects < http://www.eun.org/portal/index.htm> TIME PROJECT
USAConnection : USAConnection
Time of Your Life : Time of Your Life
The Copa Club : The Copa Club
The Copa Quest : The Copa Quest
This is Our Time aims : This is Our Time aims
This is Our time activities : This is Our time activities
Classroom Twinning : Classroom Twinning
Blogging Projects : Blogging Projects
Dekita: Open EFL/ESL : Dekita: Open EFL/ESL http://dekita.org/archive
Aim : Aim It’s about sharing and collaborating and putting the power to learn and create in the hands of the students.
Go for it : Go for it
Any questions? : Any questions?