SOCIAL MEDIA IN ELT

By Ayegl PAMUKU

How to integrate the technology

available to teaching

STUDENT

TEACHER

http://www.voki.com

Blogs in
education

The most
popular social
media websites

www.checkthis.com

http://my-digital-diary.en.soft
onic.com/

www.studyblue.com

My Digital Vocab Backpack

http://www.studyblue.com/#flashcard/view/6354000

www.quizlet.com

www.vocabahead.com

www.gotbrainy.com

www.talkchalk.com

www.skype.com

www.goanimate.com

http://goanimate.com/videos/0PJe_LWhZTsk

http://learnenglishteens.bri
tishcouncil.org/freetime/vid
eo-zone/why-do-people-migrat
e

http://learnenglishteens.britishcounc
il.org/exams/exam-speaking/oral-prese
ntation

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-sna
cks/question-words

as a teaching
tool!..

http://www.facebook.com/havefunt
eaching

www.wikispaces.com

http://evernote.com/teachers/

www.edublogs.org

Blogs can be facilitated to

REFLECTION
REFLECTION TIME FOR LEARNER
TIME .
AUTONOMY

SOME QUOTES
When older people look at a new piece of
technology, they ask : What is it? When
young people look at it, they ask What can I
do with it?

Technology is just a tool . In terms of getting the

kids working together, and motivating them,
the teacher is much more important than the
tool.
People have a very basic desire to express
who they are, what they want, what they think
and what they need.

SOME QUOTES
Technology is just a tool . In terms of
getting the kids working together, and
motivating them, the teacher is much
more important than the tool.
When older people look at a new piece of
technology, they ask : What is it? When
young people look at it, they ask What can
I do with it?

People have a very basic desire to

express who they are, what they
want, what they think and what they
need.

Social Media and Learner Autonomy

decision-making
critical reflection
social Interaction

Autonomous learners are .

responsible for their own
learning .
actively involved in the learning
process by ...
executing tasks
reviewing their
progress

setting personal
goals
planning
(Dam, 1995; Little,1996)

Social Media and Learner Autonomy

In autonomous learning,
Teachers have ..
supportive, facilitative roles
and

encouraging learners to take part in

decision-making and problem
solving, them
and guidance
offering
giving them feedback

Podcasts and Vodcats as teaching

tools

http://www.yakitome.com
/tts/index

http://www.yakitome.com/
tts#

www.wordtalk.org.uk

www.blubrry.com

www.podomatic.com

www.chirbit.com

www.repeatafterus.com

www.wideo.co

www.storyboardthat.com

www.storyboardthat.com

http://www.youtube.com/
schools

www.google.com/edu

www.magisto.com

How can we exploit podcasts and vodcasts?

You can use the available ones to.
create your own teaching materials for listening and speaking
classes
provide supplementary material for your reading and writing
classes
encourage your students to produce their own podcasts and
vodcasts
revise and reinforce what has been studied in class
You can produce your own podcasts and vodcasts to .
Be able to do all the things listed above
Give audio or audio visual feedback to your
students on their writings or projects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRISSFqIqAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY4yDtZnP4

Some nice Facebook walls for

education

http://www.facebook.com/Teachers.Net
http://www.facebook.com/Teachers.Net/info
http://edudemic.com/2011/01/every-teachers-must-have-guide-to-facebook
/
http://edudemic.com/2011/01/every-teachers-must-have-guide-to-facebook
/
http://www.facebook.com/ElementaryPodcasts.BritishCouncil?fref=ts

Free available podcasts and vodcasts

on the Internet:
On Facebook?
http://www.esllistening.org/intermediate/page14/listening.ht
ml

On the Internet?
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/elementary-podcast
s
http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml
http://www.listen-to-english.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/tae
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/podcast/0.html
http://elllo.org/
http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html
https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/podcasts-education-lan
guage/id1469?mt=2

www.easlly.com

http://www.writeonit.org/

Some blogs to have a look at

http://theedublogger.com/check-out-these-class
-blogs/
http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/why-blog/
http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/about/
http://www.edutecher.net/links.php

www.wikispaces.com

SOME PRACTICAL WEBSITES

.

FOR BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITIES AND GENERATING IDEAS

http://www.text2mindmap.com/ ((good for vocab teaching too)
http://answergarden.ch/
http://www.collaborizeclassroom.com//
FOR WRITING
www.checkthis.com
http://my-digital-diary.en.softonic.com/
FOR VOCABULARY
www.studyblue.com
http://www.studyblue.com/#flashcard/view/6354000
www.quizlet.com
www.vocabahead.com
www.gotbrainy.com
FOR SPEAKING
www.talkchalk.com
www.skype.com
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org
FOR GRAMMAR
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org
FOR CREATING DIGITAL CLASSES FOR SPEAKING , WRITING, KEEPING DIGITAL
PORTFOLIOS, AND STUDYING GRAMMAR
http://www.facebook.com/havefunteaching
www.wikispaces.com
http://evernote.com/teachers/
www.edublogs.org

How can Facebook be facilitated as

a teaching tool?
What are the teachers contributions
to the Facebook group?
What does the teacher provide the
students with through the Facebook
group?
What are the students contributions
to the Facebook group?
In what two other possible ways do
you think can this Facebook group can
be exploited more effectively?

www.easlly.com

A tool for teachers ..

to communicate with students, and
colleagues faster

to create a team spirit,

to make announcements

to enable Ss to share, and collaborate

to motivate and guide students

to encourage to do group work through

video-chat

to assign homework, and to give feedback

to promote reading, writing and speaking

skills

to display what students have produced

to help students develop "e-portfolios" so

that they can record their achievements
and collect examples of their work

to allow creativity , and productivity

to set up discussion groups and have

debates

to provide supplementary materails

THE INTERNET

THE MODERN TEACHER OF THE

DIGITAL AGE