CONCLUSION: 20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE BY CARLA MESKILL

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CONCLUSION 20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTUREBY CARLA
MESKILL

• Presented by Maria Loukianenko

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PROBLEMS DISCUSSED

• THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN INSTRUCTION
• TEACHERS PREPARATION FOR INTEGRATING AND USING
  INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

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THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY

• The technology is quiet and very powerful

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THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY

• The technology is quiet and very powerful
• It is secondary and subservient to the larger
  goals and social processes of learning

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THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY

• The technology is quiet and very powerful
• It is secondary and subservient to the larger
  goals and social processes of learning
• Computers can free the teacher from central
  stage and allow students some control over their
  learning

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THE ROLE OF TEACHER

• The teacher plans, orchestrates, and facilitates
  communicative activities that engage students in
  constructive discourse

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THE ROLE OF TEACHER

• The teacher plans, orchestrates, and facilitates
  communicative activities that engage students in
  constructive discourse
• Teachers teach machines dont

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THE ROLE OF TEACHER

• The teacher plans, orchestrates, and facilitates
  communicative activities that engage students in
  constructive discourse
• Teachers teach machines dont
• Learning processes are human, not technology
  driven

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Be aware of

• The Hand-Me-Down syndrome
• The Because-We-Can syndrome
• Risks of agency fallacy

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CONCLUSION 20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE

• In the ESL classroom, the craft of teaching and
  learning will be supported by technology, as long
  as teachers remember who they are.
• Meskill, Carla

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