CIED 5262
Using Technology
to Contextualize
and Integrate
Language
Instruction
Shrum & Glisan, Teacher’s
Handbook, Chapter 12, 2010
Who uses technology?
Digital
Natives—”Native
Speakers” of technology
Digital
Immigrants—”NonNative” Techno Speakers
Digital Natives Have Spent…
 5-10,000
hours viewing video games
 10,000 hours on cell phones
 20,000 hours watching TV

Only 5,000 hours reading a book
Digital Natives Have Sent
 250,00 E-mails
And watched
 500,000 commercials
Lankshear & Knobel (2006)
Define new literacies from a sociocultural
stance as
“socially recognized ways of generating,
communicating, and negotiating
meaningful content through the medium of
encoded text within contexts of
participation in Discourses” with others (p.
64).
New Literacies Are…
Encoded text that can be
retrieved, worked with, and
made independently of the
person and context of their
origins (Knobel & Lankshear,
2007).
New Literacies Skills Include…
 Finding
key information on busy pages
 Knowing how to navigate among Web
sites
 Validating information
 Selecting and contributing to a blog
 Authoring a definition on Wikipedia
 Remixing music and video with voice to
create new meanings
Benefits
Better
and effective use of
class time
Individualized
learning
Empowerment
Connection to Goals
 Provides
interesting and unique ways to
connect language learners (LLs) to the TL
and culture
 Builds communities of LLs around the
world
 Enables LLs to establish interaction with
peers who are learning the language and
experts and native speakers
 Helps improve motivation and enthusiasm
 Brings the world into contact with the
learner, transforming the classroom into a
learner-centered one (Maxwell, 1998).
Connections to Standards
International Society for Technology in
Education: Student Standards
http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-sstandards.pdf?sfvrsn=2
International Society for Technology in
Education: Teacher Standards
http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-tstandards.pdf?sfvrsn=2
More Acronyms!
 ICT: Information Communication Technology Technologies
that assist in sharing information for purposes of
communication, particularly relevant to language
learning (cell phones, IM services, podcasts,
YouTube, blogs, wikis, etc.)
 CAALL: Computer-Assisted Autonomous Language Learning
Settings where students work with technology on
their own— not in class, but related to a learning
task
More Acronymns!
CALL: Computer-Assisted Language Learning
The application of computers in teaching and
learning languages.
TELL: Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
All uses of technology in language education.
CMC: Computer-Mediated Communication
Applications involving a computer.
Research on TELL
Acquiring language:
 Facilitates vocab acquisition
 Supports input-rich activities through reading
assistant software, integrated video, and the
Internet
 Provides intelligent C-M feedback
 Facilitates writing through writing assistance
software, e-mail, and chat rooms
 Facilitates exploration of authentic language
use through e-mail or Internet
 Enhances student motivation
Research on TELL
Questions to ask when you weave technology into
your lessons:
 Does it help Ss learn language aspects in
meaningful contexts?
 What can my Ss do in each of the five SFLL goal
areas?
 How does the technology tool connect to the five
standards?
 What processes will learners use with this tool?
 Cost of tool and planning time?
 What are some alternative resources in the area?
 Is this the best way to accomplish my goals and
objectives?