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National Workshop -Programme Details

2005-11-22T19:35:00.001-08:00

NATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON

‘Exploring the Use of
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)
in the Teaching of English-Challenges and Opportunities’
(Sponsored by the University Grants Commission)
in association with The Centre for
Faculty Resource Development in English (CFRDE)

24-25 November, 2005
Venue: Mahatma Gandhi College
(Accredited with grade 'A' by NAAC)
Trivandrum

Organised by

The Department of English
Mahatma Gandhi College
Kesavadasapuram, Trivandrum PIN 695004

15-11-05

Sir/Madam

We are happy to invite you to the National Workshop on “Exploring the Use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Teaching of English”. This is perhaps a pioneering initiative in exploring the immense possibilities thrown up by the synergy of ICTs and the Teaching and Learning of English, thereby ushering in a sea change in the educational scenario of Kerala. It is heartening to note that the Workshop has evoked an overwhelming response from academics and technology experts from different parts of the country. Nearly twenty papers on the diverse aspects of the topic will be presented in the Workshop.

It is hoped that the deliberations and discussions will help bringing in qualitative changes in the English curriculum and syllabi.

Soliciting your wholehearted cooperation and support.

Prof. S. Vijaya Kumar Dr. K. Radha Kumari Mohan Das N.K.
Chairman Head General Convener
Organising Committee Department of English
& Principal, M G College

PROGRAMME
THURSDAY : 24-11-05
Registration : 9.00 a.m.

Inaugural Session : 9.30 -11.30 a.m.

Prayer
Welcome : Dr. K. Radha Kumari,
Head, Department of English

Presidential Address : Prof. R. Prasanna Kumar
Secretary,
NSS Colleges’ Central Committee, Changanachery

Inauguration : Dr. M.K. Ramachandran Nair
Vice-Chancellor, University of Kerala

Felicitation : Prof. S. Vijaya Kumar
Principal, Mahatma Gandhi College

Keynote Address : Dr. Achuthsankar. S. Nair
Director, Centre for Bioinformatics,
University of Kerala

"English Language and Literature in the Cyber Age"

Vote of Thanks : Prof.K.R.Madhusoodhanan Pillai
Mahatma Gandhi College

Tea Break : 11.30 –11.45 a.m

SESSION I : 11.45 am - 1.00 p.m.
Chairman Dr. N. Gangadharan Nair
Former Head,
Department of English,
University College
The Use of Technology in ELT Dr. V. Syamala
Professor (Rtd.)
University of Kerala
and
Mrs. Deepa Pillai,
Loyola School, Trivandrum
Technology Challenges to the Teachers of Language Prof. Shankaranarayana.K
SDM College, Karnataka
Language Lab:
Demonstration and Discussion Young India Films,
Chennai
Lunch Break – 1.00 – 1.45 p.m.
SESSION II : 1.45 am - 3.00 p.m.
Chairman Prof. P. Vijaya Kumar
HoD (English),
Govt. Women’s College, Trivandrum

Challenges Faced by the ICT Mediated Teaching-Learning of English: A Case for Critical Literacy.
Prof. Alwyn D’Sa
St. Aloysius College, Mangalore
The Role of Inch-Box in English Language Teaching
Prof.Govindaraj.A
Dr.N.G.P.Arts and Science College, Coimbatore.
English as a Foreign
Language in Developing Regions Matthew Kam et.al.
University of California at Berkeley, USA

Tea Break – 3.00 – 3.15 p.m.
SESSION III : 3.15 am - 4.30 p.m.
Chairman Dr. K. Gopakumar
Director, IDE,
University of Kerala

Connected, We Learn. Mr. Mohan Das N. K.
MG College
Innovations and Ideas Using ICT in Language Learning. Dr. Kusum, IMC, Mangalore
Usage of Computer and Internet in Teaching Literature Mr. Thankaraj. K.
Dr. NGP College, Coimbatore
EDUSAT in the Indian Context: A Case Study Dr. Premakumari
Osmania University

FRIDAY : 25-11-05
SESSION I : 9.30 am - 11 a.m.

Chairman Dr. C.T. Farook,
University College, Trivandrum

Hypertext as Study Aid Prof. K. Gopalakrishnan
University College, Trivandrum

Blogs: Possibilities for Higher Education in India
Prof. Anil Pinto
Christ College, Bangalore
Learning Technologies and the New Media K.S. Ranjith,
Team Leader,
New Media Division,
C-DIT

Presentation of ETNL Language lab eTail Networks Limited

Tea Break – 11.00 – 11.15 a.m.

SESSION II : 11.15 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Chairman Prof. S. Sreekumar
Mahatma Gandhi College

The possibilities of ICTs in the English Classroom: An Experiential Analysis Merin Simi Raj
D C School of Management and Technology, Vagamon
Making Judicious Use of the ICTs in ELT: A Challenge
Dr. P.A. Kulkarni
and
Mr. Atul Pitre
G.J. College, Maharashtra
The Internet for Language Teaching and Learning
Mr. S. Sivaraj
AVC College, Tamil Nadu
Group discussion and brain storming session
Topic : 'Effective Integration of ICTs into the class room'.
Moderator: Mr. R. Gopakumar, Mahatma Gandhi College

Lunch Break – 1.00 – 1.45 p.m.

SESSION III : 1.45 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.

Chairperson Dr. Usha Menon
All Saints' College, Trivandrum

ICTs Skill building and Poverty Alleviation: Success Stories
Mr. Bhaskar Natarajan
and
Mr. Harikrishna
Dr. Reddy's Foundation,
Hyderabad
Information & Communication Technology in Language
Testing Mr. Sojo Varughese
SDM College, Karnataka

Valedictory Session : 3.15 p.m.

Valedictory Address Dr. G. Balamohan Thampi
Former Vice Chancellor,
University of Kerala

Vote of Thanks Mr. Mohan Das N. K.
General Convener

Note: The organising committee reserves the right to include or exclude any paper and also to make changes in the Programme

For more details

http://www.mgcollege.com
Email : ictworkshop@gmail.com
E-group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ICTthoughts
Blog: http://ictthoughts.blogspot.com
Phone : 0471 2541039
Mob: 09447022401, 09349321070

Workshop
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2005-11-22T19:35:00.000-08:00

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LLT Vol9Num3: ON THE NET First, You Have to Hear It! ESL Oral Languge Practice: "There is no question that the development of oral language skills in second (as well as first) language learners is of prime importance. Language learners must focus on oral language proficiency because it is eventually the skill they will most use. Indeed, '...oral language interactions account for the bulk of our day-to-day communications, remaining the primary mode of discourse through out the world' (Peregoy & Boyle, 2005, p. 119). But oracy "

Creating interactive materials for the ESL /ELT classroom

2005-10-22T23:05:00.000-07:00

Creating interactive materials for the ESL /ELT classroom: "Creating interactive materials for ESL/ ELT

By Agata Zieba-Warcholak a former winner of the Lesson share competition

The Advantages of computer-based teacher-created materials | Hot Potatoes | Using the Quizzes

The World Wide Web offers ESL teachers and students hundreds of tests and quizzes. Many of them are of good quality and user-friendly but after a while teachers usually start to create their own quizzes because the ones they find on the Internet do not satisfy their needs.

The Advantages of computer-based teacher-created materials

The advantages of using computer-based teacher-created materials are numerous:

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Interactive exercises increase motivation when the material is directly linked to the course and/or interests of your students.
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The exercises are game-like and fun.
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The students can work through the exercise taking as much time as they need and learning as they go.
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They receive immediate, frequent and non-judgmental feedback.

If you feel you'd like to have a try and make exercises for your students but you don't know how to start you will find some information in this article.

Hot Potatoes

The tool for creating interactive quizzes I like best is the Hot Potatoes suite, created by Stewart Arneil and Martin Holmes at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre. Use of the suite is free as long as you do not make money with it and you are prepared to share your exercises by placing them on a publicly accessible Web server but you need to register in order to be able to use the full version of the programs (the registration is free). The applications are logical and easy to use and the output (the web page with the exercises) is really impressive.

The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications which you can use to create many variations of interactive quizzes such as:

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Short-answer quizzes (JQuiz) where the students answer questions by typing their answers. View example
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Crosswords (JCross) where you can use definitions, translation or even pictures as clues. View example (definitions)
View example (pictures)
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Multiple-choice quizzes (JBC) which can be easily"

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EFL/ESL Articles from The Internet TESL Journal

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Weblogg-ed - The Read/Write Web in the Classroom :

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Efl-Esl links

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Efl-Esl links

Build Dormitories? And teach half-time?

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Language Learning & Technology

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Language Learning & Technology

India trivia - Learn English bytes - British Council

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India - Learn English Magazine - British Council

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National Curriculum in Action - About the ICT Attainment Targets and Level Descriptions

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Podcast directory for educators, schools and collegesEducational : podcasting for teaching and learning

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High-tech vision of 21st-century schools

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Using technology as an educational tool

2005-10-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

Using technology as an educational tool

16 October 2005
Dr Kevin Marshall, academic programme manager with Microsoft, is the chairman of the ICT Ireland Education Committee. The group focuses on raising the profile of ICT within education, thereby encouraging more students to opt for a career within the sector.

“There are representatives on the committee from Intel, Riverdeep, Apple, IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, the HEA, Discover Science and Engineering (Forfas) and Future Kids,” said Marshall. We have two primary objectives, namely to facilitate the establishment of a farseeing ICT policy within Irish classrooms, as we see this as being essential for Ireland's successful participation in the knowledge economy.

“Our second objective is to guarantee the availability of a workforce of excellence for the ICT sector, by ensuring that the government addresses the decline in uptake in maths and science subjects at second level and the uptake of IT subjects at third level.”

Marshall believes that, in general, over the past number of years the profile of ICT in the education system has been raised significantly. However, day-to-day use of ICT in the classroom continues to be disappointing. Marshall quoted a recent OECD report that found Ireland languishing in the bottom three of its table on professional development for teachers and the use of computers in the classroom.

These OECD findings don't inspire confidence in government measures to counteract the impending ICT ski l ls shortages. For its part, the ICT Ireland education committee sees its main work being in the areas of advocacy and outreach. But, said Marshall, “while a lot of the focus of our work has attempted to engage with the Department of Education on these issues, the big gap as we see it, is that the department does not have a clear, articulate vision or implementation plan for the use of technology within the classroom for the next ten years.

From our perspective this is significant because it is difficult to engage with the department when there isn't a platform on which to engage.

“We know there isn't enough digital content available, we know that for the technology to be effectively used in schools there has to be ongoing professional development with teachers. But the real issue is how schools integrate ICT into the curriculum. Teachers need to understand the mode and stages of ICT development.”

There is a difference between teaching about ICT and teaching with ICT, we need to facilitate the latter. We need to have teachers using ICT in an efficient way that supports their core teaching practice.

ICT Ireland has launched a number of specific initiatives that involve outreach, for instance the ICT Champions Programme. “With this programme we as an industry take it upon ourselves to go into schools and basically address anyone who will listen, from career guidance teachers, to regular staff, parents and most importantly the students themselves,” said Marshall.

“We discuss our experience of having studied IT, engineering and science and we discuss our career and the career options available to those who go on to take ICT-related subjects at third level. We explain the depth of opportunities in the sector, that you can start off as a programmer, from there, move into product development and maybe end up in marketing and sales.

“At the same time we are also lobbying government to look at ways to improve the maths situation in Irish schools. It's now recognised that Irish post-primary students are falling behind their international peers in maths and this situation needs to be reversed. We need to identify the gaps and decide on a course of action to address the situation. Considering that incubation of any new plans could take four to five years, the Department of Education needs to commit itself to a plan of action now.

“Other countries have turned around similar problems with maths, for example Singapore, so we could learn from their experience.

“The fact is, demand for skilled IT professionals will be greater than supply within the ICT sector by the end of 2006.

“Consequently there is an onus on the Irish government, and specifically the Department of Education, to encourage higher standards and take-up in key subjects in order to create the necessary skilled workforce

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2005-10-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

Exploring the Use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Teaching of English-
Challenges and Opportunities

(Sponsored by the University Grants Commission)

24-25 November,2005

Venue: Mahatma Gandhi College
(Accredited with grade A by NAAC)
Trivandrum

Organised by

The Department of English
Mahatma Gandhi College
Kesavadasapuram
Trivandrum PIN 695004
http://www.mgcollege.com
Email : ictworkshop@gmail.com
Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ICTthoughts
Blog: http://ictthoughts.blogspot.com
Phones: 09447022401
: 09349321070

23 September, 2005
Sir/Madam

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs),used appropriately and imaginatively, have been found to be a suitable resource to promote, enhance and support learning on account of its limitless potential vis-à-vis conventional methods.
Evidence of exemplary practices in the use of ICTs in teaching and learning suggests its capability to improve educational outcomes substantially and hence academicians and technology experts are exploring ways to converge scattered and successful islands of innovation in this area for better applications in pedagogy ,curriculum ,assessment ,professional development ,administration and related areas .

It has been made known through objective assessments and analyses that the use of ICTs makes a distinctive contribution to teaching and learning English. ICTs can be used to integrate listening, speaking, reading and writing tasks. It enhances the effectiveness of interactive teaching and learning styles. It also extends students’ ability to exercise choice, work independently and make connections between their work in English and in other subjects. Used both as a medium and as a tool, ICT has unique potential to extend and accelerate pupils' learning in English.

It is in this context that the Department of English, Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum is organizing a two day National Workshop (24-25 November,2005) with a view to facilitate meaningful discussion on integrating ICTs in the English classroom . ELT and ICT experts from different parts of the country have already evinced interest in the Workshop.

We solicit your wholehearted cooperation and active participation in the Workshop
Papers on the basis of actual classroom practices are most welcome.

Prof.S Vijaya Kumar
Chairman,organising Committeee & Principal
M G College

Dr K Radha Kumari
Head Department of English

Mohan Das NK
General Convener

Advisory Board
Dr Jancy James
Vice Chancellor
MG University

Dr PK Rajan
Former Vice Chancellor
Kannur University

DJameela Beegum
Head, Department of English
University of Kerala

Objectives:

o To explore the diverse ICT options available for bettering English Language teaching and learning , with particular reference to India
o To look into various aspects of content development for ELT and Content Learning depositories and explore possibilities of formulating self study materials for students
o To look into effective strategies of integrating ICTs into the English Language classroom.
o To formulate various capacity building/ orientation programmes for teachers including e-learning ,real-time hands-on support etc
o To stimulate critical debate on and research into theories, approaches, principles and applications of ICTs in the use of teaching English
o To share local and international developments, experiences and lessons learned.
o To facilitate dialogue, sharing and networking between academics and experts working in the area of emerging technologies.

Topics of Interest:

 Integrating ICTs in the English classroom- trends, challenges, implications, innovations, ideas etc.
 ICT infrastructure- effective and efficient management , future trends, emerging technologies (hardware and software),challenges in the Indian context
 Internet and Web resources (online dictionaries, virtual thesaurus, corpora, audio archives, Podcasts, blogging, vlogging etc )
 Open and distance learning (ODL) possibilities
 Assessment techniques and practices
 Design and development of learning material ,Learning management systems (LMS)Creating interactive and collaborative learning environments
 Language theory and practice vis-à-vis ICT paradigms
 Teacher empowerment strategies
 EDUSAT and its possibilities.

Call for papers

Papers on the above themes or related aspects are invited.
Papers may be on accomplished research results, assessments of projects/work-in-progress or fresh concepts, preliminary research results, case studies and the like.

Last date for receipt of abstracts: 15November, 2005

All Papers/Abstracts are to be submitted to ictworkshop@gmail.com

Target Participants

Academics, researchers, technology developers, university/college/school teachers, research students, ICT experts, education department functionaries, Content development specialists etc.

Registration Fee: Rs. 150

Travel Costs

Travel allowance (Train Fare) to paper presenters will be provided.

Accommodation

Hotel accommodation will be arranged to outstation participants on payment basis.The requirement may be intimated in advance.

Contact Address: Mohan das NK
Department of English
MG College
Trivandrum
PIN 695004
Mobile : 094470 22401
E-mail : mohandasnk@gmail.com

Blog:
http://ictthoughts.blogspot.com

A Blog has been created to give further updates and for posting relevant materials.

E-Group:

An E-group is created to facilitate pre-workshop introductions and idea- sharing among prospective participants. Non-participants too, who are interested in the topic can become members and post messages

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ICTthoughts

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