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General information, list of site contentsThe ICT4LT website is a collection of training modules in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Language Teachers. It was initiated with funding provided in 1999-2000 by the European Commission and has been regularly updated ever since. Contents: The Contents page contains descriptions of all the ICT4LT modules and resources. You can also use the Glossary, which contains definitions of technical terminology as well as serving as an index to the ICT4LT site. The ICT4LT website has its own internal Search Engine. The Editor-in-Chief of the ICT4LT website is Graham Davies, Emeritus Professor of Computer Assisted Language Learning. The ICT4LT site is now managed with zero funding, so please do not approach us with requests for financial support. Access to the ICT4LT website is, however, free of charge to all visitors and will remain so for the foreseeable future. ICT4LT is not an accredited course, and you cannot register as a student, but feedback is welcomed and will be carefully considered as we continually revise the contents of the modules Use our Feedback Form to contact us. If you are looking for an accredited course in ICT and language learning and teaching, you may find what you need here: Courses. News and announcementsSecond Life Viewer 2: Linden Lab launched its new Viewer 2 in February 2010. The new viewer includes a feature that teachers have long been waiting for, namely the ability to display a live Web page on any surface in Second Life, for example on a large screen, on the faces of a cube, or even on a sphere. The Web page then behaves as it would in a normal browser: links are clickable, pages can be scrolled, and it is possible to log on to Ning, Twitter, Flickr, etc. Collaborative writing tasks are possible, and YouTube videos and Teachers TV videos can also be displayed. See Section 14.2.1, Module 1.5, which is dedicated to the virtual world of Second Life. It is the most rapidly growing section of the ICT4LT site. Graham Davies has written a set of step-by-step tutorial materials in Word format for Viewer 2, which can be downloaded from here: Introduction to Second Life Viewer 2. The ICT4LT site and its associated blog have been mentioned as as example of good practice at the website of SAEL (Sites d'Accompagnement pour les Enseignants de Langues), an EC-funded project that aims to facilitate the implementation of language policy recommendations with a view to improving the quality of language teaching in Europe. The project seeks to achieve this by promoting the creation of online support websites for language teachers to help keep them up-to-date with innovative approaches, resources and other information. See the ICT4LT blog (25 January 2010). A Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group (VW SIG), managed
jointly by EUROCALL
and CALICO was
launched at the EUROCALL
2009 Conference in Spain. Here is the URL of the new VW SIG
Ning: There are two other new EUROCALL SIG Nings: EUROCALL Computer Mediated Communication SIG: http://cmcsig.ning.com EUROCALL Teacher Education SIG: http://eurocallteachereducation.ning.com Graham Davies took part in an online panel discussion, shared with
Ton Koenraad, Vance Stevens and Duane Sider (President, Rosetta Stone),
on the theme "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it" (George Santayana 1863-1952), The Life of Reason,
Volume 1, 1905), 13 November: Teachers TV makes it easy for you to embed their videos into
your blog, wiki or website by using the free Teachers TV Player: We have added a Teachers TV Player to the following sections of the ICT4LT site: The ICT4LT blogThe ICT4LT blog can be found at: http://ictforlanguageteachers.blogspot.com
Recent topics include:
... and many more, dating back to February 2007 See also Section 12, Module 1.5, where you will find information on numerous discussion lists, blogs, wikis and social networking sites relating to language learning and teaching. If you wish to send the Editor of the ICT4LT site feedback or ask specific questions relating to ICT and language learning and teaching, use our online Feedback Form. The ICT4LT project teamThe original ICT4LT project team (1999-2000) consisted of eight individuals based in the following institutions:
The ICT4LT site was originally produced in four languages: English, Italian, Finnish and Swedish, but only the English language version is now regularly updated by Graham Davies. The Italian, Finnish and Swedish versions of the site have been removed. Aims of the ICT4LT projectThe ICT4LT website materials have been developed by practising language teachers with many years of experience in using a wide range of technological aids in language teaching. The approach is pedagogy-driven, and the emphasis is on language teaching methodologies that can be implemented successfully with the aid of new technologies. The modules include references to new teaching concepts and methodologies that have emerged from new technologies. See the ICT4LT blog (December 2009): Technology v. pedagogy - lest we forget... Only one purely "technical" module is included: Module 1.2. This was in response to the large number of enquiries we received about the essential hardware and software required for a CALL environment. The original aim of the ICT4LT project was to provide Web-based training materials in ICT for teachers of Modern Foreign Languages. It was also planned to develop the materials into an accredited online course, but funding ran out before this aim could be achieved. The materials are, however, still valid as a free resource for teachers and teacher trainers. If you are looking for an accredited course in ICT and language learning and teaching, you may find what you need here: Courses. Review these interesting education articles about online courses. The project was built upon a number of national and EC-funded projects which the partners had successfully completed, in particular the New Technologies Sub-Group of the Thematic Network Project (TNP1) in the Area of Languages, which was initiated by the European Language Council: http://www.celelc.org Two members of the ICT4LT project team, Peppi Taalas and Graham Davies, were participants in the EC-funded TALLENT project, coordinated by Angela Chambers, University of Limerick: http://www.solki.jyu.fi/tallent Target audienceThe main target audience of the ICT4LT website is language teachers already in service, although parts of the website are suitable for teachers undergoing initial training and for teachers following short intensive courses. The ICT4LT website materials are also relevant to other occupations concerned with languages and communication. It must be emphasised that ICT4LT is not an introductory course in Information and Communications Technology. Such courses are already available, e.g.
It is expected that visitors to the ICT4LT website already have qualifications that include a foreign language and a basic knowledge of ICT, i.e. including:
ICT "can do" lists and questionnaireICT "can do" lists A downloadable Word document containing a set of "can do" lists is available if you click here: ICT_Can_Do_Lists. The document is designed for:
The document covers selected generic applications (e.g. Word, browsers, email software, PowerPoint) and software applications that are particularly useful for language teachers. Under the heading for each application there is a range of essential tasks that the teacher should be able to carry out in order to feel comfortable working with the software - a so-called "can do" list. The applications and the tasks have been selected according to their usefulness for teaching foreign languages. Questionnaire When we initiated this project we designed a Questionnaire for visitors to the website to help them to analyse their own situation and their ICT training needs. The questionnaire is still available here: Questionnaire. We are no longer gathering data about visitors to the ICT4LT website, but the questionnaire may help you identify your training needs. We are still interested in your views on the site. Visits to our site - some interesting factsSite visits: requests
for pages Order of popularity of ICT4LT Web pages, June 2010 These are our Web pages in order of popularity, i.e. according to the number downloads in the last complete month. The no. 1 position of Module 1.2 is misleading, however, as it is picked up mainly by people interested in ICT rather than by language teachers.
See the Contents page for links to all the above modules and resources: The five most popular PDF and Word document downloads, June 2010
How do people find the ICT4LT site? Mainly by using Google, but a number of other
sites regularly refer visitors to us. These are the top five sites
that refer visitors to the ICT4LT site: Countries of origin of our visitors since September 2008 The above table shows only unique visitors. There are many more repeat visits. Bibliographical referencing: how to refer to ICT4LTA number of people have written to us asking how they should present bibliographical references to the ICT4LT site. Hard-and-fast conventions regarding the bibliographical referencing of Web pages are only slowly emerging. This is what we recommend: 1. If you refer to the English-language version of the ICT4LT website in general you should reference it thus: Davies G. (ed.) (2008) Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers (ICT4LT), Slough, Thames Valley University [Online]. Available from: http://www.ict4lt.org [Accessed DD Month YYYY]. 2. If you refer to a particular module at the ICT4LT website, e.g. Module 1.5, you should reference it thus: Walker R., Hewer S. & Davies G. (2008) Introduction to the Internet. Module 1.5 in Davies G. (ed.) Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers (ICT4LT), Slough, Thames Valley University [Online]. Available from: http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod1-5.htm [Accessed DD Month YYYY]. The publication date of the printed versions of Modules 1.1 to 1.5 was 1999. Modules 2.1 to 3.5 were published in their printed versions in 2000. Module 4.1 has not been printed. The Web version of every module is updated at least once a month. If you are citing the Web version of the ICT4LT site look for the revision date and information regarding copyright and bibliographical referencing at the bottom of each page. See our Copyright notice. DisclaimerThe ICT4LT website contains numerous links to external websites containing information that we consider relevant to ICT and language learning and teaching. Some of the external sites are managed by educational institutions and some are managed by commercial enterprises. We make every effort to check that the links to external sites function correctly and we also check that the contents of the sites to which we make the links are appropriate to the aims of the ICT4LT project, but we cannot ultimately be held responsible for the contents of external websites. We will remove immediately any links to sites that are found to contain inappropriate or offensive material or to sites that appear to be in breach of copyright. If you are a website owner that does not wish a link to your site to be made, please contact us and we will remove the link. Feedback and blogIf you wish to send us feedback on any aspect of the ICT4LT website, use our online Feedback Form or visit the ICT4LT blog.
The Feedback Form and a link to the ICT4LT blog can be found at the bottom of every page at the ICT4LT site. Copyright noticeIf you download or print a copy of any material from the ICT4LT site, please pay due respect to copyright. See our General guidelines on copyright. Please cite this Web page as: Document last updated 17 July 2010. This page is maintained by Graham Davies. © ICT4LT Project 2010 under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK, England & Wales Licence.
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