TO BE UNPLUGGED OR NOT TO BE Emilie
TO BE UNPLUGGED OR NOT TO BE Emilie Alice Cleret Head of the English Department Higher Military Education FRANCE
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TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS PRACTICING LEARNING
WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF USING TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS IN THE CLASSROOM? WHY SHOULD WE GO UNPLUGGED? WHAT SHOULD BE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO PLUG BACK IN?
Part 1 – What are the risks of using technological tools in the classroom? A. Out of the comfort zone – awkward and ridiculous 1. Trying to act young 2. Gaming attitude 3. Lack of technological knowledge 4. Reliability and connection 5. Cost 6. Obsession with student motivation B. Legitimacy in jeopardy C. Confusion between practicing and learning Part 2 – Why should we go unplugged? Part 3 – What should be the terms and conditions to plug back in?
A NEW FORM OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE GENERATED BY TECHNOLOGY Hey boss ? 4 U Go ahead SPTO Gregory. ZUP W/ him? Don’t worry about it. The feedback on his presentation was pretty rough. He is upset and in tantrum mode. DQMOT but WAJ cos WCA? He told me he left you a voice mail to apologize. VM? WTF listens to VM? W/E He will be fine, he will work it out. Will see him later today. OK LMK C U TAM Can you send me your lesson plan for module 4? YCDBWYCID Ok, no worries, we will look at it tomorrow.
INTERESTING LINKS • PARENTS / TEXT MESSAGING • • http: //www. parentsshouldnttext. com/ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Y 09 -_dvli_k (reasons why parents shouldn’t text) • TEACHERS / TEXT MESSAGING • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ge. BJ-py. Eu 6 s top 10 funniest teacher student text • GLOSSARIES/CORPUS • https: //www. webopedia. com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations. asp • http: //www. txtdrop. com/abbreviations. php • https: //www. abbreviations. com/acronyms/SMS still under construction, in this website you can rate the abbreviations and their meanings
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