Poznaj eTwinning:
Dr Jaroslaw Krajka is a lecturer in FLT methodology and CALL at Division of Applied Linguistics of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. His research interests include ICT teacher training, development of technology-based lesson scenarios and curricula, as well as teacher autonomy in a technology-assisted language classroom.
Since 2001 Dr Krajka has been the Editor-in-Chief of Teaching English with Technology, a peer-reviewed electronic journal published by IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group (http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/callnl.htm). In 2007 he published a monograph entitled “English Language Teaching in the Internet-Assisted Environment – Issues in the Use of the Web as a Teaching Medium”.
The constant technological development reflected in the emergence of new tools, software solutions and interface outlooks triggers the need to redefine the way researchers and practitioners conceptualise technology in order to find its most appropriate educational applications. Web 2.0, with its focus on social networking and using the Web as a platform, allows to create new quality of online interaction in eTwinning projects.
For that matter, the presentation will consider the applicability of selected Collaboration 2.0 applications (wikis, online word processors, online whiteboards and screen annotation tools) in eTwinning partnerships. It is especially important to analyse the features of Web 2.0 collaboration tools and reflect upon their use in the instruction of specific language skills, as well as to consider the issues of copyright and Internet safety.
