S. Whyte

Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching: The Case of Interactive Whiteboards for EFL in French Schools - New Language Learning and Teaching Environments S. Whyte

Marc Notes: This work takes a case study approach to investigate the integration of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) into the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in French schools. Biographical Note: Shona Whyte is Associate Professor of English (Maitre de Conferences) at Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis, France. She has co-edited a book entitled Teaching Languages with Technology: Communicative Approaches to Interactive Whiteboard Use, and has published widely in a variety of journals on the subject of technology enhanced language learning."Table of Contents: IntroductionPART I: RESEARCHING INNOVATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING 1. Innovation in Language Teaching: Pedagogical and Technological Dimensions2. Collaborative Action Research and Communities of PracticePART II: TEACHER BELIEFS: RESEARCHING VIEWS AND SUPPORTING CHANGE3. Techno-pedagogical Choices in IWB-mediated Teaching Activities4. Explaining Innovative Experimentation: Teacher Beliefs, Goals and CompetencesPART III: LEARNING TO IMPLEMENT INNOVATION: STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT 5. Starting Out - Early Stages of Technology Integration6. Gaining Confidence - Developing a Technical Repertoire7. Moving Forward - Towards Innovative Practice8. Developmental Dimensions of InnovationConclusion"

Contributor Bio:  Whyte, Shona Euline Cutrim Schmid is Full Professor of TEFL and Applied Linguistics at the University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany.