When I first came to the class of technology, I must tell you that I was a little bit worried. This is because I am not lectured in technological tools and every time that I bought a new product or download new software, always or almost always someone helps me. The issue is that the importance of the technology in the future classroom makes us believe that is a must to learn those tools for our sake and the sake of our students. Is extremely important, that ULACIT continues improving in those areas. This course of technology and its uses inside the classroom or as a tool is a must have in the curricula of any teacher. The use of blogs, wikis and the different software used during those four months are a great tool that we have to maximize and continue self improving before we finished our major. I almost never say a word to a teacher, that’s my way to be, but I must thank Laura Naranjo for the effort and the comprehension that she shown to us. Especially in my case that sometimes just distracted my classmates in the lab. I would like to finish with this quote from google inside, just to remind you how dependent and how fast technology changes.
The telephone wire, as we know it, has become too slow and too small to handle Internet traffic. It took 75 years for telephones to be used by 50 million customers, but it took only four years for the Internet to reach that many users. – Lori Valigra
"I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it". Carlos Castaneda.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Using Videos for Teaching / Moviemaker and Youtube
Use of tecnology tools in order to prepare small classes for students of any level. This could help teachers to make fun and easier to develop any topic, the use of tools improve the class environment, always that you as teacher use them properly.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
INTERACTIVE GAMMING
Learning process could be easy and fun specially for young students, the use of technological tools such as sites in which students could practice the skills that they have been acquiring in the classrooms, could help both parts students and teachers to make education meaningful and interesting. Here you have a list of web sites that could help you in areas such as reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Reading.
With this game students will learn new words and also the alphabetical order from a to g.
Roy the Zebra
In this game the students will be able to distinguish words with double consonants bl or br.
Letter Match.
In this funny game students will be putting words into boxes that match with the first letter in every box. They will learn to recognize words that begin with the same letter.
Elmo Books.
Read beautiful stories with great animations of the characters of Sesame Street.
Swahili Folktale.
Gain some culture knowledge while you read or listen this story.
Listening.
I can read.
In this game students will focus in the pronunciation of simple words and they also make associations with the drawings.
Emily Elizabeth goes to School
With this beautiful stories students will read and also listening the pronunciation of sentences.
Here Clifford.
Students will help Emily to find Clifford the dog, exploring new words and their pronunciation.
Sound Match.
In this case student will learn to associate words that sound similar but have different meaning and spelling.
The Electronic Company.
Listen and create word about the electronic world and its components.
Writing.
8 letters in a search of a word.
This is probably a game more sophisticated for students in a more advanced level, because they have to construct a word from eight words out of order.
Spelling Ship
Do you remember the game of the hangman? Is the same but the only change is that you play with pirates and sharks.
Learn how to write a letter with these incredible games.
Zoo Trip.
Camp Visit.
Acrostic poems.
Use this tool to help students to enter in the world of poetry.
Speaking.
Nationalities/Countries and Cities Board game.
Use a pair of dices and encourage your students to speaks about countries and nationalities.
Shopping for a present
Use this conversation to explore ways to develop a good roleplays.
Pronunciation tips.
These exercises from the BBC are good enough for student in intermediate level.
English Pronunciation Exercise - Vowels Odd Word Out
Improve your pronunciation skills with these helpful games.
Regular Past Simple Ending Sounds Pronunciation
Improve the difficult pronunciation of the past ending, starting with regular verbs.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
How People Learn and What Technology Might Have To Do with It
Teachers as human beings that they are could not be ready for every aspect that happens in the world. They are not foretellers and probably due the factor that they have a live out the work environment they might not read the paper or watch the news every day. Those kinds of awkward moments with the technology could be present in any moment during the class. It is important to learn how to deal with these issues inside of the classroom, but like in the article if sometimes is necessary sending a kid to the principal office to make a stand, just do it.
LEARNING OCCURS IN CONTEXT
Technology can facilitate learning by providing real world contexts that engage learners in solving complex problems (Duffy & Cunningham, 1996; Honebein, 1996; & Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, 1992). See this idea, technology will become extremely important in any class in the future, our kids were born in a tech-age so for teachers in the future will be easier to explain difficult topics like math using media interactive games. Try to imagine a class of medicine where the future physicians could see every surgery in 3D as much time as they want, such example could save some lives in the future.
LEARNING IS ACTIVE
Be part of the solution, every time that a kid involves in the learning process the teacher win and the student gain knowledge, the process of learning by doing with the teacher as a facilitator, guiding the kid in every part, but let him constructing, build their own knowledge is the best way to achieve the maximum goal of a teacher, create a self sufficient person.
LEARNING IS SOCIAL
Globalization is real and is now. Why teachers could not use it in order to increase the level of expertise? And, why students could not use this global network to share information to obtain knowledge, to build networks that in the future they could use always thinking in the improvement of their lives.
LEARNING IS REFLECTIVE
Looking to inside is a great way to grow, but sometimes we need that an external helper gave us some advice. The same happen with our learning process teacher and student could gain a lot, with the appropriate feedback. Technology is an excellent tool to receive and to give feedback from anywhere and anytime.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams, 1923
LEARNING OCCURS IN CONTEXT
Technology can facilitate learning by providing real world contexts that engage learners in solving complex problems (Duffy & Cunningham, 1996; Honebein, 1996; & Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, 1992). See this idea, technology will become extremely important in any class in the future, our kids were born in a tech-age so for teachers in the future will be easier to explain difficult topics like math using media interactive games. Try to imagine a class of medicine where the future physicians could see every surgery in 3D as much time as they want, such example could save some lives in the future.
LEARNING IS ACTIVE
Be part of the solution, every time that a kid involves in the learning process the teacher win and the student gain knowledge, the process of learning by doing with the teacher as a facilitator, guiding the kid in every part, but let him constructing, build their own knowledge is the best way to achieve the maximum goal of a teacher, create a self sufficient person.
LEARNING IS SOCIAL
Globalization is real and is now. Why teachers could not use it in order to increase the level of expertise? And, why students could not use this global network to share information to obtain knowledge, to build networks that in the future they could use always thinking in the improvement of their lives.
LEARNING IS REFLECTIVE
Looking to inside is a great way to grow, but sometimes we need that an external helper gave us some advice. The same happen with our learning process teacher and student could gain a lot, with the appropriate feedback. Technology is an excellent tool to receive and to give feedback from anywhere and anytime.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams, 1923
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching. Linking the Internet with teaching techniques. Internet for Reading Activities and or Games
Technology
One definition of technology says that is the practical application of human knowledge for design of machines. At the end technology is a tool due the progress of human ability to solve problems. Like millions of years before the use of stones, wood and fire were important to human’s development and survival. Nowadays the use of technology made things easier and also help people to survive more years and healthier.
Among the advantages we could see the social networking, the worldwide access in one click, and the facility of making faster transactions. But some could say that some disadvantages such as people getting lazier, and probably people are less willing to think critically.
Technology for Learning.
The use of technology as a mean to support learning is an excellent tool in the classroom when the person in charge is able to use it properly. The student gain expertise applying what they learn in the class.
Instructional Technology.
It’s important that teacher get training to use technology, before they apply in the classroom. The teacher must receive instruction in technological field before they will be able to use every day with students.
Educational Technology.
Sum up, is the study of ethical practices in order to facilitate the learning and improving performance by creating, using and finally managing appropriate processes and resources. The benefits are easy to see, the access to course materials, the student motivation in the use of new technological tools, the wide participation and involvement should improve also the student writing skills and finally the subjects become easier to learn.
Elements of the Rationale for Teaching with Technology.
The most important element is the motivation. Also, the unique instructional capabilities are important in the role of technology in the classroom. It is also important increase the support for new instructional approaches in order to increase teaching productivity.
The Seven Principles.
It is of sum importance to encourage the contact between the student and the faculty in charge of technological area of the school. It must be developed the reciprocity and cooperation among students. We as teachers must encourage active learning, give a accurate and prompt feedback, emphasizes time on the tasks, communicate if they exist the high expectations on technology and carefully respect diverse talents and ways to learn.
One definition of technology says that is the practical application of human knowledge for design of machines. At the end technology is a tool due the progress of human ability to solve problems. Like millions of years before the use of stones, wood and fire were important to human’s development and survival. Nowadays the use of technology made things easier and also help people to survive more years and healthier.
Among the advantages we could see the social networking, the worldwide access in one click, and the facility of making faster transactions. But some could say that some disadvantages such as people getting lazier, and probably people are less willing to think critically.
Technology for Learning.
The use of technology as a mean to support learning is an excellent tool in the classroom when the person in charge is able to use it properly. The student gain expertise applying what they learn in the class.
Instructional Technology.
It’s important that teacher get training to use technology, before they apply in the classroom. The teacher must receive instruction in technological field before they will be able to use every day with students.
Educational Technology.
Sum up, is the study of ethical practices in order to facilitate the learning and improving performance by creating, using and finally managing appropriate processes and resources. The benefits are easy to see, the access to course materials, the student motivation in the use of new technological tools, the wide participation and involvement should improve also the student writing skills and finally the subjects become easier to learn.
Elements of the Rationale for Teaching with Technology.
The most important element is the motivation. Also, the unique instructional capabilities are important in the role of technology in the classroom. It is also important increase the support for new instructional approaches in order to increase teaching productivity.
The Seven Principles.
It is of sum importance to encourage the contact between the student and the faculty in charge of technological area of the school. It must be developed the reciprocity and cooperation among students. We as teachers must encourage active learning, give a accurate and prompt feedback, emphasizes time on the tasks, communicate if they exist the high expectations on technology and carefully respect diverse talents and ways to learn.
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