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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > technology in the classroom
technology in the classroom
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celia86
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technology in the classroom
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Hi dear teachers!
I was surfing the net and found this video, I think it �s food for thought, what do you think?
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27 Mar 2010
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olaola
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I have seen the video and I think technology is important nowadays and teachers should use it but we must not forget that it is the " human touch" that teachers give to their students the most important thing of all... otherwise students could learn directly from computers, no need of teachers!!!!!!! |
27 Mar 2010
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RabbitWho
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I �m sure people had the same worries when they were first presented with blackboards and chalk. The funny thing is that was the last technological advance made in a classroom and that was when... ancient Greece? (guessing)
We don �t even use the abacus any more!
Computers are just tools, just like chalk and boards and papers and pens.
A good teacher will teach a good lesson, computers can help them do that just as a book can or a photocopier.
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27 Mar 2010
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lshorton99
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I don �t think you see enough abaci in language teaching nowadays. Let �s be post-modern and bring them back!
My school introduced interactive whiteboards 18 months ago and for the most part it �s great. The students love activities on the board, rearranging words etc. So in that sense I agree with the video in that connecting to students via a means they understand is a good thing.
However, I do think that teachers can come to rely on the technology and forget how to teach without it. I remember one of my DELTA lessons a little over a year ago and I �d planned a couple of things on our shiny new boards. I got to work a couple of hours early to set up only to discover that there had been a fire in the electrics (our boards our new, our building �s not!) and there was no technology. Cue hysterics on my part and a valuable lesson learned!
Truthfully, I don �t think there was much difference in how my students learned and enjoyed themselves between the latest technology I �ve been using for a while now and summer school last year, giving a class with only a blackboard in the room.
My point is that it �s not the tools, it �s the teacher and newer may not necessarily be better.
Personally, I say bring back the cane...
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27 Mar 2010
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dturner
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Ouch. I can feel the sting. I agree with you, but on the other hand, I teach refugees who have no reference to things I �m trying to talk about. I use my computer and projector constantly to show them images. If I was back in the book days only I would not have the resources at my fingertips. In terms of technology, it �s only good when it works. How many times have you been at a presentation or lesson when something has gone wrong, or something so simple like the extension cord is not long enough. Uggghhhh.
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28 Mar 2010
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