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NEW TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHING ENGLISH_MAP_GERALDINE TORRES

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GERALDINE ALEJANDRA TORRES
CODE. 1.192.739.455

1. What are your perceptions on the Use of Blogs for EFL Learning?

It seems to me that blogs are a very useful tool for learning in general today, it is a resource that provides learners skills such as autonomous learning, creativity, interaction and communication among others, their use also expand the possibilities for teachers to add more dynamism to the lessons and other ways how to evaluate knowledge. In teaching of English as a foreign language is a new and innovative resource, which provides an improvement in oral and written language, gives the possibility of working with various types of text, image, audio and video formats, and share it in seconds with More people in any part of the world, thanks to is online, a characteristic own of this new era, that of online learning.

2. Which ones are the alternatives in ELT methodology?

Since technology has impacted on teaching, several alternatives have been created in English teaching methods, among which is WebQuest, which is an alternative that gives an important role to teachers who are responsible for raising activities That improves the language capabilities through resources found in the network that provide possibilities for discovery and creativity, increasing students' interest in learning and doing so in a more entertaining way.

3. What are the students’ perceptions of integrating Wiki technology and peer feedback into English writing courses?

Through some studies carried out to know the perception that the students have had with the use of the wikis has been able to establish that the majority of the students have an evident improvement in the grammar and receive positively the feedbacks of its companions, Which provides them with a constant interaction as a group to construct a very different way of collaborating when one works only on paper independently, and although they show that there is still much to learn from working with wikis, their interest in learning is greatly increasing thanks to the wikis.

4. How can we integrate critical Approach to Second Language Learning?

Learning a second language through the use of technology, we can work collaboratively with different people, from different parts of the world, with a different cultural context and with different forms of perception, learning, and contextualization, we can enter a critical approach More broadly, since we will be building a joint learning around the capacities of each participant, giving feedback in turn and achieving the objectives in an active and participative way, sharing the achievements together.

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LUISA MARIA HERNANDEZ
1.121.955.606

What are your perceptions on the Use of Blogs for EFL Learning?

Language is the main way of communication, so it is kind of obvious that communication is the main step for a second language learning. In the XXI century, communication technologies have taken over the world, it is an interest field among people, blogs have become in a useful tool for this generation’s communication. So blogs have an important influence for people: it is a means to communication, and it is interesting. Those two elements compose the will of the second language teaching.

Writing in blogs give the learners the opportunity to express themselves and integrates the use of communication technologies. In this way students will have a productive experience that will help them in the second language learning. They will find themselves in the predicament of trying to find the best way to express their ideas improving their wordage manners and their grammar plus it will help them to think in the second language instead of just traducing their thoughts.

Which ones are the alternatives in ELT methodology?

WebQuest:

It is a learned centered method developed to fit the needs of learner regarding their age. This method takes into account the influence that technology have in our daily lives, composed by problem-based tasks that allows the students to be as active as possible on their learning process. This does not mean that the teacher's function in the instruction is just to stay right there, but to be a guide for students in their processes.

This method is not only useful for its technological skills which are an interest area on the upcoming generations, it also has a deep pedagogical investment going on. The base of this kind of methods along with technology use is the development of learning competences such as critical thinking skills, collaborative working, autonomy and motivation.

What are the students’ perceptions of integrating Wiki technology and peer feedback into English writing courses?

The use of wikis for writing skills development went out to be a very productive way to collaboratively practice among students.  The students reported improving on their second language writing through wikis, they stayed motivated since the discussions were interesting and they reinforce their learning trough the feedback given among the participants of the working groups.

How can we integrate critical Approach to Second Language Learning?

The use of ICTs on the second language instruction can integrate critical thinking development. These technological means are used and the motivation increases. This motivation  is helpful on participation, second language learning is about participation in contexts as discussions or another way of collaborative work includes the use of critical thinking. Information research through ICTs are also critical thinking based. And on writing activities such a posting blogs includes expression practices through the critical thinking use.

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YENIS  CAROLINA BROCHERO
1.121.846.668

1. What are your perceptions on the use of blogs for efl learning?

I think that the use of blogs is a way to enrich the educational processes, as they have very productive tools, which offer a better relationship between time and effort, because their use is very interesting and fun, is managed interactively , With the publication of themes, images, and also the visualization of many users, who find it interesting to know topics that we can work on blog, as a form of consultation; The blog is not only a technological tool without a great educational resource because it becomes for the teacher a knowledge management tool, where you can link any external or own resource by ordering it in categories or through tags for your comfortable search.

As for the teacher can be useful, also for students and can help students to reflect on their own learning, which can become a kind of electronic portfolio in this sense can create infrastructures so that all students have the opportunity Of having their classroom blog in which they can write their articles thus creating their own knowledge, which they share with the rest of the classmates through RSS aggregators such as Netvibes, Google Reader, Google, forming true communities of learning.

2. Which ones are the alternatives in elt methodology?

The objective of alternative methodologies is to try to provide a response to a series of doubts, concerns or alleged deficiencies of traditional education systems, with technology and which can be said to be specifically managed for the development of the same, as methodology alternative:

Webquest was created by Bernie Dodge in 1995, which can be said to be a research tool with structured and guided activities that avoid obstacles by providing students with a well defined task, as well as the resources and slogans that allow them to do them.3 What are the students’ perceptions of integrating

3. Wiki technology and peer feedback into english writing courses?

First of all, the term wiki is Hawaiian, meaning "fast" and refers to a type of collaborative environment in which users can participate in the modification, creation or deletion of a page and collectively build their learning .
For students, the perception of integrating wiki technology is that it improves activities, since today students have more fun on a computer than anything else, and this tool allows interactivity not only with Tools if not with learning favoring the significant learning, since in it can be edited collectively texts, links, photos, information, and others which are acquiring an increasing value in the educational system promoting the negotiation and Feedback between users.

4. How can we integrate critical approach to second language learning?

Perhaps we can integrate it with research, analysis, active and interactive methodologies of ludic factor, activities that allow the development of critical potential, and also focus not on the theoretical part but rather on participatory and cooperative, since the students handle a different perception Of the language, many see it as a language that is difficult to learn, but if we take it on the friendly side it will be easier for a teacher to integrate anything, as long as it is interesting for the students.

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JUAN CARLOS TOVAR
1.124.218.376

1. What are your perceptions on the Use of Blogs for EFL Learning?

I think the use of the blog in EFL learning is very important since it helps the student to study grammar (when writing in this), reading (when he reads what he has written) decreases stress since it is a non-traditional way of presenting jobs.

Its use is very practical since you can attach images, videos, music among other formats in this way becomes an excellent way for students to learn English by doing

2. Which ones are the alternatives in ELT methodology?

Webquest.

WebQuests were developed in America by Bernie Dodge in 1995, primarily for teachers in the secondary school system and for use with different disciplines regardless of the age groups of its users.The underlying reason to use WebQuests is not simply the popularity of the Internet or the Web but rather the pedagogical implications that its use promises to the innovative teacher. WebQuests present a unique opportunity to combine a wide range of effective instructional practices in one activity, integrating technology, scaffolding, collaborative learning, critical thinking, authentic assessment and constructivism all in one seemless bundle. March (1998) elaborates on this issue in terms of three main contributions that WebQuests have on students learning. The first of these is increasing students’ motivation to learn through the challenge of confronting authentic tasks, which require them to solve a problem, to make a comparison, or to construct a hypothesis in relation to a reallife situation using real sources; they are motivated because the effort that they must put into the given task goes beyond the walls of the classroom.

The WebQuest tasks require the students to reflect on their own perspectives, thereby strengthening the link between themselves and the task. The next is developing critical thinking skills again through the use of a real-life situation which requires the students to construct an appropriate solution to a problem.

3. What are the students’ perceptions of integrating Wiki technology and peer feedback into English writing courses?

Wikis are very practical when making feedback because they allow the content to be edited and many people can do it synchronously

4. How can we integrate critical Approach to Second Language Learning?

Nowadays teachers across different disciplines recognize the potential of technology for motiving student simulating the learning process and improving the students’ performance. Research has indicated that learners are more motivated when using the computer than when using pen and paper. This process makes the student's skills change by creating a critical thinking, since the student, when investigating the information on the web, has to criticize which information is more appropriate or more accurate.

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YELDY TATIANA RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ
1.121.902.854

1. What are your perceptions on the Use of Blogs for EFL Learning?

The use or implementation of blogs in foreign language areas or EFL helps to reduce a series of failures that are evident in classes and The positive results that can be achieved through the blog for the EFL are;

Capture the student's attention in a didactic and fun way, there they can get good information, blogs are well accepted by users. Its use is simple, promote the progress of literacy, strengthen reading and writing. Helps keep students up-to-date on technology issues and is a useful way to stay in touch with peers.

2. Which ones are the alternatives in ELT methodology?

WebQuests were developed in America by Bernie Dodge in 1995, primarily for teachers in the secondary school system and for use with different disciplines regardless of the age groups of its users. Dodge (1995) defines a WebQuest simply as “an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet…” He further emphasizes the importance of WebQuests in an interview saying that it is a tool which creates the “great” teacher of the future (Dodge, 2000).

WebQuests are undoubtedly applicable in an EFL context, but based on our experience and research, the implications for successful implementation suggest that:  Teachers and students should be made aware of the underlying principles and methodology of WebQuests.
Wherever possible, WebQuests should afford teachers and students maximum potential for input into their preparation, design and implementation.

3.  What are the students’ perceptions of integrating Wiki technology and peer feedback into English writing courses?

The students report they perceived more progress in grammar mechanics and Style than in organization and content. The analysis of learner accounts and openended, feel positive about the ability to apply wiki and peer comments to writing instruction despite encountering some obstacles in using this new tool.
It is recognized the importance of feedback the contributions of the peers, it improves the grammar and the writing, it is interacted with the companions.
Innvovacion, participation and interaction and creativity are developed. Group failures are evident.

4. How can we integrate critical Approach to Second Language Learning?

the use of ICT could enhance the learning process and that they support integration of this technology into classroom instruction. The best solution would be to use locally produced materials instead. Canagarajah urges teachers “to adopt creative and critical instructional practices in order to develop pedagogies suitable for their communities” (Canagarajah, 1999, p. 122) new skills and learning strategies in order to cope with developing educational opportunities. Investigation , planning and evaluation are important aspects to critically define the learning and development of a second language, based on ICT.

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