2.10 Blended - Unit 1 by Ainara Imaz Aguirre

oihane_mediavilla — 2016-10-05 11:29:25 UTC

We now live in a technological world. We didn’t have any technological tool in our school fifteen years ago, So teachers only need a traditional book to teach their students. Now the way of teaching is changing and we are letting the paper books aside giving more importance to new ways of learning. In this case, with ICT. The use of new techonology in class is increasing but sometimes teachers can be reluctant to using these tools. They don’t have much experience in using them, so they don’t feel confident in that area.

I think It is very important to know how to use it, what we want to teach through these new tools, and when to use them. It can be enriching to see how students become interest on learning a language with a computer, using dictionaries or visiting different web pages which show us dissimilar ways of learning. The students could also get closer with new vocabulary watching videos, or making their own story. In this way, we could make the lessons more interesting, easier, more fun for teachers and their pupils, besides, these students might be more motivated to continue learning new contents.

Finally, from my point of view teachers attitude must be positive all the time to make sure the students are learning in a dynamic way. I thinks that teachers using computers can think easier about the next lessons ideas.

Activating My Knowledge

joseba_larrea — 2016-10-25 13:49:05 UTC

In general, in all the schools that I have been, it is not widely used technology. Still, in the last years they are making new projects. 

Moreover, many of the teachers that they are working in schools, they feel lost in the new world of technology. Therefore, they try to put it into practice as less as possible.

Activating my knowledge

aida_alcaide — 2016-10-26 10:56:19 UTC

Nowadays teachers use ICT in the language classroom more than years ago, but they feel reluctant many times. I think that the reason is they don´t know what kind of ICT can be useful to learn english and most of the time they don´t want to learn what can be useful.
I think ICT can be useful to learn other languages and nowadays we live surrounded by them so it´s important to learn how to use, but also it is important to be responsible about it.
Finally, in my opinion teachers may support ICTs that can be useful for the children learning process, they shouldn´t use something with no aims.

andoni_altuna — 2016-12-26 09:19:29 UTC

Nowadays we are surrounded by different ICTs, in primary schools also. In the society, we can find in all the places and we have to keep in mind that many students are able to use these tools very good. How many hours can they pass with their laptops or smartphone our pupils?

My question is if we (teacher) are able to use these tools in a significant way in a school. Years ago, they were not able to use these tools. Many teachers only used traditional books to teach but I supposed that many teachers are improving their knowledge and the way of teaching is improving and changing.

Moreover, in my opinion, all the teachers, including the language teacher, must be able to use different ICTs in the schools. I think that I must to give more importance to the methodology (how to teach) that the concept (what to teach). So, in my opinion the ICTs are very important in the language classroom because we can learn the same thing or concept but in a different way, and ICT way is a significant, dynamic and motivate way. In addition to that, is very important to know how and when to use it.

Finally, I would like to say that the teachers have to take account the ICT methodology because if they not use the ICTs in a dynamic and motivate way, the teachers are not reach the objective.

JAVI IZA

2017-01-04 16:30:46 UTC

In my opinion nowadays most teachers in favor of using ICT in their foreign language classroom, it is very important to know when do they have to used them and when not because if the use ICT in a bad way can become a downside for the students. Schools have to know that ICT in this new century is a very important tool for them and students too.