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Using technology in the classroom
I find the use of technology in the classroom amazing. It offers great visual aids as well as listening and reading inputs through powerpoint presentations, for instance. For small groups, I think using a laptop is a great resource. It offers you the possibility of playing audio and video files, showing images, recording voice for pronunciation practice and internet site contents to add relevance to the class. For larger groups, the interactive whiteboard is ideal. However, a great teacher should be able to teach a great class with and without any resources at all. I believe technology offers tools to teachers if it's well used and we must not forget that tools without great content and interaction do not offer good quality teaching. What do you think about it? What's your experence with technology in the classroom?
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Comments

Submitted on 6 November, 2008 - 12:36
Hi Carla, Like you, I'm also a fan of using technology in class and getting students to use it outside the classroom too. I've spent quite a while building up activities that I hope students will be able to use autonomously to practice and develop their English. You can see that activities here: http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/ I would welcome your feedback on them. I have targeted them directly at students, hoping that they can work through tem alone, but I'm wondering now whether it wouldn't have been better to target them at teachers and get the teachers to guide their students a little more. This wouyld also allow for more follow up and classroom discussion and sharing. Interested to know what you think. Best
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/ http://quickshout.blogspot.com/ http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/

Submitted on 24 November, 2008 - 22:59

Hi Nick! How are you? I've just taken a look at your site and saw some the activities and I must confess I simply loved it! I see your point when you say that maybe you should have targeted the activities at teachers, which could also be positive, though I think that targeting them at students and people interested in improving their English is the best approach. I believe English professionals should always go after new ideas and tools for teaching and many times they have good access to technology and simply refuse to use it. I'm totally in favor of teaching high quality classes and the Internet and many devices have made it all more feasable. Be sure I'll be visiting your site quite often to borrow some of those nice ideas. I'd love to give some contribution... ideas for activities using technology and so on (if you allow me to, of course!)

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Carla D'Elia - English Teacher

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