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?
Comments
Nik Peachey
Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer
http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/ http://quickshout.blogspot.com/ http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/
carladelia
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!)
Best Regards
Carla D'Elia - English Teacher