UNIVERSIDAD CAPITAN GENERAL

GERARDO BARRIOS

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGUE

CAREER: Bachelor in English

CURSE NAME: Technology in Education.

DATE: July 5 , 2014

STUDENT`S NAME:

Wendy Iveth Chicas Ruiz

TOPIC: Benefits of applying technology to education.

1. In a chart, describe the advantages and disadvantages of using

technology in your professional development taking into account

Blended Learning, Education 2.0, Web 2.0 and IT.

TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY

TOOL ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

BLENDED LEARNING

Flexibility.

Increased interaction

from students.

Improved technology

skills. Asynchronous

communications.

Opportunities to

create learning

communities. Less class time with

use of internet.

Time

requirements

Faculty to student

relationship.

Technology support learning curve for

both faculty and

student in learning

the technologies.

Longer prep time when teaching in a

blended

environment.

Faculty perceptions of blended learning.

Student perceptions

of blended learning.

EDUCATION 2.0

Higher quality

information available

faster.

Reduce Distance,

Provide Information Communication,

Makes life Easier.

Allow people to share

and discuss knowledge using

written text, sound or

video and thus they

enable social

knowledge construction and

formation of

conceptualization

shared with others

Knowledge

organization and

reflection

Teachers are

struggling to grasp

the concept of the

different

technologies available and

sometimes they do

not know how.

Some teachers even feel scared because

they fear that this

will make them feel

embarrassed if they

make mistakes with using the computer

while teaching.

They will have to use

unfamiliar things in their lessons.

Need for IT

experience.

WEB 2.0

Opportunity to stay in

touch with many

people without regard to the distance

between.

Opportunity to get to

know with people

from different countries and

cultures.

Spend alternatively.

Easy and

cheap. For an enterprise it is

possible and easy to

post advertising.

Allow diary or even minutely

actualization.

Good quality for

image and video.

Great variety of videos that it is not

achievable to find

everywhere else.

User’s profiles and

personal information

accessible to people that should not be

able to see them.

Uploaded files that

everyone can save in

their computer and use them.

Lack of privacy.

The possibility to

occur disagreements

or impolite comments.

Ability to post only

videos that are short

in duration, in cases you want to see a

video with longer

duration you have to

search for all of their

parts.

IT

ñ

Students-centered

Approaches to

learning.

Educators skills in the use of

Technology for

learning.

Teachers are capable

of following well written key by key

direction.

Synthesis-level

teachers can merge classroom

instruction, relevant

on-line instructional

techniques, and

supplementary materials.

Synthesis-level

teachers can merge

Technical assistance

for maintaining and

using technology

Resources Community partners

who provide

expertise, support,

and real-life

Interactions Ongoing financial

support for

sustained technology

use Assessment of the

effectiveness of

technology for

learning

classroom

instruction, relevant

on-line instructional techniques, and

supplementary

materials.

2. Explain how you are going to design a lesson plan online by

using Web Quest and what are the real propose using this kind of technology in your professional development.

First of all, as it is known, a WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in

which some or all of the information that learners interact with, comes

from resources on the Internet (Dodge, 1995).

For designing a good webquest I have to develop some basic

components which are the following: The first one is the Introduction, In

this part I set the stage for the activity and catches the reader’s attention to draw them into the quest. Also, I provide there background information

as necessary.

The next step is the TASK, here I state what the students will be

required to do and detail what the outcome will be expected and the tools

that are to be used to produce them. There is also, the PROCESS, in this

section I concise and clearly laid out. I provide links to Internet sites interwoven within the steps. The next one is the EVALUATION, in this

section I display a rubric to measure the product as objectively as possible

and leaves little space for questions.

The next component is the CONCLUSION, in this space I summarize

the experience, allow reflection about the process and add higher level

questions that may be researched at another time. I Give sustenance for thought as to where students can go with the info they have learned, using

it in a different situation. The purpose of the webquest is to allow students

to complete authentic projects and use technology to find and present

information, at the same time, i will be doing a good use of time in the classroom to develop another kind of activity if I take advantage of the

tools that technology provides.

3. Explain how you are going to deal if you want to use technology

in a school or place of work but there is not Tech in the

classroom. What are you going to do? How are you going to

solve the problem? Provide resources that you will use and the

procedures.

If I were working in a school where there is not technology, I would first try to encourage the principals, for they recognize that will benefit to

students, teachers and therefore to the school in the long term to acquire

or provide at least the most useful device which is the computer. They

have to know that Using technology to enhance learning is not a new

concept, they will discover valuable professional development and excellent

outcomes if they make an effort to bring the resources.

Then, I will teach using blended learning in the classroom in order to encourage them to use the technology in a beneficial way and not just for

fun. I will turn the class per groups, giving them the opportunity to use at

least the computer that I bring and then turn other groups after doing

another kind of activity. Then, assuming they have computer at home, I’m going to use one specific blog post to give my students a choice of follow a

set of articles or links related to the topic I am teaching. Then, taking in

account their comments on the forum we have created, I will provide to my

class webquests depending on their strengths. Next class in the classroom,

every student will debrief and share in oral presentations what they learn and at the same time they would be evaluated taking in account the

aspects given in a rubric that I have had explained already.

4. Choose digital resources you will include and describe how

those digital resources you are going to improve you PLE and

PLN.

PLE (Personal Learning Environment)

The set of the different applications, services and various other types of learning resources gathered from different contexts. It is constructed by an

individual and used in everyday life for learning.

Twitter:

Using twitter is also very important; you are being informed of current

events, know distinct opinions, hobbies or passions from different people

or organizations.

Facebook:

This is the most useful tool in the PLE because is the best way of keeping up to date with homework or events. I can fallow some pages of my interest

and share some important information on my wall and at the same time

receive the info from my friends or classmates.

Youtube

Having a YouTube account allows me to comment on the videos I watch;

therefore develop my critical thinking while I am improving my listening

skill.

Skype

This is a tool I can use to interact with people from other countries in

order to understand some cultural differences. Also, as it is an inexpensive

widely accessible tool it permit me encourage the faculty to experiment

with new techniques as student and as a teacher.

English Attack

This is a very effective way to acquire vocabulary while the interactive

game or the movies I can watch in the site.

Blogger

Using blogger helps me to get the information of my interest as teacher

and student, also, allows me to use in a better way my time. The site is very useful because contains all kind of information in an organized

manner and I can use it without complications.

Zunal

This is an amazing tool for teaching or learning in a better and organized

way, I can learn developing a variety of activities and using a lot of

resources the site allows me to use. The webquests I can find are complete

and varied in activities and that is why this site contributes to my learning

process.

Gmail

I use gmail to view files received as attachments in supported formats. Also, I can save the attachments directly to Google Drive. The service

allows me to make free calls from my Gmail account and also call other

countries on a fee basis.

PLN (Personal Learning Network)

It allows me to develop my own personalized “network” of fellow educators

and resources who are designed to make me a better professional.

Email

Using emails is very important in the educational area as a supplement to

teaching. I can use it as a strategy for providing extra information or

communicating with colleagues.

Blogger

I use blogger to share my knowledge and to interact with my colleagues of

job online or with the people who is interested in what I share.

Facebook

In Facebook I can fallow some pages of my interest and share some

important information on my wall and at the same time receive the info

from my colleagues or students.

Linkedin

I use LinkedIn in order to become visibly active in professional

communities that matter to my long-term career goals. Thus, when it comes to finding employment or a company is looking for employees I can

have the chance to be nominated.

Twitter

In this site I can share what I am learning or thinking about our work area

into the most simple format possible in order to be understood by my

friends and coworkers.

YouTube

Using YouTube could be a very useful tool for learning or teaching a

foreign language if we know the correct way to use it. Subscribing to

channels can allow you to participate in a forum in order to being active in

this educational world.

Conclusion

As a conclusion I can say that, classrooms certainly have changed

over the years, but what counts the most is their efficiency. Educational technology has its moments, but at the same time it can open students’

minds and help them to achieve great things that will help them in the

future.

The only way technology can be effective is if the teacher becomes

educated in what tools are available, and learns how to use the tools

appropriately. If the teacher relies on just the technology as their way of

teaching, then it will not get through to the students.

As teacher I can lecture and use textbooks, but I should still show important videos and allow students to participate in interactive games.

Students will gain knowledge from textbooks, but gain experience through

technology.

In the recent years, a number of approaches to employ technology

tools and services in education emerged. Blogs, social networking tools,

sites to create online lesson plans, podcasts, and even more tools I apply. The challenge is to improve our skills in using those things in the various

subjects and the different levels. The benefits are multiples, the education

process is more attractive for the students, increased the quality of

learning, practicing skills such as critical and analytical thinking, collaboration teamwork through the PLE and PLN and the professional

presentation and communication.