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Applying Technology in

Education.

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIESDEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGUE

CAREER: Bachelor in English CURSE NAME: Technology in Education.

DATE: July 5 , 2014

STUDENT`S NAME:Wendy Iveth Chicas

2014

Wendy Chicas

05/07/2014

Applying Technology in Education

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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 in time and

materials.

Increased interaction

from students.

Improved technology skills.

Asynchronous

communications.

Opportunities to

create learning communities.

(wikibooks, 2005)

Less class time with

use of internet.

Time requirements

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 share 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.

(Noss, 2008)


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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.

(Mano, 2010)

IT

Students-centered

Approaches to

learning.

Educators skills in the

use ofTechnology for

learning.

Synthesis-level teachers can merge

classroom instruction,

relevant on-line

instructional

techniques, and supplementary

materials.

Synthesis-level

teachers can merge classroom instruction,

relevant

on-line instructional

techniques, and

supplementary materials.

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

(Francis, 2003)


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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.

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html


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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.


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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)

It includes a set of different

applications, services and various

other types of learning resources

gathered from different contexts. It was constructed by me and used

in everyday life for learning, and

for inprove it I have created the

follow resources:

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.

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. I can learn from this resources by follow educative pages

or informative pages.

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.


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English Attack

This is a very effective way to acquire vocabulary while the interactive games or the movies I can watch in the site. The site is a powerful tool

because it make me be active and learn and get fun at the same time.

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.


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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.

Twitter

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

or any other current topic and I can do it into the most simple format

possible in order to be understood by my friends and coworkers.

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.

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.


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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.

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.


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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 or create forums, blogs, teams in facebook, etc. in order to take advantage of

this incredible resources. Students will gain knowledge from textbooks,

but gain experience through technology and if I can not take them out of

the social network, most of the time Facebook but I can make them use it

for a benefit purpose.

In the recent years, a number of approaches to employ technology tools and services in education emerged. As mencioned before, 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 if we are aware of our reality, 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.

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