How to use technology in the classroom?
I am very much interested in applying technology to (large) ELT classes. Having said this, it is also obvious that this should be done very carefully because it is not easy to hold the students' attention for a long time and even technology, if not used cleverly will bore them. I have watched boring powerpoint presentations.To be frank, I have made several myself:) That's why I fully agree with the words cited 'In teaching with technology:'Learning is seen as essentially a social process, requiring communication among learner, teacher and others. This social process cannot effectively be replaced by technology, although technology may facilitate it. (p. 35)
Bates, A.W., & Poole, G (2003). Effective teaching with technology in higher education: Foundations for success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
It is amazing how passages like this make us realise (or, perhaps, activate, wake up some ideas sleeping quietly in our minds) that we have been feeling about some issue in the same way but did not have time to act; or , perhaps, needed some stimulus which, for me, happened this week.
Dear Manana,
ReplyDeleteI also feel that I was nit taking advanatge of the PPT in my classes. But now we can start making difference with our students.
When I read your post, I could not help but remembering a student-teacher that once said that she did not use PPT in her classes because students got bored easily. Now I understand why, but also have the the challenge to make them interactive.
Cristian
Dear Manana,
ReplyDeleteYou have rightly said that there are issues which we have thought about but never gave serious consideration. The seveth week resoures of PPT and managing large classes gave some ideas to which we were very near and ... yet so far.
Dilip (India)