tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211010296423657139.post2112709449706564411..comments2023-06-11T14:57:36.704+02:00Comments on l_missbossy's ELT playground: Using Technology – fad or future?little_miss_bossyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423142937875532976noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211010296423657139.post-55695925673454464892009-12-13T00:35:29.658+01:002009-12-13T00:35:29.658+01:00Brazil, country of huge contrasts where a huge sky...Brazil, country of huge contrasts where a huge skyscraper is erected next to slums. I live in Teresina which - according to people here - is the poorest part of Brazil and yet, I work at Cultura Inglesa, school where we have a great cyber café and smart boards in classrooms. I became a fan of them! Lesson with an e-board is a great adventure and makes life so easy! There's 'but' there, though. Lots of teachers get impatient with e-board programme and instead of designing a lesson in which students can actually interact actively with this tool, they get addicted to showing youtube videos or films. I'm putting a lot of effort to encourage teachers from my school to be creative. Slowly but surelu we'll get there.Agata Zgardahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195298985201831677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211010296423657139.post-52986301682456847962009-11-20T11:10:01.830+01:002009-11-20T11:10:01.830+01:001. I generally feel I use technology for my stude...1. I generally feel I use technology for my students' sake. I use music and video because it's more interesting and the language is contextualized much better. I try to do projects including Interent media to hopefully encourage my students to connect more with a global audience and have meangingful interections in English.<br /><br />2. I'm sure there are some negative effects. Sometimes I get annoying students that message me constantly or students are scared about putting themselves online, so they are uncomfortable if we do a project like that.<br /><br />4. It can lead to a greater connection with a global community and teaches important skills for today's citizens.<br /><br />5. I think so. Even though I learned many of these skills, I put myself in the 2nd category because I'm comfortable and it feels natural using tech and web 2.0 tools. Not until I started teaching did I realize there was a whole contingent of society that views the Internet and technology as somehow separate from everyday life and as threatening or confusing. I've encountered this quite a bit lately trying to teach my teachers about aspects of the Internet or how to use tech in the class. It was another eye-opener.Nick Jaworskihttp://turklishtefl.comnoreply@blogger.com