ntroduction to Education, Technology, and ELT
We can integrate technology in the classroom through various web tools like a powerpoint presentation, Blog task, Flipped learning and social media like Whatsapp and Facebook, in which Flipped learning is very interesting because it broke the traditional norms of teaching and learning in the classroom. Students can learn any time from anywhere through flipped learning. The teacher can engage the students without their presence.
1. Why is it necessary to use Technology in Education?
In education, the main focus is on the teaching-learning process. And because of this Teacher is at the center from the very earlier stage of the teaching-learning process. But now time is changing and with the flow of time teaching-learning process is also starts changing. So now Students are at the center rather than the teacher. There are so many methods and approaches for the teaching-learning process but no one can replace technology as the best method of teaching-learning process. That’s why technology is a very important thing in the teaching-learning process and it is necessary for the process of teaching-learning. Self-learning is a very important part of the teaching-learning process with the help of technology. Dec-entering the center from teacher to student.
2. What is the difference between 'using' and 'integrating' technology? & How can we integrate technology?
'Using' and 'Integrate' both are very similar but they have a big difference. According to the dictionary 'using', ' the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.' and 'Integrate' means ' to combine to form or create something.' Using Technology means teacher Use technology for teaching making a blog website presentation application form etc. Adjust for helping for teaching it to call to using were to integrate means both are used Technology. It's a two way of using Technology like online task online quiz making a Portfolio making a block using an inspiring it calls integrate. Teacher and learner both are using Technology in the same way.
We can integrate Technology through so social media like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, flip learning, a various tool of MS Office, online course, Google web tools like Google form, Google PowerPoint, Google blogs, Google Plus, Android application, etc through integrating Technology in education. Students can learn anywhere and anytime through engaging Technology.
3. How can we integrate technology?
As I have said before when we become uploader from downloader, it means that we have integrated technology. We have talked about using technology in education. When teacher use technology to teach students and also make students use technology to learn something. This can be called integration. For example, writing this blog is also can be part of the integration of technology. Our teacher has taught us something and, then we have asked to reflect our views on blogs. This is the way of integrating technology.
4. Can technology replace teacher?
I don't think so, Teacher and technology both are significant in the process of teaching and learning. Technology is better for leaning in the new style, it gives you information but doesn't guide like the teacher. Technology does not teach you a life lesson and not be a role model for you but the teacher can teach these all aspects of life. The teacher teaches you to connect the dots but technology can't. In the age of technology, we have to integrate it into our education but the teacher also much needed to guide.
Furthermore, there are chances that the teachers those who are using technology can replace those who don't.
5. Write in brief on David Crystal's views on 'effect of new technologies on the English language', 'biggest challenge for English language teachers in the times of internet', and 'texting is good for the English language'.
- Effect of new technologies on the English language
-Technology and its development is an ongoing process. From the very ancient time we are using technology in one or another way. As the era of change begins from the discovery of Telephones. We use to communicate with peoples who are living far away. Broadcasting introduce new varieties of language, like the language of news reading, the weather report is different. We use various tools like internet, google, email, blogging, Facebook for communication. These all new technologies developing a new style of English language. They have a distinctive English style. Like each tool includes different numbers of characters, it differs from text messaging to twitters for various purposes.
- The Biggest Challenge for English Language Teachers in the times of Internet
- To pace with language change is the biggest challenge for teachers because language is changing so fast with the help of internet. The teachers are not familiar with the new talent because their generation is over. The other problem is Globalization. As if the teacher only rely on one kind of English that is British English and taught accordingly to their students then, the students were not able to get other languages when they come in contact with the global market where people from different region speaking a different language with a different accent. There are vast majorities with varieties of accent and dialogues. There is a need to improve listening comprehension and reading from the beginning.
-Texting is good for the English language
-Here he talks about the benefits which texting is giving tothe English language. He also talk about the myth of texting that kids usean abbreviation in text and because of that they don’t know how to spell correct word. David here says that kids do abbreviation because for them it is cool to do it. Secondly ,he says that if they are shortening the word in fthe irst place they know the full word. Another myth about texting is that kids will use their abbreviation in other writings also and they will fail in the exams. Here David says that he has gone to school and ask to kids that will they use text abbreviation in exams and he says that kids are smarter these days, they say that it will make them look dumb. Then he talk about that how it is good for literacy. The person who can read and write is called literate and it will be perfect only by practice. Here David says that texting is making people literate because they are practicing reading and writing. By all these things he says that texting is good for Ethe nglish language.
6. Name the web tool which can help in the development of all four L.S.R.W skills. If possible explains how it works.
I mostly like these 3 tools...
1] Whatsapp
2] Facebook
3] youtube
visuals effects more to human minds and I am kinetic so love to use these platforms to enhance my knowledge. This platform provides information in such a way that it becomes easy to decode and understand thus I prefer these platforms.
There are some drawbacks too but as we used to say that each coin has two sides, in the same manner, this digital media has also two sides. Some people may satirically joke on the invention of the internet and the mobile phone because it was invented to save the time of human beings but as we can see around the world these platforms waste the huge number of time and thus it can be considered as its drawback. According to me, it depends on the person, people should be smart with technology because day by day technology is becoming smart and people are becoming dumb. Another thing which I found interesting is, the huge number of information is available on this kind of platforms but it is up to a person that how he/she can find authentic information out of it.
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