This ppt is intended to be used during a SEMINARIO TALLER DE LA PRACTICA DOCENTE (INGLES). It tackles the topic of the use of technology in the classroom. It has a bonus: "doodling".

1. PROF: Leonor Paez Logioia- Alicia Collado
Alumnas: Clark Marcela- Adela Perez del Viso
Junio,2011TRABAJO FINAL

3. What does Technology include in
ELT ?
AIDS: resources & equipment in the classroom.
Video recorder
cassette recorder
realia
Overhead projector
Visual Aids
blackboard

4. What is the importance of the use
of Technology?
It is important:
 To cope with a world full of technology
 To speed up learning
 To enhance students´ learning.
 To speak in the same lingo that our students
But always remember:
 WE ARE TEACHING ENGLISH, NOT TECHNOLOGY

5. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES of the
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
 More active learning
 Equipment failures
 Diversified teaching methods
 Need for back-up plans
 Better student attention
 Anxiety for professors
 Less time and energy for
 Time spent learning new
professors
 Visual stimulation
 It motivates to use English in
the daily life
 Provides functional
communicative experiences
technologies all the time.
 Resources are not always
available.
 Constant Obsolescence of
devices.

6. TECHNOLOGY IS PART OF A GENRE:
RESOURCES

7. THE RESOURCES PYRAMID.
 PEOPLE
 REAL LIFE
 BLACKBOARD
 PAPER &PENS
 WHITEBOARDS, BOOKS.
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 AUDIO, PHOTOCOPIES, OHP
 LANGUAGE LABORATORIES
 VIDEOS COMPUTERS,
 POWER POINT.

8. A PIECE OF ADVICE.
 TECHNOLOGY should not include all teaching and
learning activities.
 TECHNOLOGY should not replace real teaching and
learning environment, such as language classroom and
real-life communication.
 HOWEVER, it implies advantages that often out weigh
the disadvantages.
 WE should see Technology as a TOOL to help us in
whatever approach and technique we have chosen to
use.

9. BONUS SLIDE:
DOODLING / INTERNET.
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INTERNET:
**INTERNET USE INCREASES LANGUAGE USE AND
ACQUISITION OF SECOND LANGUATE.
**INTERACTION IN LANGUAGE HELPS LEARNERS GAIN
INPUT IN LANGUAGE LEARNING PROCESS.
**IT INCREASES SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION OF
ESL LARNERS
**IT MOTIVATES LEARNERS TO USE ENGLISH IN THEIR
DAILY LIVES
**IT PROVIDES FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATIVE
EXPERIENCES.

10. DOODLING.
 DEFINITION: A drawing made absent-mindedly.
 You can draw on top of the media as you record your
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comment (using mic, webcam, or keyboard).
Video Doodling feature allows you to control the
playback of a video.
It helps show viewers your thoughts in action while
watching a video.
It is useful to explain different things
(grammar, sytax, etc) on-the-spot.- More information:
http://voicethread.com/about/features/doodling/