BLOG IT: LESSON 1 -LEARNING TECHNOLOGY I USE

Technology takes education out of the four walls enclosing the traditional classroom. Through the internet, digital projection and slides, my students are connected to the world via material that is not meant to replace the textbook, but to enlighten it! 

There are many reasons to justify the use of technology in my classes:

• Technology breaks up the monotony of a traditional class.
• Reduces the time it would take to write out lengthy sentences on the whiteboard. 
• Technology allows students to consider the changing nature of language and the role technology plays.
• Technology allows my Merchant Marine students to go round the world before actually doing it!

Specifically, in my classes I use:

1. The web: Organizing the class in groups, we compete by doing online exercises with immediate online correction. We do this to exercise grammar and vocabulary items
2. Powerpoint presentations: They can be used  to introduce new concepts or present definitions to the class. 
3. Intranet: The institutions I work for, have a very powerful intranet which allows the teacher to present a topic, to exercise it and to evalatuate contents.

My challenge:

1. To learn how to work with spreadsheets.
2. To learn how to use the mimio

My dream:

To substantiate my syllabus competely with online interactve activities for my students