Success in the Information Age depends of the integration of Information Technologies in the development of society.
The new valuable resources based on Information Technologies come from the idea that individuals begin to accept and understand their usefulness. This change of attitude and behavior leads to creative solutions and new models that can radically transform the way we develop our lives and also change the lines of interaction in a world that increasingly suffers the consequences of modernization.
This video from a TEDTalks conference shows more about how Web 2.0 is influencing our lives.
It’s incredible how classroom can turn over from a conventional space
of teaching to an extraordinary place of learning. As Khan said “it’s
time to get (classroom) to the next level”. Our labor should have a
social value, making our work to transcend. These videos and articles
have shown me another way to improve the classes. "Flipping Classroom"
is a practice that has impressed me a lot, since its aim is that the
teacher becomes a support for the student, leaving his passive state of
"teaching". I understand this type of activity is beneficial to the
whole class, because improves the continuous interaction, not only in
the classroom but by using technologies thru internet.
The impact on the educational system can be scaled considering the
idea of adopting this educational system. An online resource such as
Kahn Academy provides an impressive idea of how teaching can evolve
further. I believe that students, through this system, they have the
opportunity to learn at their own pace and become more participative in
class, as they carry their doubts and reflections to the classroom.
There are many ways and “teachniques” in order to help and get
involve every student during the lesson, so none of them left behind.
It’s a goal to “humanize” the classroom. If a student is in advantage
than the rest of the class, this student could be trained by me (as his
professor) so to become a peer mentor of the classroom and much more,
this student can help other students outside his school by using
technology.
The idea of including e-book on cloud computing sounds great!
Internet use through new devices, along with new technologies such as
cloud storage, ensure growth forecasts of online education. The cloud
technology allows the information to be always available to the user
need. I think it's a tremendous tool that can be integrated into the
classroom, because in this era where globalization is essential to open
to new horizons, education is in the process of transformation to a
better future.
Teachers cannot “push students to learn a lesson”, that shouldn’t be
the goal. Professors guide scholars so they can “learn in their own
time”. I believe teachers are learning motivators, not inquisitors.
Because of this definition, instructors are responsible to “reinvent”
classrooms and I have to say I’m excited to become part of this teaching
movement!
From the
educational point of view, we live in times when challenges have multiplied and
strategies to overcome them need constant development. It
is unlikely that the learning expectations are met using traditional methods. Our
students today are more complex, short-term and closely linked to communication
technologies diverse interests. It
is also shown that you learn best actively experimenting and testing hypotheses,
solving problems and becoming aware of your own progress.
There
are multiple benefits of using technological devices in the classroom. Some of these advantages are:
• They put
except the backs of schoolchildren.
• Paper
saver.
• Money
saver.
• Maintain,
improve and increased student attention. •
Learning can be adapted to the student. •
Countless applications towards the classroom. Many
wonder whether the use of mobile devices was a question of modernity and efficiency.
Research shows, mostly, their use in the classroom significantly improves
learning, as the student's experience with respect to the course topics is
growing and expanding, plus the knowledge to be acquired would be constantly
updated and can be verified by between these
devices and with the help of the teacher.
To finish, my point of view is that the
technological resources that help both the teacher and the student can use the
visual representation, communication strategies and they can discuss the
outside world in a particular way and present it in the classroom. I really
like to introduce technology during class because the consequences are very and
truly positive for the learning process.
The use of technology in
education has been an important key to the development of distance education
and the creation of educational technologies for everyday use in the classroom.
The implementation of new technologies being developed in parallel with changes
in teaching methods and even the way of thinking about learning and teaching,
which increasingly are the students themselves who takes control of the process
and materials, and resources meet their requirements and possibilities.
For a long time, the
incorporation of resources in education’s main objective was to support the
teacher in his task, which was progressively having more media, while the student
had only his textbook and teacher conferences as support. To some extent, the
technological resources are strong support for change by providing
individualized instruction of interactive learning, distance learning and new
teaching methodologies and supported by computer, which brings real
transformation in the teaching process learning by giving students the title role.
When to the term technology is
added the “training” qualifier, it’s about all the technical sources that
support the training content and are always based on objectives to be achieved
and the characteristics of students which they are intended. New technologies
produce a new training model, characterized by the passage of one-way
communication to a more open model that allows interaction, diversified media
information and self-learning.
The computers in education can be
understood as an instrument, a tool to work better or at least differently
teaching contents. Use for educational purposes is commonly given to the computer;
it has been for the development of tutorials, simulations, multimedia programs,
and access information banks globally. For Example: one-way activities,
although they are supervised, applied or suggested by the consultants, you
develop the skills that are best for finding information and may also be
limited to the following instructions.
To achieve learning interaction
is necessary enabling this confrontation and socialization of knowledge,
exchange of ideas, questioning and clarifying doubts that enrich the learning
and supporting such learning. Taking the interaction and action to socialize
and share ideas with other views, knowledge and attitudes concerning an object
of study, and assuming that this only happens between people because it
involves a reciprocal influence, we can say that learning will be to support
and will use technology as a means to achieve the interaction, however, are
more important peers and advisors the most sophisticated computer programs.
Starting and accepting that
education is primarily a relationship between people and above all a social fact,
advances must occur in this relationship. Educational innovations should
consist of the renovation of the learning environments in which an item will be
the advances in technology but not the only nor the most important.
During the process of learning, the teachers need to adequate all the instruments to the objectives of the class. Teachers must determine what kind of achievements they want their students to achieve. That’s the importance of understanding that each goal is determined for many situations that affect one way or another student’s learning experience. About that is Dale’s “Cone of Experience”.
Every student learns in a different way. Some observe; others interpret the drawings and images very well; others like to read and write. There’re different ways to involve the student in the class, can be passively or actively. In short, direct experience (active) allows the student to fit the class material and interpret it; the teacher can better assess student participation in the course and obtain better achievements from him.
In my opinion I agree with Dale because I think in the interpretation of learning methods, where the base is formed by the most effective and participatory process. I think that most human beings learn more, and even internalize better, what they learn with things that require their activity and direct involvement. Besides that each tool serves us to clearly understand what we learn, getting involved in the class also allows us to remember and memorize that lesson in which we were actively involved.
When it comes learning technology, I definitely think about audiovisual and multimedia devises and software. First, the tablets are a really good instrument for learning and to get involved into class activities, because it allows students to participate directly in class. For example, when I was explaining any situation at class, the students were searching at internet all the concepts and sharing them in during the class hour. Second, I like very much Microsoft PowerPoint as an audiovisual software and multimedia program, because you can construct an argument that linked learning theory with audiovisual communications. I believe this tool is very helpful because it allows us to save any kind of information using the slides design, introducing images, videos and sound to captivate the attention of the public; empowering us enough to be creative and to show our knowledge in a very fun and uncommon way.
This Rita Pierson's video from a TEDTalk conference is rich enough to motivate anyone to cross all boundaries and be the kind of teacher students deserve. As the presentation of the video says "A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level". Enjoy!
