I really liked the video. Makes you think how advanced our children are and how technology can be used in order to teach them. Unfortunately, a lot of teachers see new technology as distractors during their classes and require cell phones and I-Pods to be off. By doing that, we don't realize that we are actually missing on opportunity to engage our students more in our classrooms.
Why don't we want our students to use these technologies, that they are so good at already, to learn something new? Is that because we don`t know how to use them properly? Are we afraid that our students are better at this than we are? Do we see technology the way children do? Students can teach their teachers! It is all about sharing knowledge, isn't it?
Imagine teaching Question formation and then, as a reinvestment activity, ask our students to sms 3 questions to people they know. And get bonus points if they get replies in English. This kind of activity will be more relavant to our students than "form 10 questions in your activity book". Can you imagine their faces when you ask them to turn their cell phones on and actually use them?
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hey! i really liked the idea of sms activity. it seems to be so easy to incorporate into your teaching routine and i believe students will just enjoy it.
ReplyDeletebut i DO agree that cell phones and the like are huge distractors and must be off unless used for some kind of acitvity
I agree, students have more fun using information and communication technologies to complete a task than using the conventional mediums!
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