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    TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM:THE WHOLE OR THE PARTS.

    Profesor Andrs Villalba

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    The use of technology in the classroom

    Important Decision

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    The Whole:

    The objective of the practice in the surroundingcontext being personal or institutional decision isto develop the contents and specific skills of the

    subject in the use of technology, which means tomake an adaptation of the former into technology. Inthis sense, the use of technology in the classroomrepresents the whole .

    The tendency to incorporate technology in the class=

    The Challenge

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    The Parts:

    The objective of the use of technology as alearning tool, a tool to acquire contents, placestechnology in the field of skills every student mustdevelop, among others specific to the subject. Inthis sense, the use of technology makes just a part of the whole.

    Activity: Writing compositions on phones

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    Teachers find themselves considering certainelements which are very important at the time todesign the syllabus and plan the lessons.

    This decision will resemble into the implementationthrough all the syllabus.Technology will have to be present in:

    the introduction,development of activities,

    study resources,references,in the configuration of the processes of contentacquisition,

    learning practice and evaluation.

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    Examples of learning situations where the syllabi areadapted into the use of technology are the virtualplatforms, e-learning courses and webinars amongothers.

    Platform used to deliver a course of English

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    Technology as just another tool in the learning process

    =- to select the contents which are suitable tointegrate to the technological device planned to beused and- organize a schedule of application of thisintegration.

    The teacher bears in mind that the acquisition ofthose contents will occur in time and result

    different from the ones given in a traditional way.

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    In both cases, the success of the design of implementation oftechnology in the teaching practice will depend on thefollowing aspects to consider and be aware of:

    General Didactics Advantages and Disadvantages of the Use ofTechnology

    Selection of StrategiesContext of the Group of StudentsSelection and Possibility of the Devices (Software andHardware)General Process of Correspondence betweenpresentation, practice and evaluationAttitude and Teachers expertise

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    Finally (based on personal experience of manyrights and wrongs):

    Technology has the potentiality to fulfill theacquisition of contents, however , teachers must

    stay ready and feel confident on skills and, moreimportantly, on attitude .

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    Profesor Andrs Villalba Instituto de Poltica Lingstica Ministerio de Educacin de Mnes.

    Instituto Superior Lisandro de la Torre Secondary School

    [email protected] Teacher of English graduated from Instituto Superior Antonio Ruiz de

    Montoya, Misiones Argentina. Has taught English in both public and private systems of formaleducation from 3-year olds to adults at Initial, Primary, Secondary

    and Tertiary/University levels. Has delivered presentations at international conventions for teachersof English and Workshops on the use of technology for PearsonPublishing and in conferences for teachers of English organizedby ISARM in Misiones, Universidad Nacional de Misiones and

    other provinces of Argentina. Has worked as Coordinator ofBilingual Intercultural Schools Spanish-English and Spanish-

    Portuguese at the Brazilian frontier.

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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    Reference: - Dudeney, G. and Hockly, N. How to teach English with technology. Pearson Education

    Limited. 2007. England.

    - Harmer, J. The practice of English language teaching. Pearson Education Limited. 2007.England.- Web: - www.wikipaedia.com - www.blogger.com - www.wordpress.org - www.pdwiki.com -

    www.wikihost.org - www.englishcaster.com - Brunner, Jos Joaqun (2000) Educacin: Escenarios de Futuro, Nuevas Tecnologas y

    Sociedad de la Informacin, Preal, Serie Documentos N 16, Chile.Disponible en:

    http://www.preal.org/Biblioteca.asp?Pagina=3&Id_carpeta=64&Camino=63|Preal%20Publicaciones/64|PREAL%20Documentos (Fecha de consulta: 8 de abril 2009).- Escudero Muoz, Juan Manuel (1988) La innovacin y la organizacin escolar, en La gestin

    educativa ante la innovacin y el cambio, Roberto Pascual (coord.), Ed. Narcea: Espaa.

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