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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: Making a Difference in the Classroom |
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Check out the following article:
Making a Difference in the Classroom
It is an article that discuss whether or not technology tools are really that useful in the language classroom. The article doe not dismiss the need for technology, but simply looks at technology vs. human interaction when teaching EFL- ESL. |
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Bear256
Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Location: Anacortes, Washington USA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: Me, too! |
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| I use technology often in my classroom these days-the aircon! |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:43 am Post subject: Yep... |
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The heat is enough to make you want to jump in a tub of ice cubes...Oh that right, most people only the small closet showers...  |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:14 am Post subject: Re: Me, too! |
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| Bear256 wrote: |
| I use technology often in my classroom these days-the aircon! |
Air conditioning. A very appropriate technology for the situation. That is the correct way to apply technology in the classroom.
The real issue is having the correct technology for the particular problem.
Technology is not just stuff with leds and electricity. It can be chalk and a chalkboard, playing a game, handing out a worksheet. Technology is the method and material you use to solve a problem or achieve an objective.
I am skeptical of people who talk about technology but don't understand the difference between science, engineering, and technology.
Science = inductive and deductive reasoning to explain
Engineering = the development of a solution or method
Technology = the method and materials |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:21 am Post subject: |
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My favorite quote: "If you couldnt solve the problems of a school without computers, you wont be able to solve them with them."
If you are interested in this kind of thing, start with Neil Postman and move on from there. |
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tob55
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:28 am Post subject: The Definitions... |
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dogshed wrote
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I am skeptical of people who talk about technology but don't understand the difference between science, engineering, and technology.
Science = inductive and deductive reasoning to explain
Engineering = the development of a solution or method
Technology = the method and materials |
Definitions
Science - systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
Engineering - the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants.
Technology - the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
Source: www.dictionary.com
What's your point dogshed?...The article isn't trying to present a treatise on the meaning of technology from the standpoint of other fields. It simply discusses whether or not human interaction should have a higher value placed on it rather than relying on computers and fancy gadgets in the classroom that don't really add to the mastery of English... |
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