Technology in Education: The classroom where I have my observation has a lot of access to technology devices such as:computers, projectors, ipods, etc. which are very useful to catch the students' attention and develop the learning activities in different ways. Thinking of Panama, it is going to be a little bit challenging to use technology in my classroom because our elementary school does not have electricity. However; it will never be an excuse to find out the way to help students in the learning process of communicating in the English language. There are many good options without the use of technology that are very useful as well. In fact; the English teacher of this classroom where I have the opportunity to observe did not use the technology all the time. I can use a lot of gestures, flash cards, sounds, the whiteboard, copies, etc. I know that this particular situation is not going to be forever and that I will use many of these electronic tools in the future. I have to be more creative which is also great.
Class Management: It is probably one of the most difficult aspects in the teaching/ learning process. Most teachers are well prepared and know all they need to know in order to share knowledge with their students. However; it is very difficult to acquire any knowledge in an environment without order or stillness. Teachers are not only concerned about what to teach or how to teach but also the importance of teaching their students responsibility and the respect to their classmates' points of view. According to my experience, it is not an easy task to make a balance in the classroom. During this session, I had the opportunity to learn some strategies that help teacher to have transition from one activity to another. In addition to that; we practice some ideas to deal with peace and timing which are very important elements to answer a task without too many delays. I used to use attention grabbers without knowing that it was its name and the facilitator gave us many other ideas ...
I LOVE THIS SENTENCE: "However; it will never be an excuse to find out the way to help students in the learning process of communicating in the English language."
ResponderEliminarThat reveals that you are not do not take a defeatist or fatalist view of life. You believe that things can be done even when limitations confront you. I love this spirit.
You are asking yourself a question that I just wrote to another Bilingue participant. It goes like this: "Given that I don't have access to the technology that the T had in the elementary school, what can I do, in a low-tech way, to recreate some of the best ideas and techniques that I saw?"
I loved this post, Javier.