Nowadays
using new technologies is very common in the schools. Generally it is very
complicated and it produces a difficult situation because sometimes-even
teachers don’t know how are smart boards and other digital displays working.
Teachers
first should know how to use the new technologies and when talking about this I
cannot avoid thinking about one experience I have lived during my Practicum I.
The English teacher was trying to use the smart board and she didn’t know how
was it working.
Some weeks
before, the students from 6th grade started using it with their
teacher so they had to explain the teacher how was it working.
Besides,
there are a lot of teachers who can use it and know how are they working. They
usually enjoy it a lot while they are teaching using them and they take
advantages about having such a useful resource in the class.
In my
opinion, using new technologies while you are teaching is very important
because it is a new tool for communicating with other students, they have an
active role in the activities and for them it is easier to define their goals
or objectives and they can evaluate their progress. Teachers’ role is also changing
with the new technologies because he/she is not the centre on attention
anymore.
Interesting entry Silvia! How did the teacher you observed in your practicum handle the situation when she didn´t know how to use the smartboard? Do you think she knows how to use it now? What do you think has to happen so that these situations don´t occur?
ResponderEliminarHi Theresa!
ResponderEliminarAll the students explained her how was it working but she was not worried because she didn't know how to use it... In my opinion, teachers should receive from the school like a short course of how to use them or they have to try to learn by herself, because this cannot happen in front of your students!