Before I share my thoughts on using technology with everyboby here, I would like to say that the campus of Penn State is such a beautiful and peaceful place that I enjoy my stay here very much.
There is no doubt that we have already entered the Information Age, the use of technologies in EFL and ESL classrooms are very popular. As I see it, it can facilitate both language teaching and learning. On one hand, students can have an esay access to authentic language, thus developing more interests in learning and learn more efficiently.On the other hand, use of technologies help teachers save much class time so that their teaching become more efficent.
But unfortunately, I am not very good at using technologies im my teaching. I only ask my students to do presentations with PPT in class. Frankly speaking, I don't think use of technologies can replace teachers in language teaching, though in the future it maybe.
My goals for this class
To speak the truth, I'm not quite familiar with some technologies mentioned by Nikki, such as wiki,podcast, talking head,etc. I will try my best to get acquainted with these technologies to make my teaching more interesting and efficient.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I agree that technology cannot replace teachers. I think we can use technology as a tool to accomplish particular tasks, but I don't think that a teacher’s desire to use technology should become more important than their methodologies and understanding of how language is learned. In other words, I think we should stay grounded in what we know about language learning processes and only use technology when it can enhance those processes.
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