11/19/2013

Conclusions

During the design of this blog, we applied the different resources we have been learning about in our class Technology in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. We agree on technology as an excellent tools to teach students in various contexts and with different learning needs.
As future teachers we see the value that bring technology to our classrooms and we make a commitment to stay updated in using technology because we know is a every day change tool.

Thank you to all the participants who made this blog possible.

11/05/2013


This blog was created by resourceful in BA in English as a Foreign Language students, our intension is to implement some technological tools that can be used by us in an online environment as an open distance students. Through it, we can show our knowledge of TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE course. 


We want to invite you to participate and share your comments and suggestions about this blog.
Web 2.0 Tool. Voice thread
By Carolina Duque.



Web 2.0 Tool: I chose voice thread, this tool helps both teachers and students to share information and knowledge; it also helps the students to develop speaking skills, writing skills, as well as creativeness and technology skills.
I think is very good that the students and teachers can have access to the material at any time, not only at school, so we as teacher can evaluated their work at any time or place.
The idea the students should have to register, helps to control who is doing what, so we can have a control on who is visiting the presentation. I like the easy access to the presentation so they can add ideas to the presentation expressing their opinion.  As online student teachers we can make use of this tool to our on educational needs and purposes.

Voiced thread is an updated tool that will motivate students to access the information using technology, something that is very common and familiar to them.

CLASS CREATED USING THE VOICE THREAD TOOL


Topic: Daily routine and simple present.

Average age: The average age is fourteen.

Grade level: Eight-grade level.

English Learning need: These students need to learn the proper way to express their daily routine. The goal of this class is that the students use this topic to learn the correct use of the simple present by its use, not only grammar memorization.

Previous knowledge: They learned how to express time and hobbies; they learned fixed expressions like: in the morning, in the afternoon and at night. They also are able to recognize the simple syntax of a sentence in English (Subject + verb + object)

Objective: That students can express their routine at different times of the day, using correctly, the vocabulary and the present tense construction.

Here you can find my class:

10/30/2013

Sports


Objectives


  • Talk about sports and sports places
  • Write sentences about sports and learn vocabulary about sports.
  • Talk about favorite sports

Vocabulary




Using play, go and do when talking about sports