Season´s Greetings!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!!!

Dr Burbules, an interview about the 1:1 Model

•What is ubiquitous learning? What is the importance of this kind of learning?  

•What is the relation between formal and informal education nowadays?

•What is the meaning of the process of  learning taking into account the new ways of acquiring it?

•What´s the relation between social and collaborative learning with motivation

•What´s “situated learning”

•Is this new kind of learning  transfer to other people? How

•What is Dr Burbules´s opinion on the new role of the teacher?

•“The teacher should see this not as a threat but as an opportunity to refresh and reform his teaching.” Do you agree?


Watch the video and share your answers in the blog.

La-La- French Revolution!!!

For your reflection, how can we integrate this video in an ESL Content-based  class?

25 de mayo - ¿Y si los próceres usaran facebook?

Excelente uso de los recursos tecnológicos aplicados a la educación. Usando una red social (Facebook) popular entre los alumnos, el Colegio Confluencia de Neuquén  ha logrado un proyecto ameno, divertido, interesante y sumamente instructivo sobre el 25 de mayo de 1810. Un ejemplo para imitar.¿Te animás a hacer algo así con tus alumnos?

Welcome to the 21st Century!!!

Do you want to start blogging with your students but don't quite know where to start?

When I first read about blogs and teachers blogging with students, I tried to set up a plan so that I could introduce blogs gradually both for students and teachers. So I have decided to share my ideas in this blog post as I know many teachers feel overwhelmed by the concept of blogging.

My usual recommendation is that, as a teacher, you cannot introduce any technology tool in class unless you are familiar with it. So with that in mind, it is important that you familiarize yourself with blogs first as a user before you introduce them in class.

Step 1: Commenting on a blog (teachers)

Find a few blogs you really like and make it a habit of commenting.

Step 2: Making your own blog

Set up a blog to experiment with. The main purpose of the blog could be sharing professional experiences among the teachers, but it can also be a space for more personal musings or a digital journal.

Step 3: Building a repository of materials using a blog

Create a collection of resources for your students by posting them to a blog.

Examples:

·                      a collection of videos to be used and reused with different classes

·                     a set of pictures to be used as discussion prompts

Step 4: Making a blog-based lesson

Choose a lesson that would benefit from the use of technology and use a blog to present it to students.  Eg: Friendship


Look at the following video on how to leave a comment on a blog, and leave your reflection as comment. 

adapted from   http://educationaltechnologyinelt.blogspot.com