[ProfessionalDevelopment 2197] from Steve, Critical Thinking and Learner LeadershipTaylor, Jackie jataylor at utk.eduMon Jul 7 22:19:26 EDT 2008
The following is posted on behalf of Steve Kaufmann. Please read on ~ Jackie Taylor ________________________________ From: Steve Kaufmann [mailto:steve at thelinguist.com] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:26 PM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: Re: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2193] Critical Thinking and LearnerLeadership I do not understand the advantages of increasing the use of technology in the classroom. The classroom has the great advantage of getting people together face to face. Learners and teachers have the opportunity to talk in pairs, or groups or as one large group. Communication is happening at many levels. Everything from a cafe setting, to a cocktail party, to a business meeting can be simulated with real people. Why introduce technology in the classroom? To me the advantage of technology lies in the opportunity to help learners do more learning away from the classroom. MP3 players are but one example. The computer is another. One can read on a computer and use an online dictionary. New words can be kept in a learner's own database. Lists of words and phrases can be automatically created and from these flash cards can be generated. Statistics can be kept of the words and phrases saved and learned. Teachers can record material for specific purposes, such as critical thinking, for learners to listen to and read and then be prepared to put into practice in class. Teachers can correct essays online and record the corrected writing. These can be part of a learners portfolio and can also be shared around. The benefit of technology is to increase the ways that learners can stay active away from the class so that they can enjoy more intensive interaction in class. Steve -- Steve Kaufmann www.lingq.com 1-604-922-8514 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080707/e58f21c4/attachment.html
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