Sesson 3

Based on "Engaging Digital Natives" :

a) Are teachers prepared to incorporating ICT (information
communication technology) in ELT (English language teaching)?

I think teachers are not quite prepared to incorporating ICT in ELT
or in any other subject, because most of them are "digital
immigrants" that means they have a long way to go. They have to
learn how to "speak" this sort of new language. They have to teach
digital natives and that's very difficult because the digital
natives are used to do things fast; they prefer games instead of
serious working, in conclusion they very different to
the "traditional" student. They have other necessities; they need
their teachers to "speak" their same language"

b) What do teachers have to do in order to cope with their students
using ICT?

"Teachers have to learn to communicate in the language and style of
their students" that is learn all the new terms and tools that are
available for teaching and entertainment …they have to educate
themselves about what's new in the world. Also they need to
cultivate relationship with external collaborators.

c) List the different terms used in the "Engaging Digital Natives"

Digital natives
Digital immigrants
Web 2.0
Play
Performance
Simulation
Appropriation
Multitasking
Distributed cognition
Collective Intelligence
Judgment
Transmedia navigation
Networking
Negotiation
Blog
Podcasting
Wiki
Wikispaces
Del.icio.us
Stu.dicio.us
Furl
Blinklist
Stumbleupon
Dig
Diigo
Gradefix
mynoteit

2) Based on "Web 2.0 Tools in Your Classroom"

a) Which tools are mentioned?
Blog
Podcasting
Wiki
Del.icio.us
RSS

b) Which tools would you start implementing into a classroom?Well the wiki and the blog are two incredible tools that are
very easy to use and they encourage the students to use their
creativity and allow them to improve their writing skills

c) Would these tools be effective in a language classroom?Sure by using tools as the poscat, wikis and the blog we can
improve our writing, our conversation and also we get to integrate a
little bit more as a group

d) List the different terms used in "Web 2.0 Tools in Your Classroom"Blog
Podcasting
Wiki
Del.icio.us
RSS
Collective intelligence
Transparent
Non-hierarchical
Potential for passion
Open to public
permanence