Conventional classes with cellphones

WEEK 10
Conventional classes with cellphones

Based on: Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom, by Hayo Reinders.

It is very interesting to see the ways in which the article focuses on the use of mobile phones for learning a second language inside and outside the classroom. Currently, this is essential for the daily life of the human being and create activities that lead to its use is ideal because it provides a quick and easy way to access vocabulary through an online translator or any type of information. On the other hand, students are given control over their own learning, they can look for what they want and feel comfortable with their own information. In addition, many activities can be developed, they can take pictures of the class to any platform, download school applications or create audios and share them. However, to be able to do many things instantly from anywhere, you need to have a data plan in your cell phone and apart from that, not all students have a good mobile device in countries like ours. To conclude, making use of cell phones for learning a second language is certainly a conventional idea, since it facilitates access to information and provides new learning strategies that as future teachers we must take into account to put into practice because it is a new stage of evolution.

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Rank: 5

Week 9

Wiki as a teaching strategy

Based on: "Online Collaborative Writing Using Wikis" by Paul Sze.

The internet has given us hundreds of options to be able to teach a language creatively and effectively, the ease of using sites like Wiki in which the same students can work with an internet connection and modify in the way they want it. Also, it facilitates the pedagogy of a teacher and improves student learning. The student through Wiki can work comfortably from home and edit their work as they like, it is not necessary to attend the classroom to develop a specific number of activities, the best of which is that the student can effectively improve the writing area and Strengthen your teamwork skills. However, this type of methodology could not be possible everywhere, since not all students and their families have Internet, as it is in the case of El Salvador and this is where this type of methodology could be affected, since which does not cover all socio-economic areas. To conclude, the use of new teaching methods such as Wiki can be much more comfortable for the teacher and for the student, facilitates their methods of evaluation and favors the learning of students through technology that is currently a major axis in life of all young people, it means that if we have all the necessary tools to apply it, it could be very useful.

Rank: 4