Tuesday, March 27, 2012

difference between ELT related and authentic websites.

ELT Website
● Provide easily useable content for language learners
● Opportunities for more controlled language work
● A great help for learner who need to improve on certain language skills
● Ideal for unsupervised homework
Authentic Website
● Can be chosen to fit learner's interests
● Keep motivation for learning high
● Provide opportunity to work through comprehension issues that learners need to deal with at some point in their studies

How to evaluate for classroom use.

In my opinion, appropriate is best. On this website that information appropriate to the learning objectives or contains you want to give information for students. Also, more interesting is good.^^
In other cases, If students wish to use the site, the site should be easy to use.
Easy to menu, Easy-to-see Easy-to-use. Likewise, If you the website for classroom use.
I think Accuracy is also important. But many information causes discussion. Can not all information is accurate.
Finally, Everything should see that the balance achieved.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Examine specific teacher doubts about using technology in the classroom and suggest some solutions.

When using technology to teach in the classroom in a case teachers usually put up in front of PPT.
Proceed to the format described(only describe!).
but, this method does not interact with students.
Education is injected. (Teaching by rote)
And this lesson can be very easily bored.
The solution is
Put a interesting activity in the middle (often)
students feel an interest in teaching.
and the case of group activity is all claa students participation.


Monday, March 19, 2012

Causes and Overcome the Technophobia.

 Technophobia is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers. It is assumed that the technophobes only fear the material invention which they are not familiar with. As technologies become increasingly complex and difficult to understand, people are more likely to harbor anxieties relating to their use of .
Here are a few guidelines and suggestions.
1. It is important to delete blame and shame from any discussion on technophobia.
2. The more you fail the more you learn!  Educate people that failing a few times while learning new technologies is normal.