Topic: The use of technology by teachers in learning English.

Teacher: Flor Elena Moreira de Mineros

Student: Delmy Vanessa Sánchez Rodríguez

Subject: Teaching Practice 1

Section: 01
Technology is part of the daily life of human beings, it is present in all fields, it is a tool that
facilitates planning, directing, executing, and controlling almost everything in an organized
way. Of course, in the area of education, it can be used successfully. The use of technology
in the classroom allows meaningful interaction between the teacher and the student as long
as it is used appropriately because it is necessary to remember that they do not work by
themselves, it is human beings who give them the opportunity of movement and the
application of these, so that they can be used in the best way. In addition, it is important to
highlight that the new generation of English teachers must strive to train professionals who
not only understand and interpret the purposes of the English language speakers in
pragmatic and semantic terms but are also reflective, critical, autonomous, through the
incorporation of ICT as an enriching tool in the pedagogical field.

Some studies carried out by UNESCO (2019) indicate that students learn by recreational
and gamified activities, not necessarily formal, they maintain a higher percentage of the
information and knowledge that the teacher transmits to them, also they make it significant
learning to real life. In other words, it is essential to develop skills and competencies in
understanding and interpreting English language, whether orally or in writing, through
technological tools that help students to take advantage of their potential at the same time
build knowledge in the foreign language.

English learning is hard work sometimes. Effort is required at all times. But if the teacher
does not make good use of technology in the classroom, it is a problem because the student
will not have real learning, so before implementing the different games in the classroom,
the teacher must set limits and instructions so that everything will follow on the right track,
having knowledge of how apps work and choosing them according to the students'
knowledge.

There are many advantages of using games in the classroom

❖ Games are a great tool to get out of the usual routine.

❖ They are motivating and challenging.
❖ Games provide language practice in various skills: speaking, writing, listening, and
reading.
 ❖ Encourage students to interact and communicate with each other  Create a
meaningful context for the use of language.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a clear demonstration of why the use of platforms and apps
should be a vital part of teaching and learning English. The effective use of digital learning
tools in classrooms can increase student engagement, help teachers improve their lesson
plans, and facilitate personalized learning. It also helps students build essential 21st-century
skills. Some platforms and apps for the new generation of teachers

Edmodo is a free learning platform where it allows teachers to share,

organize, and store resources, content, or notes online with 24-hour
access. Take quizzes, exams, exercises, and online assignments faster
and more conveniently, as well as direct communication with parents
and students through internal messages.

Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage

students. Teachers create presentations using their Google Drive
account. Students log into the presentation with unique access codes
and interact with questions, while teachers monitor the progress of the
student and the entire class. Teachers and schools can access a wide
variety of tools and resources for free or choose to subscribe to a
premium account.

Padlet, is a digital platform that offers the possibility of creating

collaborative murals. In education, it works as a collaborative virtual
whiteboard in which teachers and students can work at the same time, within
the same environment. It is excellent for gathering audiovisual material
about a specific topic or a teaching unit with a greater theoretical load on
which the teacher wants to review or systematize.
 App activity for polite request topic

The app for the activity using technology is Edpuzzle, it allows editing any video to add questions,
create quizzes or add voice notes. It's totally free and easy to use. In here,
it is possible how the video will reproduce and how student will be able
to participate with the link that teacher will share on the general Teams
chat. In this case, the video is about a rude receptionist, so students have
to use a polite request to explain what the receptionist's behavior should
look like for patients.

When starting to create the questionnaire with the questions that will be added to the video,
it is totally easy, it just needs to put the cursor where the question is going to be added and
that's it. In doing so, it gives the option to choose the type of questions, either multiple choice
or open- ended questions.
When the activity is finished for the students to participate in it, they will be able to
visualize it in this way
 Reflexive essay.

As we know, technology has significantly transformed every facet of our lives, it is

important that teachers are prepared and work in hand in with the educational institution to
create a curriculum design according to the student's needs and implement platforms and
other resources for quality classes, so this topic is interesting because traditional
methodologies will gradually become a thing of the past. But special care must be taken
with the new students of the new generation, not all of them are committed to their
learning, but only in exceptional cases. Due to the Covid-19 disease, students are adapting
to this virtual modality, so they aren't interested in boring ways of learning such as simply
showing up for class, sitting through a lecture, and taking notes which, they'll be
memorizing for exams or oral presentations later on. Instead, they expect to be fully
involved in the learning process in a fun and interactive class.

What I like the most is that thanks to technology, teachers can personalize student learning. It
enables them to improve their instructional methods and personalize learning. These include
watching videos to go deeper into the topic, the teacher-can-use app like Edpuzzel can take
some pauses automatically during the video and give time to answer the questions, a pop quiz
on Kahoot or Quizizz. It is also great content that helps awaken and stimulate curiosity in
students, so the teacher must explain, either through a video tutorial or during class, step by
step, how to use them. Learning and teaching a second language can be accomplished in a
number of ways. But only a committed student or teacher can take advantage of what
technology offers them at the touch of a single click.
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