2nd Meeting

What is the role of technology in education?

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Outstanding Questions in Education: The Role of Technology in Education from MindRocket Media Group on Vimeo. (No CC available)

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Technology in Education from DATA Digital Storytelling on Vimeo. (No CC available)

Start thinking about your answer to the question: What is the role of technology in education?

DOWN TO WORK

SPEAKING

"Students must be confident before they can do their best to develop their speaking skills. Undoubtedly, confidence has a direct impact on their willingness to participate in different activities and tasks. It also affects their wanting to take risks and negotiate meaning when interacting with others. When students lack confidence, they tend to get nervous and hold back. They also tend to over-monitor their speech, and this affects fluency and the complexity of the language they use." (Mercado, 2012). This is one of the reasons why students usually tend to speak using their mother tongue instead of English

Technology can play an important role in getting students to feel confident since it allows them to practise on their own or with their friends before they are asked to perform in front of others who may be not familiar to them. It helps them by allowing the opportunity to reahearse over and over and little by little gain confidence.

HOW?

Place your mouse over the video and without clicking, you will be able to see the CC option for you to listen to the video and read the subtitles at the same time.

Think about this advantage / positive aspect: The possibility to replay, record and reflect while listening again to one's own production promotes the skill of self-assessment. (Mercado 2012)

Eyejot is the first, comprehensive, client-free online video messaging platform ideal for both personal and business communications. It offers everyone the ability to create and receive video messages in a self-contained, spam-free environment. With no client to install, you can start using Eyejot immediately with any browser, on any platform. 

Watch this tutorial

Place your mouse over the video and without clicking, you will be able to see the CC option for you to listen to the video and read the subtitles at the same time.

To download the Manual, please click here
Here you have another manual, please click here
By clicking here, you have access to other user guides 

Voxopop is essentially a message board/forum system that uses voice instead of text. These forums are called "talkgroups" - communities of real people discussing various topics using their real voices. Anyone can create a talkgroup. You can even set up a private talkgroup that will be hidden from the public - ideal for classrooms or family groups. An invite mechanism has also been added, to help spread the word about your favourite talkgroups. 

Watch this tutorial

Place your mouse over the video and without clicking, you will be able to see the CC option for you to listen to the video and read the subtitles at the same time.

To download the Manual, please click here
To download an interesting document by the British Council Tunisia, click here

TASKS

1. Download the Eyejot instruction manuals and watch the tutorial.
2. Send me a message introducing yourself and telling me about how you feel when speaking English. Use my e-mail account to send the message veronica73.arg@gmail.com
3. Download the Voxopop user guide and watch the tutorial.
4. Create your own talkgroup "The role of technology in education" and create your own message giving your opinion about this.
5. Send the link of the talkgroup to veronica73.arg@gmail.com

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