5º Let's create your own blog! (Não fazer esta atividade ainda!)

     Now we are going to help you to create your own blog!

4º - Think about what we have done so far.

Think about this class and say:

a)    What language skills have we worked on today?

b)    Have we used critical literacy? When?

c)    Have we used new technology in the class? how?

3º Post-Reading Questions

1.       By only implementing new technology in class, do we guarantee that students learn effectively? Yes/No? Why?
2.       Should we use technological tools in our classes such as blog, and social network? Why? (if possible discuss this question with your classmates before answering it).
3.      What technological resources are available in your schools that you can effectively use in your class? 
4.      Can you find a way of overcoming the lack of internet connection/computers  in your school to give a lesson in digital environment? Which one? (if possible discuss this question with your classmates before answering it).

2º - Reading: Authors Warn Technology Is Not Enough to Change Education

Click on the link below and read the text:

http://www.gamesandlearning.org/2013/11/11/authors-warn-technology-is-not-enough-to-change-education/

Answer:

1)  Why does technology never seems to change education effectively? 

2) What do the authors of the report suggest?

3)  What do the authors expect for the future?

4)  True or False.

(  ) The E-Rate program is useless in changing education for the better

(  ) The vision of technology transforming all of education never seems to materialize.

(  ) The authors feel that technology is unimportant in the classroom.

( ) The makers of the report expect that reforming the E-Rate program can end all discussion on technology.

( ) The authors fear that people won’t use enough technology in the classroom.

“[T]echnology never seems to deliver on its promise to be an education game-changer. This is because technology cannot drive meaningful change by itself—it must be coupled with a commitment by school leaders to reinvent teaching and learning,” authors Frederick Hess, Bror Saxberg and Taryn Hochleitner wrote recently.

5)  In what sentence is the word "drive" closest to the meaning of the sentence above?

a) Depression can drive people to suicide.

b) I saved my documents on a flash drive.

c) I don't drive my car on Mondays.

d) Today I took a drive in the countryside.

"Originally designed for brick-and-mortar schools, the report suggests that it actually may contribute to the exclusion of nontraditional school models that feature online learning or rely on mobile devices."

6)  What do you understand by "brick-and-mortar schools"?

a) Schools with specific courses for builders

b) Schools based on a building located on a specific physical space.

c) Schools in areas with a high mortality rate

d) Schools built exclusively with bricks

1º The history of technology

1. Watch the video

1. Answer the questions:

a)     Do you use new technologies in your classes? Yes/No? Why?

b)     If you said yes to question A, give an example of an activity you created for your students in the Digital environment (give as much detail as possible, please).