EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

1. ICT Information and Communication Technology:

   • ICT refers to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunications.
     • ICT includes the use of communication technologies such as:
       • Internet and Networks
       • Social Networks
       • Communication mediums
   • Information or data
   • Communication – in person or electronically (electronic communications), in writing or voice, telecommunications, and broadcasting
   • Information technology (IT) – including software, hardware and electronics
   • Communications technology

2. E-learning

   • Advantages
     • Combines the power of the Internet with the power of technological tools
     • It allows the use of the platform with minimum knowledge.
     • Enables constant and enriched learning through interaction between learners and educators.
     • It provides learners and educator the use flexible methodologies and learning strategies
   • Teaching-learning processes carried out through the Internet, characterized by a physical separation between teachers and students.
     • It allows teachers and students to interact in a synchronous and asynchronous way
     • It changes the traditional paradigm to student-centered learning
     • Students and tutors reinforce their communication with the use of technological sources

3. Teach teachers how to create magic

   • Christopher Emdin Education pioneer
     • Education is not memorization. It is the activation of the imagination and a path towards liberation - Dr. Christopher Emdin
     • Christopher Emdin’s TED talk
       • Christopher Emdin is a science advocate who uses hip-hop to make better teachers
         • He uses hip hop songs and concerts as a key to introduce and teach a subject
   • What is magic in the education field?
     • Is the ability to engage a student
     • Is more than focus on theories and content
     • Is spread knowledge and new strategies
     • Use of new tools and sources to teach a subject

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