viernes, 15 de mayo de 2015

FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION

Hello guy! This is our final project presentation. Hope you enjoy it!!

https://app.emaze.com/@ALITZLLT/final-project

lunes, 27 de abril de 2015

SPEAKINGPAL

martes, 21 de abril de 2015

Our Scoop it!

You guys can see our scoop it in the following link: http://www.scoop.it/t/tpack-by-ambar-carrillo
We hope you like it and find it helpful!

martes, 17 de marzo de 2015

REFLEXION UNIT 2




LEARNING:



     The unit 2 of our Educational Technology class was about Digital Competences and Instructional Methods. In class, we learnt as students how to develop certain digital competences for the learning of languages.



      The unit 2 contents teaching and learning theories and Instructional methods which helped us to acquire innovated knowledge about nowadays perspectives. Now, we have knowledge about the classification and use of Instructional Media that we can use as future teachers in the teaching and learning process of English.  



      We learnt that we have to use collaborative learning to discover more and better ways of learning and teaching Also, we explore and interact with new techniques of   learning and virtuality.  



LIKES:



     We liked learning about Instructional Methods and Instructional Media because it is really important to know about all of them and they can help us to be better teachers when we become teachers.

    However what we liked the most was making the video about Instructional Methods and Instructional because we had to think out of the box in order to create a video and of course we had lots of fun!  Also we enjoyed working in teams because is easier to come up with creative ideas when we are not alone. In short we can say that we loved the classes and the new technological tools we start using.


DIFFICULTIES:




     We didn't have any difficulty as a team so that we enjoyed the unit 2.  In general, we had a great time during the classes and outside of them creating and working as a team, 




RECOMMENDATION:





      More than a recommendation it is an observation, we would like that the classes start on time in order to finish on time as well :(

jueves, 12 de marzo de 2015

TPACK MINDMAP


The Challenges of Teaching With Technology 

Teaching with technology is complicated considering the challenges newer technologies present to teachers. 
One of this challenges is that teacher don't consider themselves sufficiently prepared to use technology in the classroomfor this reason they do not appreciate the value of new technologies to teach and learn.

Implications of the TPACK Framework

There are three key components of teacher knowledge: understanding of content, understanding of teaching, and understanding of technology. The complexity of technology integration comes from an appreciation of the rich connections of knowledge among these three components and the complex ways in which these are applied in multifaceted and dynamic classroom contexts. 

-It offers several possibilities for promoting research in teacher education, teacher professional development, and teachers’ use of technology.

-It allows teachers, researchers, and teacher educators to move beyond oversimplified approaches that treat technology as an “add-on” instead to focus again, and in a more ecological way, upon the connections among technology, content, and pedagogy as they play out in classroom contexts.

Koehler, M. y Mishra, P. (2009). What is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)?. CITE Journal.

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge



The TPACK framework builds on Shulman’s (1987, 1986)  describes how teachers’ understanding of educational technologies and PCK interact with one another to produce effective teaching with technology.

In this model  there are three main components of teachers’ knowledge: content, pedagogy, and technology. Equally important to the model are the interactions between and among these bodies of knowledge, represented as PCK, TCK (technological content knowledge), TPK (technological pedagogical knowledge), and TPACK. 

Koehler, M. y Mishra, P. (2009). What is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)?. CITE Journal.

martes, 24 de febrero de 2015

martes, 17 de febrero de 2015

Digital Competences Infography

martes, 10 de febrero de 2015

REFLEXION

LEARNING:

     The first unit of our Educational Technology class was an excellent introduction of the educational technology environment and the importance of the new technologies in the teaching and learning process nowadays. Also, we as students and future English teachers realize the necessities of the new generation.

      The unit 1 contents, new concepts which helped us to acquire innovated knowledge. Now, we know the classification of societies according to their educational methods which are the Society 1.0, Society 2.0, and Society 3.0. In other words these three societies are our past, present and future. Moreover, the term knowmad was introduced in this unit who is someone innovative, imaginative, creative, and able to work virtually with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Furthermore, we worked on the Five Perspectives on Teaching, the digital competences and the TPI test.

      We learnt that we have to search for better ways of learning and teaching because this is a time when everything seems predestined to be digitized so the tools for teaching and learning have been moving from the stable methods of the twentieth century to the new XXI century.

      The big question is how can we implement and diversify the use of educational technologies?

LIKES:
     We liked learning about the five teaching perspectives (nurturing, developmental, social reform, transmission and apprenticeship), because it is really useful to know what kind of teacher we are going to be and if we can improve or change certain things when we become teachers, and of course taking the TPI test was very accurate.
      However what we liked the most was exploring our creativity by creating presentation in Pezi and Glogbster. Also we enjoyed working in teams because is easier to come up with creative ideas when we are not alone. In short we can say that we loved the classes and the new technological tools we start using.

DIFFICULTIES:

      One difficulty we had as a team was Creating the blog by ourselves because we have never done one before and we only knew how to use the basic features. We are still learning how to do it; however, we are enjoying the process to get master in it by watching tutorials.

jueves, 5 de febrero de 2015

ABOUT US


This blog is dedicated to our Educational Technology class. We are students in the Universidad de Quintana Roo and we are studying a major in English Language. Our names are: Ambar Carrillo and Monserrat Medina. We are both 20 and in our third year of the major.