Last one!!!

It has been a nice and challenging time to take this class; as we were exposed to many different tools that can be included in our lessons. So, I learnt many good things to take into account when planning online classes as I had the opportunity to explore a variety of interesting and funny tools for students to have fun while learning. And as a teacher, it was a great time because now I know how to manage different tools that I can use to develop different skills and abilities in my students. I have to say that thanks to this term; I have become more creative in a certain way; as I have many more options to include when planning classes and it helped me a lot because I was not and I´m not still good at working with technology and all that stuff. But I did my best to try to use all the sources I was exposed to. And for sure I am going to use them for my futures classes.

Trying new things is fantastic but sometimes we do not want to experience or to change the things we are accustomed to, so for working with online tools someone needs to be persuasive and open-minded so that this person can really focus on the needs of his or her students. As any activity we plan must always have the purpose of helping or facilitating students learning and when working online we have to be careful as well, as we have to be smart and choose the appropriate tool which will better fit the students´ interests and necessities.

And I think any tool can be adjusted to any subject the only thing that matters is our willingness to implement those tools in our class and to find a way to use it properly or to give the chance to students to find out the way they want to work with a specific website. Now a day, there is a bunch of websites that you can use for free, for instance, Kwiqpoll, Infinite.ly, In Focus, Slide.ly , Hello Slide, Edcanvas , Loose Leaves,  http://www.quandarygame.org/teachers etc.

All of the tools listed above can be used for educational purposes as they have different applications that let us create interesting and appealing slides, stories or any other thing that can come to our minds. So just let your imagination fly and create cool things that can change the way you perceive the learning process. I can say that teachers are the ones in charge of making our learning more appealing because if they use a variety of activities students will become more interested in their job. Moreover, teachers can make a simple class an amazing one just by adding the use of these tools to their teaching process. For instance, a science class could be more attractive for students when using online sources as now a day people are more familiar with technology. I would say a science teacher could use slide.ly to have students creating their own presentation about nature, the weather or any topic they are studying. Likewise, when teaching marketing; teacher may use quandarygame to make students think of strategies and solutions for certain problems and that could help them become more critical thinking.  

Indeed, I enjoyed this Technology class as all of us gained experiences about dealing with online tools. And I would not left out anything we did because with every activity we developed we enriched our knowledge. May be it would be a great idea to teach students how to create a webpage or I would like to know how to administrate MOODLE; for example, how you open the spaces for students to upload their assignments and things related to it. But despite that everything was excellent.

Summing up, I want to point out that throughout this time I could realize that we can facilitate our students learning, we only have to put a plus and incorporate innovating and catching activities to our class. Thanks for your time and your patience teacher you are really kind!

Here I am leaving a video which includes some websites, you can explore them!! It can help you when teaching not only English but other subjects...