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PodCast  -  Pros and Cons of Allowing Digital Devices in the Classroom

In this session we're going to be talking about the pros and cons of using cell phones and other digital devices in the classroom......

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PLANNING AN E-TIVITY

My opinion on the use of blogs for language teaching and learning.

In current days we are immersed in the society of communication and informatics. The communication media has reached such an importance worldwide that the education cannot simply be indifferent to this. The Education has gone through a quick adaptation process in order to go side by side with the new technologies in order to achieve goals more efficiently. The ICT may fulfill with a varied number of different functions, among those we can enunciate that they are useful for:

Information processing: through the processing of information we can develop new knowledge, theories and at the same time new learning. In order to make this possible, teachers can use blogs to achieve this purpose more effectively. Blogs offer teachers the opportunities to process information and to make their students to create collaborative content. In this way, it is not only the teachers the ones who create the content but also the students, thus creating new learning scenarios contributing to a constant formation, at all times and at all places. Blogs then, become very handy in the manner that students are not limited to a synchronous class. They can work on their blogs from a local computer, a mobile phone or a tablet, at all time, from any place and at their own pace, and very important also, it is the fact that the content and activities can be often very engaging, motivational (imageries, videos, audio files, webinars, live events and more) many of these options lead students to learn through motivation in terms of being working interactively in real time, with real people and about real situations. Not mention that these sort of activities facilitate the teaches work, not in terms of doing nothing, because people who pretend to work with ICT effectively have to learn how to use these tools, how to manage them, how to set them and at the same time, selecting the appropriate material according to the students level; and this, at the beginning, might be time consuming.

There is another aspect to keep in mind when using blogs for language learning and teaching processes, and that is the opportunity to teach students how to learn to learn. In this concept, the teachers teach their students how to become autonomous which in other words is the ability that allows students to make choices that will definitely lead them to their own learning. Then students become independent and are now capable of creating new learning strategies and to look for their own material and resources. It is also possible to lead students to develop social skills by working in collaboration with their pears.

3 Blogs-Websites I recommend on Language Learning & Teaching

Material	The Complete Lexical Tutor
Level	Beginning to Advanced
Why it is interesting for language teaching	This website contains a series of tests that students can use to determine their vocabulary knowledge and monitor its growth. Tests are available at the 1,000-5,000 levels to the 14,000 level.
Web site	http://www.lextutor.ca/tests/
Recommendations of use	I recommend teachers to use this website to get students to realize their knowledge on vocabulary and to encourage them to improve it.

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My Autobiography

Hello and welcome to my blog for ICT Language Info Tech Blog.

My name is Felipe Molina and I teach English for business in Plus Language CEIPA. I also work at IME teaching English for cooking, early childhood education and computers.

I was born in Medellin. 

I am married and have two kids (Juan José & Ethan), and one nephew (Jerónimo). I don’t live with my family but I love them all.  

I went to the military when I was 18. I spent one year serving the country and I feel I really enjoyed that time. I did a lot to things and learned a lot about weapons, rifles specially. I used to enjoy the controlled training sessions and that is why I continue to exercises when I have some spare time.

I love working out. That makes feel happy and peaceful.

I am studying Foreign Language Teaching for both English and French at the Language School of the University of Antioquia.

I have worked in many different places. I started teaching 5 years ago in government school and from that moment on, I have always worked as a teacher. During this time, I have had many enriching experiences as for example when I worked for Bilingual Antioquia. In those days I had to travel a lot to different municipalities of Antioquia and my job was to train teachers from government local schools. It was quite a challenge to come to those places and tell those teachers the Do’s and Don’t’s about how to learn English and how to prepare classes to transmit that knowledge to their students. I really loved that job. 

Another very important and satisfactory experience has been the use of video production in the learning and practice of English as foreign language. It all started when one day I wanted to have audio recorded the role-plays my students had as homework. Once I listened to the first files, I found them exiting and extremely funny at times, too. Thus, I continued to do so, but later my desire went on to wanting to try the video production. I made my students to enrol in an online course about how to make short-films. Soon, they learn all of the basic concepts about video, camera angles, movements, types of shots and more. Our first production was called Beyond the Dreams. We participated in the National School Filminuto in Ciudad de Cali and luckily, we got a third place. As time passed, we continued to make short-films and at the same time to improve by using new techniques and more advanced software for video edition. Something I can say is students were indeed motivated and felt much better. This activity helped, in a manner, to develop friendship in students, led them to learn more about teamwork and to distribute responsibilities, and last but not the least, to learn English by having fun.

I have never been outside the country but I am prepared to travel worldwide for any assignment or job. I am one of those persons capable of doing anything, at least trying hard until I got some outcome. I like to improvise, adapt what I have in my hands and to overcome to get what I want.

My spare time I use it in hobbies such as working out, playing the drums and playing computer games. I love eating out and going to the movies. I am quite fan of going to the cinema. Every time there is something on premier, I do not miss it for the world. The last year I watch 48 premiers in only 12 months, besides those I watched on Netflix and all of the seasons of the walking Dead.