Teaching English in a Secondary School !

Nowadays many teachers are considering seriously using ICT and internet in their classrooms, I think that internet can also help Heads of Didactic Departments to achieve a better coordination and collaborative work. Internet and ICTs will be the key to improve the quality and effectiveness of our teaching.

Here is the link to ” The ELT web of IES Olivar Gran”

I’m not worried about the use of ITC in the classroom, I don’t consider myself a master in computing… but I really worried about the methodology I’m going to use next year!!!!!with every student in class using his/her own laptop.

I don’t feel confortable at all with this “educat1x1” stuff!!!!

From my point of view, it is obvious and as you may have seen in older posts in this blog, that what we call CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT will be very different next year, but as head fo the English department in my school, and having into account the kind of students we have, it seems to me that nobodyelse has considered all this.

I’ve made some research on this topic as I’m very much interested in it, I’ve found some articles dealing on that and telling that there must be a change in the role of the teacher. Today I’ve read two articles in the local newspaper, L‘Empordà, and both saying the same thing.

But I’ve found nobody explaining……what to do the first day in class next school year!!!!

Only the video on XTEC.CAT  the govenmental site for Catalan Teachers  (bottom right) 😆

Also this four- sheet article called Classroom Management at the Digital Age

Interesting lines on creativity by Dolors Reig in el Caparazon “Todo trabajo creativo es derivativo”
La copia es la maquinaria del progreso cultural. No es robar, sino, añado, reconocer, dar importancia, devolver la vida al trabajo que surgió de la voluntad y a veces las ganas de compartir de otros/as. Potencia también la diversidad cultural.

from DOLORS REIG’ S El Caparazon
click on the words below to see the whole article

El problema está en llevar a la gente desde un modelo de orden y perfección a uno de caos e imperfección:  “Los analfabetos del siglo 21 no serán aquellos que no puedan leer y escribir sino aquellos que no puedan aprender, desaprender y volver a aprender”

Our school is considering joing “1X1 ordinador” programm!!!!

Well, I think … this is a serious point!!!!!

To Meet the Demands of a New Age from Steven H on Vimeo.

This a small extract form the article called Technology in the Schools: It Does Make a Difference!
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