FINAL REFLEXION

REFLEXION

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-       WHAT DID I KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS COURSE?

I already knew how to use excel and word, as I took some courses about how to use them, but it was like 8 years ago. So, for example, with excel I had to remember how it worked. 

-     WHAT HAVE I LEARNT?

I can now create digital content. I have a learnt are a lot of different applications that can be used to create activities in class, such as genialy, quizlet, educaplay...

I am also more concerned about the possibilities of the digital world regarding education, because we haven't used it a lot during our university years. 

-       WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE MOST USEFUL FOR ME? AND THE LEAST? WHY?

The most useful thing we have learned, are the numerous webpages we have learned that we later can use in class, although I think they are more focused on primary education than in childhood. 

The least useful for me, is that some of the apps are very basic, and also are getting a little bit outdated. If we want more options we have to pay, so I think we have some limitations there. But as in class, there are also childhood teachers, I think it could be a good option to talk both about how we can use this subject with both educational stages (primary and childhood). And maybe presenting more resources focused on younger kids. 

I think for example, that using hot potatoes was not very useful, because it is a program only available on the university and that most schools doesn't have, and it was very complicated for me, I didn't know how it worked and I think I invested a lot of hours trying to figure out how it worked and probably I won't be able to use it with my kids. 

-       WHAT HAVE I LIKED THE MOST?

What I liked the most was the fact that it is an interactive class, where we practice with several tools and it is not a lecture where we sit and just listen. 

-       WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY WHEN THE COURSE STARTED AND WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO NOW?

Regarding word and excel, I found it very useful the revision we did and the exercises. So, after the course I can say that I have better knowledge regarding those tools. I can create an index for an assignment in word and I can use properly the excel formulas. 

Also, I am able to use a lot of different resources, such as genially, educaplay, powtoon... that I didn't even know they existed. 

-       WHAT YOU THINK TEACHERS IN GENERAL AND LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN PARTICULAR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TECHNOLOGY?

I think for all teachers, it is useful to know a lot of webpages for creating activities (for the younger and older kids) because in my opinion technologies are a part of our everyday life and it is of the outermost importance to learn how they work, but also how to create engaging activities and to be updated with the novelties regarding technology, applications, websites... because kids will sometimes 

In particular, for the language teachers I think there are a lot of helpful resources, such as translators, dictionaries or webpages with exercises, can be very useful for children to practice and to improve their language. Also, I think that in certain contexts (where more or less all kids in the classroom have a computer and internet), they can let them practice at home and correct themselves, so it is accesible for the kids, without needing someone to correct the exercises for them.

 

-       AND HOW YOU THINK THIS COURSE HAS HELPED YOU TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHER

It has helped me to know more about to use new technologies in class, which we have never talked about before in the university.