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WEEK 14: Providing Feedback

Based in the reading "  How To Use Technology To Provide Feedback" The article talk about a good way to give feedback to the students using the technology, the author of the article mention that this way is really helpful and effective because using the computer and video camara oy can record yourself at the time that you are checking a students homework and show to the students the mistakes and the students can observe their mistakes at the same time that you are giving the feedback, also teacher can provide screen captures.  Another important advantage that this tool offer is that with the help of the technology and the internet, teacher can make a video explaining an important topic or something interesting that will help students in their learning process and share in youtube, there many people will watch the video and people for other countries will can see it too, moreover, this tool help teachers online, as i mention before by the internet teacher will provide f...
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WEEK13: Getting Students to Participate in Classroom Discussion.

Base on the reading  "10 Benefits of Getting Students to Participate in Classroom Discussions" & Increase Student Interaction with "Think­Pair­Shares" and "Circle Chats" According to the article, there are ten important benefits of  getting students to participate in classroom discussion, also, Participation is one of those workhorse instructional strategies—easy to use, straightforward, expected, and often quite successful at accomplishing a number of learning goals. The ten benefits are:  Participation adds interest.  Participation engages student.  Participation provides the teacher feedback.  Participation provides the students feedback.  Participation can be used to promote preparation.  Participation can be used to control what’s happening in class.  Participation can be used to balance who’s contributing in class and how much.  Participation encourages dialogue among and between students.  Participation can...
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WEEK 12: Project Based Learning

Based in the article " Maximizing the Benefits of  Project Work in Foreign Language Classrooms"   and " Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning".  According to the article the Project Based Learning (BPL) is an instructional approach built upon learning activities and real tasks that have brought challenges for students to solve. These activities generally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom. Those activities are generally done by a  groups of students working in a common goal. The project based learning   teaches students not just content, but also important skills in ways students have to be able to function like adults in our society. These skills include communication and presentation skills, organization and time management skills, research and inquiry skills, self assessment and reflection skills, group participation and leadership skills, and critical thinking.  Furth...
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WEEK 11: Using Technology and Dictionaries for Vocabulary Acquisition

Based in the articles:  Online English-English Learner Dictionaries Boost Word Learning and Using Technology to  Assist in Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Comprehension. The use of dictionries online is a good and helpful tool for learners and teachers, bceause in this way students can learn new words and know the meaning of those words, also with the help of the internet students can acquire a new vocabulary in reading activities that can develop on the internet, it is important to mention that vocabulary plays an important role in the acquisition of a second language, and not only the acquisition of vocabulary, but also the use of this new vocabulary. As I mentioned before, reading activities are the best way in which students can acquire a new vocabulary, in this part it is important to use dictionaries because it has an important role because with the help of a dictionary student can find the meaning of a word. For those reason teachers are working with the...
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The Use of Mobile Devices in Class for Second Language Learners

According to the article writed by  Hayo Reinders. There are many ways for include the use of mobile devices in class specially for students of second language, because these days the mobile phones are using everytime, everywhere by everybody and is a good idea take advantage of the facilities for learning and teaching that these media can offer, The author of the article mention  Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom, also is important to mention that this is the title of her article.  The use of  the phones in class have a lot of benefits and advantages, for exaple: phones are social tools that facilitate authentic and relevant communication and collaboration among learners. The use of the internet paly an important role together a movile devices because if students have data services in their cell phones, they can easily access to the web and search useful information for their learning process of the second language, also, ...
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WEEK9: THE USE OF WIKIS

Based in the article "Online Collaborative writing  Using Wikis" by Paul Sze.  According to the article the use of this tool call wikis, help students to practice their writing skill and also promove the work in groups because as the example, students wrote about a specific topic, all the members of the group have to write at least a paragraph, another important point is that this is an online site, that also help students to practice and identify the benefits that the internth can bring to learners. Is important for learnes to imrpove their writing skill, for this skill  there are other websites that can help with the practice of student writing for example blogs, and Ning, which is a site where people can upload videos, photos and writ their own blog, with the difference that Ning bring more tools than a blog. Is important that learnes can work in their house improving their skills with the help of interneth because sometimes in the class there ...
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WEEK 7: THE USE OF INTERNET TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SKILLS

Based on the article Using the Internet in ESL Writing Instruction by Jarek Krajka.  The author explore the issue of the use of the Internet as a teaching aid, or as a teaching medium, through which students are taught how to write different writing genres. The use of the internet in this part of learning process is important because students can improve their writing skill which sometimes become difficult for many students because they did not find the correct way to write in English, some activities that can help studens to improve their writing skill can be for example: write a letter for a friend, a biography, a description of a person, a for­and­against essay, a notice and an advertisement, a description of a festival or ceremony, a description of a book-film-play, those activities can be very helpful for learners. Using the internet students can use others other means to improve your writing in English, for example write an e-mail another clear exam...
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