Podcasts
(Heba Sami)
Heba Sami spoke about
podcasts and their direct impact on learning languages. He states that it
allows learners to listen to various audio materials and allows them to become
familiar with the sounds and pronunciations of word (2016). With the widespread
growth of mobile device users, people can tap into a body of knowledge and gain
instant information. The ability to access multiple applications has become a
thing of the norm and a level of connectivism has made communication and interactions
between people countries away, possible (Tamarkin, Rodrigo,
et. al., 2011).
This particular
technology is very helpful for individuals learning languages as it provides an
opportunity to listen to sounds properly. Language is learned by mimicking, repetition,
practice and podcasts allows for continued rewinds and redoing which listeners
can uses to mimic sounds and pronunciations of words and phrases. This can come
in handy because the students can go home or practice at their convenience from
any device that can access the particular application so when they do get in
classes or have to speak they would have been listening and mimicking the sounds
properly from these podcasts.
References:
Sami, H. (2016), Technologies
to Enhance Adult Learning, Retrieved from: http://elgourbaguiheba.blogspot.com/2016/03/1-blogs-as-foreign-languageteacher-i.html
Tamarkin, M.,
Rodrigo, S., & The 2011 Educause Evolving Technologies Committee. (2011). Evolving
technologies: A view to tomorrow. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/evolving-technologies-view-tomorrow
Digital Citizenship – Using
Technology Appropriately (Nancy Brown)
As children we were to be taught values and proper behaviors from our parents. The values we have now should extend into our
classroom set of rules and a general understanding of what you are expected and
how you are expected to do things, should be set. Nancy Brown highlights that
it is important to create boundaries and rules to assist us in maintaining a
positive level of communication to minimize possible offending (2016). This
particular site expounds on this point for proper guidelines for developing
reasonable expectations for decent digital behavior.
“Our
intelligence tends to produce technological and social change at a rate faster
than our institutions and emotions can cope with. . . . We therefore find ourselves continually
trying to accommodate new realities within inappropriate existing institutions,
and trying to think about those new realities in traditional but sometimes
dangerously irrelevant terms.” (diFilipo, 2011).
We are in a constant state of change and some once
accepted norms might become obsolete and offensive. It is important in classes
to be clear as to the guidelines of what you want done and how you want
students to behave for the best interest of developing a positive container and
heightening participation and inclusiveness.
References:
diFilipo, S. (2011). Connecting the dots to the future
of technology in higher education. Retrieved from
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/connecting-dots-future-technology-higher-education
Brown, N. (2016), Digital Citizenship- Using
Technology Appropriately, Retrieved from: http://nbrownwaldenedu.blogspot.com/2016/04/be-good-boys-and-girls-play-nice.html
OER
Commons (Yanmei Meng)
If we are to advance in higher education, we will need
to incorporate technology on a larger platform than we do now (Tamarkin, Rodrigo, et. al., 2011). We need to maintain and
develop technology that will enhance the increased improvement of education and
Open Educational Resources helps students and educators avoid the wasted time
for searches and take them directly to the material they need (Meng, 2016). This
particular search site allows you to search over 50,000 high quality resources
and it is structured to be very user friendly. Open Educational Resources (OER)
are learning an detaching materials that are free of cost and can be used and
reused without the extra hassle of authenticity.
Students and teachers are in a constant need for
materials, lessons, examples and the like to make what they do inspirational
and authentic. I have struggled through site after site looking for simple
examples to use in classes to help my students and OER’s help to cut the
research time drastically and allows for authentic information to be used. This
is indispensable for teachers and for students who need to find information on
lessons, practice material or project information.
References:
Meng, Y. (2016), Open
and Distance Education for Learning, Retrieved from: http://yanmeimeng.blogspot.com/2016/04/open-and-distance-education-for-learning.html
Tamarkin, M.,
Rodrigo, S., & The 2011 Educause Evolving Technologies Committee. (2011). Evolving
technologies: A view to tomorrow. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/evolving-technologies-view-tomorrow
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