So you say you want a revolution…

Using technology in the language classroom

Darragh O’Grady

Revolutionary teaching, Independent learning

IT WAS JUST 10 YEARS AGO…

IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO

http://www.astd.org/LC/2010/0710_meister.htm

We had just come out of one of the most costly IT investments of all time—the Y2K scare.

IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO

http://www.astd.org/LC/2010/0710_meister.htm

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, was in high school.

IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO

http://www.astd.org/LC/2010/0710_meister.htm

Google was getting settled in its first office space after being in a garage for its first year.

IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO

http://www.astd.org/LC/2010/0710_meister.htm

The phrase "Web 2.0" was 1 year old.

IMAGINE THE NEXT 10 YEARS

http://www.astd.org/LC/2010/0710_meister.htm

Augmented reality learning

emerges

Most learning incorporates

use of a mobile device

Peer-to-peer learning blossoms

Games and simulations are used for every content area

Expert and credibility ratings

create trusted search networks

But…

High school students in Mexico don’t have access to the internet.

They don’t like working on their own.

Technology in the classroom is a distraction and doesn’t help the learning process.

Let’s ask 145 high school students what they think…

1. How many hours a week do you use the internet?

Personal Study

Prepa 6 UNAM (AM) 18 5.5

CECYT # 3 Ecatepec (AM) 30 10

CECYT # 3 Ecatepec (PM) 12 6

CECYTEM Tecámac (AM) 20 2.5

Universidad ETAC Bachillerato 12 4

18.4 5.6

2. What teaching tools does your teacher use?

Prepa 6 UNAM

CECYT Ecatepec (AM)

CECYT Ecatepec (PM) CECYTEM

Universidad ETAC

Audio CD player 1 1 1 1

Interactive Whiteboard

Internet

Laptop 1

CDroms

Computer lab 1 1

DVD 1

TV 1 1

Projector 1

1 4 5 1 0

3. Do you think that technology can help you learn English?

Yes No Why?

Prepa 6 UNAM 1

CECYT Ecatepec (AM) 1Helps you learn English; more dynamic than traditional classes

CECYT Ecatepec (PM) 1

Easier; can use it to learn vocabulary and practice your listening

CECYTEM Tecámac 1Can use it to learn pronunciation; it's easier, more fun and more didactic

Universidad ETAC Bach 1 Lots of content & opportunities to practise

5 0

4. Are you satisfied with the current use of technology in your English classes?

Yes No

Prepa 6 UNAM (AM) 1

CECYT # 3 Ecatepec (AM) 1

CECYT # 3 Ecatepec (PM) 1

CECYTEM Tecámac (AM) 1

Universidad ETAC Bachillerato 1

0 5

5. How could your teachers improve their classes?

More speaking in class 3

More interaction between the students 3

Use more technology in the language classroom 1

Use more technology for homework 1

More games in class 1

More class hours 1

More listening 1

6. In your opinion, approximately what % of students your age have internet access in Mexico?

%

Prepa 6 UNAM (AM) 25

CECYT # 3 Ecatepec (AM) 60

CECYT # 3 Ecatepec (PM) 80

CECYTEM Tecámac (AM) 80

Universidad ETAC Bachillerato 85

PREPA 6 UNAM (AM)

The teachers who say that it isn’t possible to use technology in the classroom should ask their schools to buy technology from funding and introduce it. It is not good enough to give up. If you leave high school and you can’t use technology you’re at a disadvantage Everybody in Mexico should have access to technology

CECYT # 3 ECATEPEC (AM)

Teachers are afraid educational technology might be a distraction but if you restrict the use of the internet you can use it for the classroom.

UNIVERSIDAD ETAC

¡Que se informen!

CECYTEM TECÁMAC (AM)

Ask students if they have access to internet before assuming they don’t.

CECYT #3 (PM)

Son pretextos.

NEGATIVE IDEAS TEACHERS USE IN ORDER TO AVOID USING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

High school students in Mexico don’t have access to the internet.

They don’t like working on their own.

Technology in the classroom is a distraction and doesn’t help the learning process.

Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham

http://www.mbaknol.com/business-communication/intrapersonal-communication-definition/

THANK YOU – PREPA 6 UNAM

Karen SalinasJuan Antonio Negrete ZaragozaMaricarmen LozanoRosalba VázquezNancy Adriana Mejía MartínezGiovanna Peña AlarcónRodrigo VasconcelosAlejandro Vázquez MedinaPamela S. HollenbergSaray Reza CampuzanoArantxa Morán VargasOlga Mariana Rodríguez Rosas

THANK YOU – CECYT # 3 ECATEPEC AM

Kevin Alemán ReyesJuan Miguel Fonseca HernándezLesly Martínez MonazanoSamantha Irasema Calderón FrancoHeriberto Romero MartínezTorga Delgado ContrerasLuis A. Angeles RamírezDaniel Castro CastroDiego A. Flores VargazEdilberto Mauricio AguilarJosé de Jesús Uribe LeeFernanda Fernández Marín

Elías García MárquezIlse Odeth CuanmerPablo Enrique RuízAlejandro Posada LeyvaJavier Adolfo Moncayo BravoJuan Daniel Cedillo RojasChristian Cruz LlamasAlejandra Martínez MaldonadoJanette Osorio LópezKarla Vianey Hernández CruzErick Ortíz TorresRoberto Raziel Castillo GermánMisael González Morales

THANK YOU – CECYT # 3 ECATEPEC PM

Eduardo NavarroLorena Stephanie Pluma MartínezEdsel Maximiliano López GarcíaRoberto HernándezMartha Gabriela RamírezJessica Herrera GarcíaHugo Daniel Angeles CastroAntonio Marcial Galán OlmosJuan Carlos Rivera VázquezKathia Yvette Arzola HernándezJorge Alberto Rojas ZamoraJosé Jorge Galindo GarcíaEduardo Iván Valdivieso ArellanoIrvin Damián Torres MartínezGibran Aquilera RodríguezJavier Domínguez Cardoso

Josué Cedeño VelázquezEduardo NavaJhair Antonio Vergara AguirreEdgar Yael López SánchezSaúl HernándezFernando Trejo GarcíaRafael Marroquin FernándezRafael Hernández MoraChristian Ricardo Romero GuerreroRoxana Castellanos LópezAlejandro Bárcenas RosasSebastian Valdez EsquivelErnesto Cárdenas NavaAbraham Diep CaballeroJosé Juan Cruz GómezArmando Badillo ReyesJuan Carlos JuárezJaqueline Rodríguez Santillan

THANK YOU – CECYTEM TECAMAC AM

Alan Morales CastellanosAndrea Valencia AngelesMadai González CaballeroOrlando López VillanuevaKenia Velásco BastidaIvonne González AragónDaniel Alejandro Álvarez GutiérrezErik Juan Prado SánchezÁngel Cruz MontesJosé Eduardo PérezDavid Reyes CaballeroÁngel Estuardo Ramírez DelgadoMauricio Saúl Resendiz RebolloAndrea Marisol Martínez ArriagaDaniel Javier Mendoza LinoJovani Mujica RosalesBryan Yair Quintana MárquezMarco Antonio López García

Roberto Gil CortésJorge Bravo Armando González GarcíaSantiago Gamboa MorenoAdrian Pineda CruzJosé de Jesús BalderasPedro JiménezJair Medina SánchezMaría de los Angeles Monter LedezmaAngélica Margarota Ruíz PrietoSaúl Rubio CerecedoMaría Elena Pérez BenavidesCristian Pérez PérezBeatriz Concepción Hernández LópezPerla Jhovana Licona MoralesYissa Pérez BenavidesVictor Laguna CasasHeriberto Hinojoso Casanueva

THANK YOU – UNIVERSIDAD ETAC BACHILLERATO

Karen Angélica Jiménez CastroBetzabe Carolina Jiménez LunaLuis Enrique Leyva RamosGonzalo Elias Lomas RodríguezVictor Manrique PérezLeslie Adriana Márquez FragosoAilyn Melo ZuritaYessica Magali Meza FélixLuz María Molina GarcíaBrisa Lizeth Montes MartínezMónica Sheyla Navarro LunaErika Lucero Olvera CastroSayuri Ariadna Ortigoza AmadorDaniela Yolotzin Ramírez LópezKarla Teresa Rodríguez LópezAna Karen Rodríguez MartínezKarla Jazmin Torres JuárezBryan Vega RochaGenesis Villalobos Arriaga

Jeniffer Acosta OropezaYocelin Georgina Almanza GarcíaBrandon Uriel Almendarez GonzálezKevin Rodrigo Almeraya GarcíaZeltzin Aketzali Canizal TudaJorge Alejandro Carreón CortésSonia Cristina Carreón GarcíaJesús Yael Corona MirandaAlejandra Gabriela Cruces MancillaIngrid Montserrat Díaz GonzálezCirene Jannet Dorantes SalazarSandra Espinosa RodríguezVera Denisse Flores HernándezHillary Patricia García LleraAmairani Betsabe Gómez TapiaKaren Areli Hernández EscamillaMitzi Yessenia Hernández FloresAreli Vanessa Hernández PérezKatia Carolina Herrera Padilla

THANK YOU!

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