Introduction
ELT classrooms have undergone a metamorphosis in the 21st century. They took a revolutionary leap in the right direction. The formal and conventional set up has given way to the modern mindset of including and incorporating technological tools to enhance language learning. Thus multimedia has become a major resource as well as a viable means of English Language Teaching. There are many multimedia resources that make ELT classes interesting, entertaining while being informative and educative in their approach. Like mother tongue, the other tongues should be learnt by internalizing a language which is possible through acquisition of LSRW skills at a subconscious level. The integration of multimedia into language teaching initially began with phonographs, tape records and movies. Multimedia based teaching has become an integral
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Virtual classrooms use software applications like web conferencing, to provide remote students with the ability to collaborate in real time.
OHP / LCD Projector/Smart Boards “One picture is worth thousand words”, it is said. Pictures, graphs, drawings and other pictorial representations can be easily shown in the class with the help of OHP and/or LCD Projector. In most of the schools, smart boards have replaced black board / chalk and white boards. With the rapid advancement of technology, most of the professors put up their teachings notes online.
Blogs
Any individual can have his own blog. Blog is a type of website where a person can store his own data. For teachers, these blogs help in storing their teaching material, description of an event, teaching videos, teaching files etc., maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, description of events or other such material as graphic or
According to Ravitch, have virtual schools delivered on the promise personalized learning to every student? Discuss the issues presented by Ravitch regarding virtual schools?
The “learning is fun” motto which has been declared for centuries is still true today. Although particular subjects are not so interesting, there is always a way for the educator to make the topic appealing. The Internet websites, interactive games, video clips, presentations, and animated cartoons are coupled with facts and taught daily. This is the chief technique in which many teachers educate their students. The standard lecture is somewhat considered outdated, while this “new” manner of teaching has become the modern tendency. During a debate on PBS, Damon Moore stated the following: “The computer is a perfect tutor.
Elvis Wagner investigated the use of video texts in testing the listening of ESL students within the experiment exhibited in his article, “The effect of the use of video texts on ESL listening test-taker performance.” While the article itself was based heavily around the experiment conducted to test the effectiveness of video texts in testing listening, Wagner posed very interesting questions which he hoped his findings would portray. Wagner’s first question was the most interesting and asked,
Blogging can be defined as the process of creating, maintaining, and updating a web journal (web log) and the consequences of the process. It involves reading, writing, more reading, commenting, and other technical aspects of maintaining a blog. Individuals blog for several reasons. One of the most popular reasons is to easily publish and get readers for the his/her writings. There is no pestering editor, and there is no screening process. Anything (s)he needs to convey can be published into the blogosphere with the click of a button, and could reach out to millions of readers. A few other people say that they blog because they "just love to blog/write".
Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2003). Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education
Traveling the world and experiencing in a different world without moving out of the house was a thing in the past until modern technology made it into reality. Virtual reality is one of the recent groundbreaking technologies takes the perspective of an individual and change the environment in an instant. The purpose of this essay is to talk about how the technology is involved, significance of virtual reality, ethical and legal issues, security concerns, social problems, and further improvement for the future of virtual reality.
With the widespread use of digital technology, the classroom teaching approaches and practices went through remarkable changes. When compared to the past ten years, today the classrooms look entirely different in terms of programs and technical tools used to enhance the learning skills of students.
Over the years society has changed in many different ways. In particular, technology has been the largest change that has occurred over the year. Only a few years ago the iPhone came out and it has forever changed the way people view their phone. Internet has also become very assessable resource. There are places everywhere to access a computer or free Wi-Fi. These changes have led to the alteration of the accessibility and use of technology in the education setting. The changes made to technology in the education setting have led to many positive outcomes that have allowed many types of people access to education that could not get it prior. There are however, many critics that refute these changes and say that virtual education can be biased and expensive. Although, there are many critics that do not agree with technology in education, have this can give access to many students with disabilities as well as people who have limited time or ability to further an education.
All three teachers use multimedia by using Smart Boards. They are technological boards that teachers use to write and present information which is shown to be beneficial. All of the teachers use Power Point presentations to not only inform, but also to entertain students with pictures that relate to the learning material. Sometimes, the teachers will use the chalkboard to write additional information that will emphasize what’s important when it comes to learning new concepts. For example, Teacher B wrote the definition of the word slope, which means the rate of change. He drew a box around the word to show how important the definition was for students to understand, especially since the New York State Regents uses it as well. The teachers lecture by reading the notes from the board so their students are listening and paying attention. Like Power Point presentations, teachers inform and engage students in lessons by communicating verbally. For instance, Teacher C lectured how using logarithms in mathematics can be useful outside of class for applications in business and biology. Teachers, who display information on the Smart Board, as well as explaining themselves, demonstrate how they accommodate students with different learning styles. Aside from using multimedia methods and lecturing, teachers have students work with each other in small groups.
Clark, T. (2001). Virtual schools: Trends and issues: A study of virtual schools in the United States. Retrieved October 18, 2003, from http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/virtualschools.pdf
“ A person or thing that exists or is present in a place but is not seen” (Oxford Dictionaries | English, n.d.).This definition fits the presence in virtual reality environments. The viewer is not physically present but the environment and characters who exist there, recognize and accept the existence of viewer by eg. eye contact. Computer generated environments are effects of a complete process which requires scripting, storyboarding, layout, animation, and final revision. Designing a place which will be plausible enough to cause presence is a big challenge. This chapter is focused on application of presence into different experiments and case studies.
Using technology in education for the purpose of better understanding is a positive step taken by most of the schools, colleges and universities all around the world. Technology can play vital role in improving education systems. You can see electronic gadgets and computers being used in schools, colleges and universities. Audio visual tools are developed to teach complex topics to students in fun way. Faiza Abdur Rab, in her articles ‘Recreational Activities vs. Studies’ said that the lifestyle and education had become more competitive as science and technology is progressing (Rab, 2009). This advancement had brought many noticeable changes in methods and approach of learning and education. This progress is making people of the developing countries to meet the challenges of world. This is also helpful in improving the style and standards of living.
The introduction of technology into education has revolutionized the teaching quality and learning outcome in the last ten years. The integration of technology into lectures by teachers in classroom has become so natural that both teachers and learners consider computers and their related applications for instruction are “a routine component of the classroom and educational processes in general” (Nuldén, 1999 cited in Buzzard et al., 2011, pp.131-139).
important. A lot of significant developments has occurred in e-Learning over the past ten (10)
Technology has had a large impact on the field of education. The proliferation of multimedia resources and limitless amounts of information available through the Internet has fundamentally affected the learning process. Students no longer search through cards and stacks for magazine articles; almost everything is at the click of a finger. Multimedia resources are increasingly utilized in the classroom to help instruct students. Some professors are making conscious efforts to use new technology, so as to introduce and familiarize their students with it. The significance of technology in education is now being elevated to a new plateau. Education through the Internet, the great equalizer, may make it more widely distributed through the phenomenon of online courses. It is the thesis of this paper that online courses are not an effective means to educate traditional undergraduate college aged students (people from 18-22 years old).