First of all I cannot evaluate the new government plan as positive or negative, because it’s a very wide issue with many points of view to analyze.
In general modernization is something positive in all cases, but we can fall into the trap of doing in a way not entirely correct, ignoring the negative facts and risks that it also brings.
This new project will begin soon. We ignore what is happening and being applied in many countries in the rest of Europe.
This new plan is being accepted by teachers as well as by students.
Important points to emphasize:
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEATURES
MOTIVATION: I think it can be a motivation to learn for children, and specially for the teenagers who most of all think that education in school is boring. They not realise how important and necessary it is for the future.
DISTRACTION: As a counterpoint to the motivation, students could be distracted with other things while they should be looking for information about what they are learning in class.
INTERCOM WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES:
Schools in Spain could interchange information with schools in foreign countries to share information about their studies (work, notes ....) and also about how they live, customs, culture, and anything that is interesting for them.
LESS DIALOGUE WITH TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES: Some students become isolated from the rest of class and teachers, loosing direct contact between people.
Devote their attention and enthusiasm in communicating with people who live many miles away.
AGILITY AND QUICK TAP: This is very useful for their future, for example in a job.
BAD SPELLING AND CALLIGRAPHY: In my opinion they should look for a system or programs that will mark incorrect words, but not correct them, because then they have to look them up in the dictionary or ask the teacher to correct the word, and so they can learn and internalize the deficiencies in writing. They will continue to write reviews, stories.
KNOWLEDGE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY: We live in a technological world and it is clear that we should immerse ourselves and understand it for our future and the future of our children.
MORE RESEARCH AND DATA SOURCES: The Internet is a paradise of information. There are videos, photos, programs, music, documents on any topic, and written by people of many countries with different cultural and social backgrounds.
The Internet is a modern source for learning.
NEGATIVE AND USELESS INFORMATION: Sometimes we find wrong information.
I think it is a positive step to integrate in school, but they have to resolve all the negative points before implementing it. It will be important for all teachers understand all the positive and negative points. Teach them how to use the internet if they do not know how, and do mini courses for parents who are interested in learning to help their children if they do not know how to use a computer.
Another important thing is the time designated for the use of computers, the subjects which will use it and how they use it, and which programs will be open to children. For example I think that geography, history, and science, would be good to investigate in Internet and communicating with children from other countries would perhaps encourage deeper learning and motivate them to learn more.
What will they do with computers? : Copy notes, search for images, videos…all of these are things to consider. They have to choose pages useful for children and eliminate others. There are more possibilities to surf in the internet, for example, downloading some software like paint, word, excel…
In general modernization is something positive in all cases, but we can fall into the trap of doing in a way not entirely correct, ignoring the negative facts and risks that it also brings.
This new project will begin soon. We ignore what is happening and being applied in many countries in the rest of Europe.
This new plan is being accepted by teachers as well as by students.
Important points to emphasize:
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEATURES
MOTIVATION: I think it can be a motivation to learn for children, and specially for the teenagers who most of all think that education in school is boring. They not realise how important and necessary it is for the future.
DISTRACTION: As a counterpoint to the motivation, students could be distracted with other things while they should be looking for information about what they are learning in class.
INTERCOM WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES:
Schools in Spain could interchange information with schools in foreign countries to share information about their studies (work, notes ....) and also about how they live, customs, culture, and anything that is interesting for them.
LESS DIALOGUE WITH TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES: Some students become isolated from the rest of class and teachers, loosing direct contact between people.
Devote their attention and enthusiasm in communicating with people who live many miles away.
AGILITY AND QUICK TAP: This is very useful for their future, for example in a job.
BAD SPELLING AND CALLIGRAPHY: In my opinion they should look for a system or programs that will mark incorrect words, but not correct them, because then they have to look them up in the dictionary or ask the teacher to correct the word, and so they can learn and internalize the deficiencies in writing. They will continue to write reviews, stories.
KNOWLEDGE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY: We live in a technological world and it is clear that we should immerse ourselves and understand it for our future and the future of our children.
MORE RESEARCH AND DATA SOURCES: The Internet is a paradise of information. There are videos, photos, programs, music, documents on any topic, and written by people of many countries with different cultural and social backgrounds.
The Internet is a modern source for learning.
NEGATIVE AND USELESS INFORMATION: Sometimes we find wrong information.
I think it is a positive step to integrate in school, but they have to resolve all the negative points before implementing it. It will be important for all teachers understand all the positive and negative points. Teach them how to use the internet if they do not know how, and do mini courses for parents who are interested in learning to help their children if they do not know how to use a computer.
Another important thing is the time designated for the use of computers, the subjects which will use it and how they use it, and which programs will be open to children. For example I think that geography, history, and science, would be good to investigate in Internet and communicating with children from other countries would perhaps encourage deeper learning and motivate them to learn more.
What will they do with computers? : Copy notes, search for images, videos…all of these are things to consider. They have to choose pages useful for children and eliminate others. There are more possibilities to surf in the internet, for example, downloading some software like paint, word, excel…
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario