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I created this blog for my "Didactique de l' anglais" class : it is a course that helps us to learn how to teach a foreign language.
In this blog, I will share news, videos, podcasts (etc) about how to teach and learn with technology. Enjoy !

Monday, April 9, 2012

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Technology is more and more present in our environment, there have been a lot of changes : you can have any information wherever and whenever you want. And the educational system should be adapted to those changes in order to avoid a generation gap.
Today's young people are known as a digital and technological generation and they are heavily influenced by all kinds of technology. However, in education the word "technology" has often a bad connotation.
According to the statistics of the NCES (National Centre for Educational Statistics), 80% of children in kindergarden use computers. This number increases to 97% for students in grade 9 to 12.
Schools should admit that there is a real need to teach to those children how to use computers and the internet reasonably and usefully. Teachers have to educate children using digital information and technology. But, they cannot do this without including it in their own classroom. Using technology in teaching has become necessary in order to best prepare students to their future in the new generation. 

2 comments:

  1. Yes i agree with you Claire, for sure I think that more and more children use computers ( with an access to the internet) and I don't really know if it's a good or bad thing.

    PS : Your video is very interesting !! I enjoy it :)

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