AUDIO BY IRENE RODRÍGUEZ

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AUDIO BY ALEXANDRA NOVOA

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audio by ADRIANA SALGADO

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STEP 2 BY IRENE RODRIGUEZ POVEDA

CONCEPTS	DEFINITION
The Concept of Technology.	Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines which can be operated without detailed knowledge of their workings
ICTs in Education	ICTs in education stand for information and communication technologies and are defined, for the purposes of this primer, as a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.”  These technologies include computers, the Internet, broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephony.
The Use of Technology in English Teaching and Learning	The use of Technology in English is an ideally placed to help teachers working with learners, and learners working independently, to do the necessary ‘languaging’ that makes their language development possible. Doing things with language rather than just learning about language. Argues that learners can’t simply develop based on input. It  must engage with other people using the language, and try to make meaning together
The Advantages of Information Technology in Teaching English	One of the biggest advantage in teaching English is the real life communicative contexts of the target language students who Access to the technology founding different fun spaces to practice English. The teacher then, must allow students to bring their needs and interest into the classroom and incorporate them into their classes to given the opportunity to improve the acquisition of the second language..
The Impact of Using Technology	Technology and education networks are the basic units of such an educational system, which include the development of new educational scenarios, the designing of new educational electronic tools and the training of teachers who are in charge of education environment,

UNIT 1: STEP 2 BY ALEXANDRA NOVOA

CONCEPTS	DEFINITION
The Concept of Technology.	They are the tools that through techniques and knowledge give the possibility to people to change their virtual environment or material taking into account the satisfaction of their needs; In addition to the relationship with its physical and informational components ie the product and the information.
ICTs in Education	The implementation of ICTs in education are important because they allow to change and improve teaching-learning processes from practice by linking them at the level of curricula and school systems through the construction of facilities, network connections, software, among others
The Use of Technology in English Teaching and Learning	In the process of learning English technology plays an important role as it is striking both visually and auditively, in addition provides tools where the student by means of technological exercises is motivated and interested in learning the language
The Advantages of Information Technology in Teaching English	It allows students as well as teachers to make the topics to be dealt with more easily by quick access, for example virtual libraries and dictionaries are factors that help students better understand
The Impact of Using Technology	This impact is that the technology propitiates the implementation of new strategies to allow a progress in language learning more effective, clear and concise. This entails seeing technology as an integral part of learning activities.

STEP 2: UNIT 1 by ADRIANA SALGADO

Check the topics for Unit 1 and reflect about:

1.    The Concept of Technology

According to Kumar to a physical component with comprises of items such as products, tooling and equipment, the informational component which consists of know-how, the other definition by sahal, consist to the views technology as configuration observing that the transfer objects, for me is very interesting this definition: there are two basic components, first knowledge or technique and doing things. Technology is connected with obtaining certain result, resolving certain problems or completing problems.

2.    ICTs in Education

First of all ICTs are not certain magic wand that educationist can shake to fix the educational challenges faced in the current knowledge society. The interesting things about ICT into teaching and learning is not a new concept. The technology based but generally it is the most facilitative as a result of providing relevant examples and demonstrations, change the orientation of the classroom, increasing flexibility, increasing access and satisfying demands. 

3.    The Use of Technology in English Teaching and Learning

The use of English has increasing in popularity so has the need for qualified the teachers to give the give the instruct students to learn in the language. The innovation in learning technologies   are ideally placed to help teachers working with the learners. That learners cannot simply develop based on input, I the technology is the easy way.

4.    The Advantages of Information Technology in Teaching English

One on the important aspect is about to cultivate student´s interest in study. Now in the school the stereotyped traditional teaching methods and environment are unpopular the student normally to like very much the technology and all the days using different machines, while multimedia featuring audio, visual animations, and use access to information besides, with such characteristics as abundant information.

5.         The Impact of Using Technology

      The principal impact of using technology in the English teaching. I can talk about, to cultivate student´s interest in study  because the motivation in study and their involvement in class activities, also to promote student´s communication capacity especially activities as group discussions, subject discussions and debate can also offer   more opportunities for student´s communicate your ideas, to improve teaching effects because multimedia teaching enrich teaching content and make the excellent class, and the other hand to improve interaction between teacher and student, in the traditional way teachers in the classroom no longer blindly input information and force students to receive it in a passive way. And finally, to provide flexibility to course content because in addition, multimedia teaching is also flexible