IT TOOLS IN HOLY WEEK

          


            
           The class of this Wednesday was another good day at Universidad Latina. Even though it    was part of the Holy Week, things were  normal.  To be sure, our class had almost all of the students. Our Professor had some readings for us about technology, so she distributed them among three groups. Normally,during classes what  we  do is a “Socratic activity” which means that we search on the Web to later report it to the class. Therefore,  she made three groups and gave the directions,  and  standards to follow. Our topic was about a dillema that questioned whether  social media should be incorporerated in classroom or not, another topic was about Generation Z and  the last topic was Kid`s don not want E-Books. To develop the activity the professor gave us about 40 minutes.

          Tania and I searched a great deal about our topic in order to  explain the importance of social media inside classrooms. We agreed  that social media inside classrooms is supported by many teachers who advocate to these tools.  In the mean time, we heard our classmates reporting about their topics, and we heard the professor giving more insight about them. Later we explained our topic, and the professor  gave more input  about it. The class went really smoothly, and we finished more enlighten as always.  I think that everyone did a great job explaining their topics, and I think that the professor made excellent contributions.

         In conclusion, the It tools on Wednesday was awesome.. Our professor Cindy always has great activities. In spite of  the celebrations things went normal for us.  I believe that IT TOOLS is fundamental in education because the student of the 21 first century most be proactive and adaptive with everything is out there to use.

MOOCS

            Cooperative Learning is fundamental for the society of the 21 first century. In 2001 MIT University launched a platform that shares some of its courses online, so students from all over the world have the chance to receive the same education as the ones who take courses at MIT. Sharing information is not new, from the beginning of human kind all men have share their advances in technology, and this has helped overcome wars, diseases, and to sustain our lives. Therefore, cooperative learning is fundamental for all the schools and its implementation is necessary for many reasons.

          First of all, education in institutions like Harvard, Stanford are too expensive to enroll. So with MOOCS people from any part of the world can access online and be a student in these institutions and learn as those present. This opens doors for individuals to expand their knowledge and achieve their greatest potential.

         Second of all, the cost of education is reduce because students are utilizing the premises and consuming electricity. Also, the use of libraries is reduce because students can access to material online and this facilitates research investigations.

          Finally, MOOCS have come to energize education making it more proactive< this means that educators now have to develop other curriculum approaches that facilitate learning in big scale. To be sure, educators now have to use more technology that spreads learning faster and students can learn faster.

        In conclusion, Professor Cindy has  shown us that importance of computers in education; she has introduced us  with online learning that definitely can help expand our knowledge. I have already seen my changes in the way I learn and recently I use educaplay in one demonstration at a Curriculum Class. I strongly suggest not to take for grated the internet nor computer skills.

March 10, 2016

 

IT Tools `s day

 

                 Every time I come into class it is a surprise. Wednesday 9, Professor Cindy showed us about MOOCS (Massive Online Open Courses). She had us browsed in the web for free online courses that one can enroll in order to expand one`s knowledge about any subject matter. We searched about the open educational week also. We devoted to this activity around 20 minutes. I searched for MIT Open Course Ware (MIT OCW). I pick up this MOOC because MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) was the pioneer who started to share their information to the world.  After the research, our teacher made us share our choices to our classmates. Some of my classmates chose a topic about the educational week that was celebrated this week. There were six classmates who talked about their research. When I talked about the MIT, the professor expanded the information for us to understand. In my opinion; I like the way the professor tries to incorporate the four skills in the classroom. At the end of the class, Professor Cindy helped me with my final project and she walked around the classroom helping others with their WebQuests.

                                                     Wednesday  2, 2016



      Education has been embraced by great societies as a way to overcome poverty,  to carry out traditions, values and to raise up the best people. Once a philosopher named Pythagoras said "Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few" and that fits presecily my thoughts on how education should be embraced by the government of Costa Rica . This quote carries out the meaning in which I want to concentrate because since the opening of boundaries on education  which let the private Universities be opened  around 1965   education has made great improvements, and  as a result,  in the present day there are many professionals that have great and powerful ideas to be applied in  technology, medicine and other fields like economics engenering and so on; however, the education is not equal to everyone and that is exactly the challenge that  Cost Rica faces for the 21 first century. Yesterday class, Professor Cindy, brought an interesting format in the way the class was handled. She made two large groups and made a debate. The topic was”Should Technology artifacts be used in schools". Our group has a variety of participants that come from all levels some are finishing their course others this is the first year, and me I only 8 subjects away to finish the first part of an ongoing process. I started the debate but I felt against the arguments of the other group, and Marco came out with a good counter claim. In spite of this Daniel ,who is finishing this major this year, stood up and saved our team and raise up the victory  for us. I have to rescue from him his poise and tranquility,his professionalism. Although one can be very smart one have to be emotionally intelligent also, so he  thought me a lot, and I left  the class with a  sweet feeling  that made think I had gained a higher level of education due to  the debate that professor Cindy made us do. So thanks to him our team won the debate ,and thanks to him I learn an important lesson that afternoon. Our professor assigned us to make an essay about the same topic, and during this week I will do some research about it, so i may  come up with a good essay. Thanks God for the opportunity to study.