{"id":671,"date":"2012-06-11T00:49:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T00:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/blog\/?p=671"},"modified":"2012-06-11T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:30:01","slug":"technology-in-your-classes-anna-loseva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/blog\/2012\/06\/11\/technology-in-your-classes-anna-loseva\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology in your classes – Anna Loseva"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Tech Journey\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a teacher on a journey. \u00a0On the one hand, I realize that one shouldn\u2019t rely on technology too much. On the other hand, I can\u2019t keep from using it more and more, almost like an addict. I\u2019m neither a webhead<\/em> nor a noob<\/em>, but I\u2019m thrilled by technology\u2019s potential in our profession, and I don\u2019t think I\u2019m about to quit exploring what\u2019s possible with what\u2019s available, becoming available, and still at this moment, though not for long, unavailable. I\u2019m figuring it all out, and I\u2019m fascinated. It wasn\u2019t always like this, though.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six years ago, I was teaching at a private school where the most advanced technology I had available was the CD player we used to do coursebook listening activities. \u00a0Four years ago, while teaching my first in-company classes, I got the chance to use a laptop in classes, and we used that to do coursebook listening activities, watch BBC news and browse business company websites \u00a0— when we had an Internet connection. That\u2019s it.\u00a0 My knowledge and understanding of what I could do with tech in classes was very limited and very unimaginative.<\/p>\n

Things went on like this for a while, but as I began to explore more a light began to go off in my head. About a year ago, that light became so bright I simply had to get my students involved and I over-excitedly plunged them into a technological world with a kind of hyper-zest. I introduced them to social media, web 2.0 tools, various applications, mobile learning solutions, numerous resources of numerous kinds and the wealth of materials available online. Following those early unimaginative days, I wanted desperately to make up for what I\u2019d been missing and I simply had to take my students with me. \u00a0Don\u2019t worry, though. That was last year.<\/p>\n

I have now calmed down a bit, and will share with you the more measured ways I\u2019ve used technology with my university students this term.<\/p>\n