Reflection on the Instruction of ICT

After our discussion about ICT, I started to think differently on the use of technology in the teaching environment. As Alice had mentioned, it is how teachers use technology, rather than the use or not of technology that matter. I remembered Alice took one teacher’s case as an example. The teacher asked her students to type their composition on the computer and then to print them out as their assignments. I believe many teachers did so only because they didn’t want to see the awful handwriting of the students. But, in order to use the technology more efficiently, she could just carry out all these processes online, such as saving the composition and giving feedback and correction. In this way, technology was integrated in the teaching and learning context. This is crucial for us, the future teachers, when involving technology in our teaching, that we should use it more meaningfully and efficiently.

As for the presentation done by group seven, I was quite impressed about their performance on the introduction of ICT. They introduced three famous tools on the internet, namely Yahoo groups, Hot potato, and Iwill. These online tools are helpful and practical in real teaching, facilitating more flexibility of classroom activities. I really enjoyed creating my own Yahoo group that encouraged creativity and individual difference. I can design it with my own style and share with other people. This was a fascinating idea in terms of increasing students’ motivation! In addition, they gave clear (and detailed) instruction on how to use those technological tools and how to integrate them in our teaching process. They first demonstrated us the process and then let us practice it, which was the typical way of teaching in the laboratory. I hardly got confused on their presentation. So I want to praise their efforts for these parts.