I created this power point as a way of sharing my philosophy of using technology in my teaching.

1. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
PHILOSOPHY STATMENT
By Alice-Ann Menjivar

2. MY TEACHING GOALS AND HOW
TECHNOLOGY CAN ADDRESS THEM
 1. Engage the learners-technology can be fun and
motivating for extra participation!
 2. Allow for different learning styles and modalities-
different websites and activities can address the
needs of different kinds of learners.
 3. Practice, practice, practice!-Adult learners need
several different exposures in a variety of ways to
learn English and technology provides that.
 4. Create opportunities for practice outside of the
classroom-Students who have access to the
internet on home computers or on smart phones
are able to practice skills between classes.

3. EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND HOW
THEY FACILITATE THE LEARNING PROCESS
 Mimio (interactive whiteboard)
 Allows students to take over the class, so to speak, and
manipulate and complete activities that aid in practice of
language skills
 Students can use interactive CDs from classroom
materials resources to practice listening, matching,
vocabulary, dictation, spelling
 Teacher can record lessons for students who were
absent to watch and be able to catch up on what they
missed or review something they are struggling with
 Additional hardware such as mimio view turns any
three-dimensional object into a projected object for all in
the classroom to see
 Mimio vote allows the teacher to quickly assess how
students are doing in the learning process

4. EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND HOW
THEY FACILITATE THE LEARNING PROCESS
 Quia (website)
 Teacher can create activities for students to get extra
practice on different skills.
 Students can choose the areas they need to practice
and direct their own learning.
 Other appropriate activities that other teachers have
created can be downloaded and edited as necessary so
that the teacher doesn’t have to create everything from
scratch.
 Students can use quia websites even if they are no
longer in the class and want to review what they learned
the previous semester.

5. EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND HOW
THEY FACILITATE THE LEARNING PROCESS
 Spelling City (website)
 Teacher can create spelling lists based on themes or
topics or words that have come up during the classes.
 Students can practice a variety of different types of
activities to improve their spelling.
 Students can take quizzes to show the teacher and
themselves how their spelling is improving.

6. EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND HOW
THEY FACILITATE THE LEARNING PROCESS
 Presentation Tools (Power Point, Prezi, etc.)
 Students learn how to summarize information they have
learned in order to put it into a brief statement for a
presentation.
 Students learn how to choose appropriate images that
support and enhance the written word.
 Information students are learning is reinforced as they
create a presentation and “teach” it to someone else.

7. EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND HOW
THEY FACILITATE THE LEARNING PROCESS
 You Tube
 Teachers can show clips of videos that illustrate a
certain point that would otherwise not be able to be
seen (example: how the circulatory system works, how
to do CPR on an animal-this is true, one of my students
once asked me how to do this so we looked it up You
Tube).
 Students can practice listening by watching music
videos on You Tube with and without song lyrics being
shown.
 Teachers can use clips as introduction to a lesson to
engage the learners by starting a discussion, a
reflection or a brainstorm.

8. LEAST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO USE
TECHNOLOGY
 Practice typing.
 Practice word processing.
 Practice reading (without engaging comprehensive
activities afterwards).
 Too much individual work-some activities with
technology need to be done in pairs or groups.
 Using technology as a replacement of the teacher
facilitating lessons.

9. MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO USE
TECHNOLOGY
 Expand on language skills.
 Allow students to manipulate and interact with the
materials.
 Create pair or group work using technology.
 Allow students to create a new product that
expands not only their technological skills but also
their language skills.
 Use assessments as a way to determine what the
student should practice next.
 Allow students to self-select their activities and
guide their own learning.