Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Blackboards in the Internet era

That's the title of one article from today's elpais.com . The article refers to the fact that students do not use the internet during the lessons, that in many cases they never use the school computers and that if they do, they are used as mere word processors. The existence of Laskenglish shows that we are trying to make this statement as false as possible in the case of our school. But I'm sure there is still much to do.

How do you feel about this? Do you think teachers at Laskorain are enabling the use of the ICTs (Information and Communication Technology)? Do you think we should promote their use more effectively? Could you tell us about your experience with computers at school?...

We are very interested in your opinion, so LEAVE A COMMENT HERE!

If you want to read the mentioned article click http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Pizarra/tizas/era/Internet/elpeputec/20080408elpepisoc_1/Tes

48 comments:

  1. I think that it is realy important because is a new technology and we have to learn to use it.I think that some teachers are not interested in that.When we use the computers at school sometimes in Technology or in spanish...normalement we use microsoft word, excel,powerpoint... but no internet.
    This is my opinion, BYE!!!

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  2. Internet is one of the best ways for looking for information, downloading things...that's something we can't deny.The thing is that in most cases, and I would say this is the main problem why internet is not so used at school,teachers don't have the necessary skills or just they aren't fond of new technology.Nevertheless, it's also true that web pages such as laskenglish,which help us with our doubts,mistakes etc.are making things easier.That's all,bye.

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  3. Hi!!
    In my opinion the use of computer and internet in schools is a good way to enjoy learning.
    Yes,I think teachers are trying to enable the use of the ICT´s, but unfortunately little by little...
    I normally enjoy more when we get into computers room than we take normal lessons.
    Bye bye!!

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  4. I think that it's very inportant. i think that many teachers are interested in that bat much no. we usu normalment to look for one new in internet or microsoft word... and the internet not much. thank you. bye bye!!!

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  5. I think we learn enough. If we used the computers more, we wouldn´t learn other thinks.

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  6. Well, taking into a count the importance that give most of the Laskorain's teachers to the computers and to the Icts in general (not enough), it's great the effort that English teachers do to integrate the technology at school. However, if more teachers started focusing their lessons via Internet, the acceptance of us would be better. From my point of view, is necessary to create an "Internet culture" at school.

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  7. I am agree with the article. I think that internet is a good way to study and we have to use more. We need more computers because we have problems to go to the computers room. Some teachers are trying to go to the computers room, but another teachers have to try more, because it is important to know how we have to use internet.
    Thank you! Bye!

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  8. hi!!
    I think that we have to use more internet.In internet is a lot of information to use at the school.
    thank you

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  9. hi!
    about the using of Internet in our school, I think we've to use it more. it's a new technology, with a lot of things to do, but it looks like some teachers don't think the same of us. I hope we'll use more the Internet in the next years!
    BYE

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  10. Hello,I think that is good to use new technology.
    We don´t use very much internet but laskenglish is the first step.
    If we use more internet we are going to use less papers becouse there is a lot of information.
    BYE!!!!

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  11. Hy!
    In my opinion some teachers are not interested in using that resource.I think that we have to use the computer room more.Computers are very usefull to do some works.
    Bye!

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  12. Many of you are saying that you would like to go to the computer room more and use the Internet more. Could you be more specific and tell us how internet could improve some of the subjects or projects?

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  13. Hi!
    I think that is good to use the new technology. I think that,we dont use very much computer room. Sometimes we use the computer room in english technology... but only to do some works in microsoft word, powerpoint... but we hardly ever use Internet. In my opinion, computers are very good to do some works.
    bye!

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  14. I know we are not using the net as much as you would like but try to remember the work you have done using the net. For instance in the first evaluation, DBH 2 students did your Europe project with the help of internet: Climate, famous people, famous places... Remember? You will probably find more examples from other subjects if you think a bit. What about Batxi 1 students?

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  15. Well, as I see it, it is well known that internet can do wonders in our studies and that it is an useful tool in school, but the thing is that nobody has really taugh us how to use it!Moreover, there's so much information in the net, that it is difficult to distinguish betwen the useful websites and the ones which aren't worth lookin at. So, it is great that sites like laskenglish help to choose activities and that it provides us with good and easy-to-use information.

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  16. hi!

    I think that internet is a good source of information and also it is a good way of studying but in my opinion I wouldn't used in clases because in that way nobody would pay attention in class but If I were you I would create a lesson per week to work on internet.

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  17. Well, I think that internet nowadays is very important so we should use in some lessons. It could be very usufel to find an extra information that doesn´t appear in the books. Nevertheless, the eanglis teachers have created this website and thi is a big step.
    Bye!

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  18. Nowadays, Internet is becoming more and more important but as other students have told, we have to distinguish which webs are suitable for us and which not. Sites like laskenglish are good for us because we can practise what we have learnt in theory. So, I should visit the computer room more often so that we could do exercises in another way.Bye!

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  19. Hi!
    nowadays the use of internet is very important to looking for information, to obtain different points of view about some subject and also to study and work. that´s why we should use more the computers in the lessons. the problem is that some teachers are not trained to use the new technology. so, in my opinion, it´s a good idea the creation of the web page laskenglish, because is more pleasant to study with computers.

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  20. I think that we could use more the computers at school, we use them to find some information or practice what we have learned with activities in internet, in euskera and english lessons for example, but we have gone very few times.
    So I think that teachers could do a little bit more to make the internet more useful for us.
    Like for example this blog, I know that it's many work but...

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  21. From my point of view, this new method of teaching is very usefull for the students, because nowadays internet has become very important in our lifes. I think that in this year some teachers are working hard in this area. For example we have this blog related to english lessons. So I think that other pages related to our lessons will be very usefull.

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  22. Hi!
    I am agree with the article.
    I think that is very interested
    to use the internet because is going to use very much.
    BYE!

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  23. From my point of view technology is becoming more powerful and I think that can be very useful to take advantage from the ICT.In this way we can obtained different opinions about the subject we are studying and the clases would be more enjoyable.

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  24. Ok, I think that internet is the present and the future but nowadays teachers are unqualified to teach things like this, so, they must start studying this computer science.
    In my opinion we need to use computers at school. The problem is that in internet there is a lot of extra information that we don’t need and that normally we don’t identify.
    This web page is okay, there is a lot of information and activities that we need to learn English. That’s all, bye.

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  25. Internet is a very good way for looking for information,resolving our doubts...I think it is very important to use it nowadays,so in my opinion we should go to the computer room more. Nevertheless, some teachers don´t like the use of Internet,because maybe they think we pay less attention when we learn with computers than in common classes. Moreover, it´s important to mention that a lot of times, we don´t use Internet very well,because as other students have said, we don´t know what web pages are suitable or not,so web pages like laskenglish help us to look up our doubts,to correct our mistakes and so on. Related to my experience with compuers at school, I have to say that it hasn´t been very good,because we didn´t use computers a lot,only when we had to go to computing lessons.

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  26. I think that we have to use this new technology.In my opinion internet is very usefull to do some works.
    Bye!

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  27. Hi!!
    In my opinion internet is a good way to look for useful information. I think that we have to spend more time in the computer room, because we have to learn to use this new technology. Sometimes we use internet in technology, not very often we use it in spanish... and not much more. In my opinion Laskenglish is a big step that can help us to use more the web.

    bye bye!!

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  28. As for me, internet plays an important role in our lives nowadays as we now use it almost for everything (working, looking for information, learning...) so I guess it's a good idea to use it more at schools. Yet, I think that it's something that has to be done step by step, this change in teaching cannot be done overnight.

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  29. Hello!
    I am agree with the article because very occasualy we used the informatic room and usually we do homework in the computer.
    BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  30. Nowadays, we have a very close relationship with technology so I think that it would be a good idea to use it more. But there is also a problem, not every teachers knows how to use a computer so, in my opinion, firstly teachers, should learn how to use them and then they have to teach us. So, students have to use computers properly because although we have always lived with them, we really don't know how to use them.

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  31. Hi!
    I my opinion the internet is very good, and I think that is very usefull to do some works.I like very much the the internet.
    bye,bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  32. Hello!!!
    I think that this house are not very comfortable.our house is very diferent.the pictures are very good.
    BYE!!!

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  33. hi!
    well, I think computers are a great invention, but it's not a good idea to use them every class.
    if we used these machines in class, we should learn to write with more hability than now, and that can be a problem.

    however, I think that going to computer clases is a good idea, becauselike this we can learn more about the new technologies, which is very important nowadays.

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  34. Hi!!
    I'm very agree with the article becaude we have to use new technology.
    Bye!

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  35. Hi everybody,

    In many of your comments, I've read that teachers are not trained to apply the new technologies in class. This was absolutely true, let's say, five years ago. But in the last years most teachers are attending training courses in this field, and I reckon we are making a great effort to live up to the new technological trends. I hope you'll start noticing, if you haven't yet.

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  36. Well, I think that technology would be a very important tool in the future, but nowadays, teachers are not correctly prepare to use it. However, in my opinion, it’s good to go to the computers room once a week because it’s easier to work in front of a computer than in class… (at least in my class)

    Bye

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  37. hiii friends!!

    my opinion is, we use often computers when we are in comunication class, but in the another classes we use the computers occasionally

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  38. From my point of view the best way to administrate your own money is to have it per month. My parents give me the pocket money monthly, they don't give me a big allowance but it's enough because when I need clothes or something like that they buy it for me without problems.Regarding housework, I am not given money if I do any chores because they say that it's my work.

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  39. I think internet it's a good way to look for imformation, download music, chat with your friends... and from my point of view in the future it's going to be an essential part of our lives.So, it might be a good idea to take some classes about computers at school because soon it might be as important as teaching mathematics or languages.

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  40. well, there are some teachers that don`t like to use internet or ICTs in our school because they don't know to use computers or because the computer room is always busy... but I have to say that in the last years you (the teachers) are making a big effort to change this and specialy the english teachers with this blog.

    bye

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  41. from my point of view technology is very important but not every teachers knows how to use a computer so, I think that they will start trying.In my opinion it´s good to go to the computers room and I think that we should go 3 or 4 times per week.
    BYE!!

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  42. hi!
    I agree with the article. I think that computers sould be the way of learning in this era. Being a student of "Batxiler Teknologiko" I encourege the teachers to include new tecnoligies in their programs.
    Bye

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  43. Hi guys,

    well, during the last 4-5 years, things has changed a lot; specially this year when this blog was created. Thanks to all this, Laskorain Ikastola is going little by little into the big world of technology and especially internet. So, in my opinion, you are following the correct way.

    Please, continue like this and I'm with Ane A. on the fact that you could create a lesson based on the internet.

    Have a good day!!!

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  44. I agree very much with the article.
    because it is very interesting to use the internet.



    BYE

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  45. Hi!!!

    In my opinion, it is very important, it helps us make the day to day life much easier, what this technology offers us is very intelligent and very comfortable.

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  46. I think internet is a very good new technology!
    It has broght a lot of advances.
    it has solution of every problems and it has a lot of activities to study and to play but it has bad things and pages!

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  47. HI;

    WE THINK THAT INTERNET IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE CAN STUDY IN THE COMPUTER AND WE CAN SEARCH INFORMATION ABOUT HOMEWORK TOO.

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  48. I think internet is very useful and practic. It´s also easy and fast. But I think it´s better to write on your notebook what the teacher writes on the blackboard, because in this way you are learning while you are writing.

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