Nehemas Alfredo Zamora Meja

FINAL PAPER DUE TIME: JULY 5TH 2014

FINAL PAPER.
1- In a chart, describe the advantages and disadvantages of using technology in your
professional development taking into account Blended Learning, Education 2.0, Web
2.0 and IT.


Blended Learning
Advantages Disadvantages
1) Students learn wherever they
are.
2) Teachers can assign task
wherever they are.
3) Information is available
anywhere there is network.
4) Flexible schedules for busy
people, taking into
consideration that students
can complete their tasks
whenever they are able to do
it.
5) Saving money by not using
printed materials.
6) Working peacefully at home
7) Developing cognitive skills
by using TECH.
1) Teachers are not able to supervise
the whole process and this is
sometimes important in case
teachers opinion is needed.
2) Not everyone has access to
internet.
3) Not everyone has an electronic
device such as: computer, tablets,
and smartphones.
4) Student can easily cheat because
teacher cannot control it.

Web 2.0
Advantages Disadvantages
1) Well use of internet.
2) Maximize the use of the
services that web offers.
3) Network for professional
purposes.
4) Reliable information for
specific needs.
5) Development of cognitive
skills.
6) Make questions and receive
answers.
1) Not everyone has access to
internet.
2) Not everyone has an electronic
device such as: computer,
tablets, and smartphones.
3) Some people can provide not
reliable information.
4) Some people can get lost easily
and waste time in entertaining
things.

7) Participate in discussions or
forums in order to get or
provide information.
Edu 2.0
Advantages Disadvantages
1) Students have no limit for
getting new information.
2) Students have a wide variety
of sources and resources to
improve their development.
3) Teachers are not limited with
their role, they can go beyond
the school walls.
4) Facilitates teaching-learning
process.
5) Generate an interacting
platform among students.
1) Not everyone has access to
internet.
2) Not everyone has an electronic
device such as: computer,
tablets, and smartphones.
3) Schools have no internet
sometimes.
4) Students are not supervised
by teachers when they are not
at school and for that reason
they get lost easily.
Instructional Technology
Advantages Disadvantages
1) It is attractive for students,
they are eager about using it.
2) Facilitates teaching learning
process.
3) Help teachers to create
interact groups beyond the
classroom.
4) Sharing information easily.
5) Help each other (teacher-
student) easily.
1) Not everyone has access to
internet.
2) Not everyone has an
electronic device such as:
computer, tablets, and
smartphones.
3) Schools have no internet
sometimes.
4) Misuse of technology.


2. Explain how you are going to design a lesson plan online by using Web Quest
and what are the real propose using this kind of technology in your professional
development.
The use of a lesson plan is very important for teachers, is a guide or map, is the plan
for the class, technology can help teachers to create interacting lesson plans to
manage information, to assign tasks, and for evaluating, technology provide us tools
to create interesting and attractive lesson plans, the use of technology in designing
lesson plans can also motivate students to learn, students who are tired of regular
and traditional classes, technology also makes possible to open our minds.
Everything what the teacher has to teach is important for students, the teacher
should use technology to improve their class, without technology we can feel short
or limited but the use of technology in designing a lesson plan can expand horizons.
Zunal.com is an interesting and useful web site to create a web quest, teachers can
also create a group on Facebook or a blog to post the link of the web quest, so
students can access to the web quest by using instructional technology.
An example that I made is based on the topic The right way to behave in the
classroom although is not a topic related to Technology I can use technology to
teach this important topic.
1) I use the web quest to detail the class and explain important items.
2) I use the web quest to show videos of how students have to behave in class.
3) Students can also make a video about how to behave in class adding element
of our real context, and upload it to the web quest.
As I said before this topic is not mainly related to technology, is a topic that should
be taught in every level and everywhere and technology provide us the tools and
resources to do it in a more attractive way.

3. Explain how you are going to deal if you want to use technology in a school or
place of work but there is not Tech in the classroom. What are you going to do?
How are you going to solve the problem? Provide resources that you will use
and the procedures
This problem normally occurs in our context many schools do not have access to
technology, such as: computers, internet, multimedia projector, etc. This is the
reality of many schools, so teachers have to find a way to use technology even when
it is not available in school, taking into consideration that previously we have been
explaining the advantages and disadvantages of using technology.
In my case if I am in a certain situation and I want to use technology and technology
is not available, I would keep always in mind that the use of technology goes beyond
a classroom, the first thing I would do is to make sure that all my students have
access to technology at home or in a cyber, if some of them have not access to
technology, I would divide the class in groups, students who do not have access to
technology with students who have access to technology, in this way those who have
access can also become tutors and subsequently developing new skills, cognitive
skills through teaching others.
These groups would meet after classes and following the instructions which are
given before, they put in practice what they have learned by theory, and to prove by
myself that my students have learned, I would schedule a short trip to a cyber, I
would arrange everything with the owner of the cyber and I would rent it for a
couple of hours in order to develop a workshop with my students.
This activity I would try to repeat it as soon as possible, trying to monitor how my
students are improving, trying to encourage them to use technology, trying to be
inspiring, teaching to my students that we cannot be limited to resources that our
system can provide us, if the system is not capable to provide all what we need, we
have make do with the a few resources I have or I can get.
Through this activity I pursuit to create conscience in my students, that what we
have to do is to change the way we think, not being satisfied with the methods or
systems we have, if the systems and the methods are good, we can make them better.
Through this activity I also pursuit to dare my students to build their personal
learning environment to encourage that through technology we can create a new,
interesting and attractive learning environment.
So in my case I would not give up if I do not have technology or resources in the
school in order to use technology, I would do it developing the plan I just explained.

4. Choose digital resources you will include and describe how those digital
resources you are going to improve you PLE and PLN.
My PLE (Personal Learning Environment) is the environment from which I learn
and get all the information for my personal development, within this environment I
use different tools and web sites to achieve my personal learning goals.
Gmail account









This account allows me to access to the rest of the web sites I can use as resources to
learn new information in my personal environment.

Facebook







This famous social media help me out to learn new information through following
pages of my interest, also keeps me informed.

Twitter











This social media keeps me informed, and I can also can follow people or institution
that can provide me new information for my personal development.
Youtube










This web site help me out whenever I need to know something new and more
specifically when I need to see how to do it through tutorials.
PLN (Personal Learning Network) these important tools allows me to be in contact
with people for professional purposes, colleagues and students.

Gmail, Google Drive







This resource from Google technology allows me to create documents online and
modify them with people we work together or students.


Blogger












This amazing tool allow me to create a specific environment for a specific topic or
subject, this tool let me to post and publish information I want to share with
colleagues, students or friends, it also provide space to post comments, and open
debates.
Rubrics








This wonderful tool allows me to create an instrument to evaluate my students for
specific activities and objectives.