Thinking Activity :- Education and Technology
1. Changing Paradigms by Ken Robinson
=> " Every country on earth, At the moment is reforming public Education".
=> There are two reasons for it
1. Economy
2. Cultural
Economy and culture both are important aspects. Both connections with education.
" Education becomes a revolutionary idea. In today's time education becomes more important. And that's why education becomes revolutionary idea.
There are two types of people in society.
1. Academic - samart people
2. Non- Academic - Non- samart people
Academic people are samart people. And they finds easy way to solve the problems. And non- academic people are not, samart that's for them difficult to solves the problem. Smart people have new ideas. And they knows about technology. That's why through the use of technology it becomes easy to solve the problem.
2. School in the cloud sole :- Sujata Mitra
=> In this video Sujata Mitra talks about the future of learning.
In past time there is no computer, no telephone. At that time people work in handwritten form. At that time Good handwriting becomes more useful. Rich people get the more benefits of technology. But poor does not get benefits of technology.
" Education style is not broken but it is constructs".
Rich people use computer and get the benefits and improves their skills. And then through the Sujata Mitra's idea, poor children also learns the use of computer. And then they tech other children also. In he also talks about that future don't need to go to school. Because technology develop in today's time. That's why to get information and knowing becomes easy.
3. Future of Learning :- Sujata Mitra
=> In classrooms there is limitations there. That's why 20-30 students get the benefits. And only rich people get benefits. Because poor people have less money that's for them to use technology becomes more difficult. And that's why poor student does not get benefits. In past time there is a oral system. And at that time paper is not there. That's why memory becomes more important. And In today's time paper is available that's why in comparison-and-contrast-scarlet-letter.html of oral technique, written technique becomes more important.
4. Salman Khan :- Let's use to video to reinvent education.
=> In classroom it becomes difficult to pay attention on each student without the use of technology. So in traditional mode of teaching is becomes more difficult. And that's why in past time there is a difficult condition. But in today's time technology develops. And that's why through the YouTube video, flipping learning, computer, Facebook, though this medium it becomes easy to teach. Through the video we repeatedly watch the video, and learn through the video.
5. Mare Prensky :- Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
=> Technology develops day by day and finds new way to solve the problem. Video games, computer, telephone, Internet becomes more important in today's time. Through the use of this digital tool, thinking patterns changing. Through the different website, it becomes easy to get information. And many languages also available. And through the use of technology multi-tasking becomes easy.
6. David Crystal :- The Effect of New Technologies on English
=> Language also influenced by technology. Because in this technological era new words came fast. And people also accept this new words. These new words becomes popular though the use of technology.
In past there is no new paper, no television, no telephone, no computer available. That's why at that time progress happens slowly. But in today's time newspaper, cartoon, computer, and the main source is Internet available in today's time. That's why progress heppens fastly.
7. David Crystal :- The Biggest challenge for English Language Teachers in the times of Internet.
=> Language changed because of two reasons :
1. Internet
2. Globalisation
Language is changing day by day. Because people searching new words day by day. And that's why language changing. In past time language is different. And in today's time because of technology and development languages brings new words and meannings. That's why new meaning we finds in language.
8. David Crystal :- Texting is 'Good' for English language
=> Texting is language. There is no more facilities available in past time. But In today's time facilities becomes more and more advanced. And that's why In every field of life, change is came. Language improves and becomes better.
