Final post

Hello for the last time as I plan to end the blog with this post. I will be talking about the experiences that I had while taking the course. 

Before taking the course I always thought technology integration in education was not cost-efficient and not all that necessary, especially in language teaching. Unfortunately, my opinion hasn't changed drastically. I am not the only one to think like this, Saro Mohammed (2018) says "Perhaps the best-kept secret of research on ed-tech is the fact that teachers and teaching remain the most important influences on learning. Tech or no tech, effective learning is all about teaching." and I agree, the money and effort spent into technology can be spent on training teachers or creating better class environments (classrooms with fewer students, etc.)

Among the tasks, I think the most progressive one was the storytelling one. Storytelling and the style you have when expressing an idea is quite vital. I think the Youtube channel 'Half as Interesting' is a good example of this, the topics he covers in his videos are often dumb but the style makes it look interesting and suddenly you find yourself watching another video of his.

What I would suggest for this course to improve on is to be even more up-to-date. Of course, by other courses' standards, it is up-to-date. But there is always room for improvement. There are always more techniques to be implemented.

 

Adios!