Laptops and Computers
Laptops and computers have many advantages to education and language learning including:
*Posting instructional material online, to have information readily available for students to access.
* Feedback from the teacher with email and IM chats possibilities.
* Animating and displaying concepts visually.
* Collaborative learning environments, such as Google Docs, Skype
* Word Processing capabilities.
* Various search engines for research purposes such as Google, Yahoo, Bing.
* Access to texts, articles, dictionaries and websites in various languages.
* Access to different language keyboards to type in other languages.
* Access to various Web 2.0 tools that support language development and 21st Century skills.
* Access to various audio and video tools such as Audacity and iMovie where students can create audio and video recordings of themselves which can be used for assessment and emailed to students and parents as a language model to help support correct pronunciation for at home reading.
* Allow students to become more responsible for their learning by letting them find answers online in their language of study without always asking the teacher.
* Access to editing software such as BonPatron to go beyond the word processor and work directly on the grammar and sentence structure of their writing.
* Access to online dictionaries and translating websites.
* Students can access up to date information.
* Today’s laptops are much mo re lighter to carry which offer language students the option to bring their own to class more easily
Laptops and computers have many advantages to education and language learning including:
*Posting instructional material online, to have information readily available for students to access.
* Feedback from the teacher with email and IM chats possibilities.
* Animating and displaying concepts visually.
* Collaborative learning environments, such as Google Docs, Skype
* Word Processing capabilities.
* Various search engines for research purposes such as Google, Yahoo, Bing.
* Access to texts, articles, dictionaries and websites in various languages.
* Access to different language keyboards to type in other languages.
* Access to various Web 2.0 tools that support language development and 21st Century skills.
* Access to various audio and video tools such as Audacity and iMovie where students can create audio and video recordings of themselves which can be used for assessment and emailed to students and parents as a language model to help support correct pronunciation for at home reading.
* Allow students to become more responsible for their learning by letting them find answers online in their language of study without always asking the teacher.
* Access to editing software such as BonPatron to go beyond the word processor and work directly on the grammar and sentence structure of their writing.
* Access to online dictionaries and translating websites.
* Students can access up to date information.
* Today’s laptops are much mo re lighter to carry which offer language students the option to bring their own to class more easily