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"Dream, explore and create digital experiences"
SOFTWARE FOR EDUCATION AND WEB TOOLS
L I C D A. M. A. S I L V I A S O W A
U M G - GUATEMALA
WEB mania
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Course: Software educativo y herramientas 2.0
Our challenge
To be able to face
Educative scenarios of today which are never going to be the same, as when we were children, because nowadays, learning involves a more profound experience which is linked to one simple word: Creation. Whenever people set goals, design, create, organize, and plan the learning experinces, they become Creators. It also means to get to be able to change the "paradigms" in educative fields, by getting to know the best ways to offer a new type of experience where the students can achieve their goals by being creative and exploring the Web 2.0 media tools, which become the the exact resource they need to become more creative, to learn in a dynamic way and to explore their own abilities and competences.
Procedures &
Methodology
Creation and development of synthesis, analysis, and application of learning strategies.
Group interaction and interpersonal skills in the development of activities.
Project cycle processes.
Participation in Wikis, blogs, sites, forums, platforms, graphics, and digital media editors.
Exhibitions and lectures in online and virtual environments.
Development of creative thinking, exploration of personal skills and innovation processes.
Personal and group practices and expositions.
How about teachers?
Being part of the teaching force of the planet, teachers need to be involved with the constant and varied changes technology offers every day.
In our modern world, the only way to effectively teach is by learning, applying, getting involved, and daring to change! and to become part of this change!
Other goals
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Combine theoretical and practical skills in the suitable use of digital and electronic tools, as well as interactive media provided by the cloud.
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Discover and explore their own creativity and design by editing their own teaching support materials, exploring the possibilities of virtuality in education.
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Be responsible for and engage themselves in the construction and implementation of their personal skills, also involved in collaborative work with peers and thus reinforce knowledge and maintain an atmosphere of harmony and cooperation.
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What for?
Education institutions, development centers, and especially teachers, are those responsible for keeping, preserving the connection between technological advances and learning and teaching processes. They become facilitators and suppliers of a new type of learning format, tailored in the new cultural context of the “digital literacy”, and must know how to use the new tools available in order to explore the many resources available pursuing for the establishment of originality, imagination, and creativity by building a futuristic and modern vision of knowledge transmission.
Why Web tools?
Global progress in cultural, scientific, economic, and especially technological fields, has produced a direct effect on the forms of teaching and learning development in society. Today’s learners use information technology and communication to work, study, and socialize. It is young people and children, especially "digital natives" who are giving a complete turnout to the educative system; since they live in a different environment, they learn differently, and develop new types of abilities and competencies.
Our main goal
Develop mental processes and skills to promote creativity, innovation, reflection, analysis, and decision-making related to the forms of teaching and learning in virtual and semi-virtual scenarios, available on the web 2.0 and more in the digital world.
Couse description
This course is part of the curriculum of Licenciatura en la enseñanza del idioma inglés con especialización en tecnología educativa, and it offers students a variety of learning tools and applications on new ways to learn in individual and collaborative environments, by developing self-learning processes, knowledge construction abilities, in order to explore and apply digital skills. The course is focused on the acquisition and practice of specific talents, attitudes, and learning processes to be able to produce and share content.