Unidad IV

En esta última unidad trabajamos como siempre con muy buen ánimo; aunque con mucho frío; el contenido, al igual que el de la unidad anterior, resultó muy sencillo. En esta opotunidad conocimos los Patrones de Organización;con la ayuda de la Prof. Doris, como siempre, identificamos en un párrafo los marcadores de discurso; la idea fluyó bastante rápido en el grupo; trabajamos en equipo y participamos en los ejercicios que la profesora proyectó.

Technology in Education

Many people warn of the possible harmful effects of using technology in the classroom. Will children lose their ability to relate to other human beings? Will they become dependent on technology to learn? Will they find inappropriate materials? The same was probably said with the invention of the printing press, radio, and television. All of these can be used inappropriately, but all of them have given humanity unbounded access to information which can be turned into knowledge. Appropriately used-- interactively and with guidance-- they have become tools for the development of higher order thinking skills.

Inappropriately used in the classroom, technology can be used to perpetuate old models of teaching and learning. Students can be "plugged into computers" to do drill and practice that is not so different from workbooks. Teachers can use multimedia technology to give more colorful, stimulating lectures. Both of these have their place, but such use does not begin to tap the power of these new tools.

In this area, you will find descriptions of how computers can be used to stimulate and develop writing skills, collaborate with peers in foreign countries, do authentic kinds of research that is valuable to the adult world, and do complex kinds of problem solving that would otherwise be impossible.

Marcadores de Definición

Marcadores de Secuencia

Los Patrones de Organización nos ayudan a ubicar rapidamente en la lectura las definiciones presentes en la misma, en el caso de los Marcadores de Definición. Mientras que los Marcadores de Secuencia permiten conocer el orden cronológico de la lectura.