Voyage Coetail

Where am I now? [caption id="attachment_426" align="aligncenter" width="300"] flickr photo by eSeL.at https://flickr.com/photos/eselat/5891486456 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license[/caption] While writing my posts for Course 4, I had a feeling of déjà vu ! So I went back to the Course 1 posts as it’s where the déjà vu comes from. What has changed for me? My use of technology was mainly teacher-centered. In my post TIOM Try It On Monday, I explained that I used my IWB as a TV screen, the SMART Notebook software for interactive game and “Plickers”. Since then I have introduced my students to “Quizzlet” that they play on the IWB and to “Kahoot”. That’s for the teacher part. I like those tools as the students are still very excited about it. At first I thought it was because it was new but the excitement and the engagement are still there! No, what has really changed is my way of thinking: it's me, technology and the students. I've re...

Tech integration in a French classroom Have I already told you that I teach French? I believe that teaching language is all about bringing authenticity in the classroom. Because learning and acquiring a new language must be a need. That’s where technology integration fits into my language classroom because it brings authentic materials and I can create “authentic “tasks.   Technology also changes the way teachers teach, offering educators effective ways to reach different types of learners and assess student understanding through multiple means. It also enhances the relationship between teacher and student. When technology is effectively integrated into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun. This quote from Edutopia , yet wrote 8 years ago summarizes perfectly my definition of technology integration. #learning 2 I just attended the first ever Learning 2.0 Europe in Milan. An...