WHAT´S THE BEST AGE TO GET STUDENTS INTO TECHNOLOGY?

Well, I think that the best age to get students into technology is when they are children,when they are in kindergarden or in primary school, because that is the age when they are developing their four macro skills and they are like a sponge that absorb everything they see or do. At that age students learn too fast, they learn how to use a program, how to use a computer, how to type, etc. It is also good to know that there are some good programs for students to learn by playing a game, reading an interactive book, drawing, or checking some interactive web pages or watching some movies that will help our students to develop a little bit more. Some people think that the new generations have to be uptaded with all the new tools that technology offers and everything but I think that if students learn for example how to surf in the internet in their early years they can become addicted to it and it is not going to be something good for them. Our parents were not used to use a computer, they used to do all the job in schools by hand such as: drawing, writing, etc. or when they had to look for more information for a homework, they used to go to the libraries and read as much as they could. I am not saying that that is the way it has to continue but our students have become lazies sometimes and they prefer to surf in the internet, look for information and then copy and paste. Nowadays, it looks like if stidents have forgotten about the books and trust only in the information they can find in the internet. I know that the information that we can find in a book is outdated sometimes but it sometimes is good. I think that if we let our studentts get involved into technology at any age it will always have it pros and cons. It is important to know that if we get students into technology do it in the right way in order to help them and not to destroy them making them lazies, procratinators, etc. As teachers we have to know that the new generations have to be updated with technology but giving it the right usage.

PROS AND CONS BETWEEN REGULAR AND ONLINE CLASSES

Today, we have the possibility of having an online class and not just the class we regularly have in a classroom with a White board, many desks, a teacher writing or posting some charts, etc. Nowadays almost everyone has a computer at home or uses one at school or university, etc. having an online class is not a problem nowadays but as always this type of class has it´s pros and cons. Lets see what are the pros and cons we can find in online and regular clases. Online clases: In this type of clases students have the opportunity of surfing in the web and learning about many educational programs. They can learn more about technology because they are using it and they can investigate more about a topic that is not clear enough by Reading articles, watching videos and surfing in other web pages. The cons I can find in this type of clases are that these type of clases are that students are not interacting with other people in a physical way, they sometimes can have some video calls as a homework but it is not the same as being with some classmates in a classroom, another problem is that there could be a problem with the internet connection and sometimes it can be difficult to have a class, to undrstand it or to finish a homework, I think that when we are learning something new we sometimes have many doubts and questions and in an online class is kind of difficult to clarify them. Regular clases: In regular clases the student have the opportunity of interact with their classmates and with the teacher, they can clarify their doubts and use the whiteboard. regular clases are less boring and if you have a presentation you do it in front of your classmates and you learn how to control your nerves. Sometimes regular clases are boring an has its cons but it depends on where it is carried out because sometimes teachers have to teach in some schools with just a whiteboard and a chart, sometimes in sme places people do not have Access to technology and regular clases become boring. In my opinión, regular clases are better but if we have all the neccesary material and technology resources.