New Challenges

It is clear that technology is everywhere. It influences the way we perform daily tasks, such as shopping, selling, banking, communicating, among many others. In this context, we cannot ignore the fact that teaching and learning are also affected by technology. 

We must bear in mind that our students are in permanent contact with technology at home and it seems that our classrooms are still behind their time. So, we need to overcome this home-school dichotomy by opening the classroom doors to the electronic era.

For those teachers who lack the experience with technology, this approach presents some challenges. As they feel intimidated by thousands of sites, links, web pages, new terminology, the natural answer is resistance to change. It is important to point out that we do not need to be experts, but competent users of the tools we are trying to apply in the classroom.

Yes. It is hard work, but if we do it properly, the advantages overweigh the drawbacks. Enjoy!