we can use technology...

Nowadays, we live surrounded by technology that can be use for many things; computers and internet is part of our daily life. So, why don’t use it inside the classroom?

First of all, we can find that most of our students know at least a little bit about how to use a computer and internet, so we can take advantage of that and let them use their previous knowledge in this area. This will provide us a new tool to work with our students and at the same time, we can use new ways to develop students’ abilities as part of the interaction needed in the learning process.

In addition, teaching English has become more difficult everyday so, I believe using technology will approach students to new topics and interests. For instance, in April, 30^th we use a video from youtube to talk about learning tools or April, 15^th we discover the web page that BBC has about education. Most of these posts help us as students to talk about new things that we don’t discuss in the normal classroom and also, gave us a new perspective of what we can do with technology in the future when we become teachers.

On the other hand, we have to consider that in most of our schools there are not many computers to use for a class with 40 or 45 students. So, in this case I think it is going to be very difficult for teachers to include this aspect because they will not have enough resources for all students. However, these students are going to have the previous knowledge and interest in using computers as part of their learning tools.

There will always be new elements and resources to include in our role as students and future teachers. We must consider the context in which we are immerse and the students that are going to interact with us. Technology is very useful depending on the way and context we use it.

The Commitments and Rumble Fish

People say that history is written by rich people but if we think about stories. Most of them take some lives experiences from people that all of us know and we feel represented in a book or script. This is the case of the two stories Rumble Fish and the Commitments, where you can feel your life or your neighbor’s being told as a part of the story.

Social class is a characteristic that was printed in the story. On one hand, we can see the commitments as a group of music that wants to represent all the working class people. If you have seen the movie you could tell in which part of the city most of the lived and the kind of places they visit and made part of them, when they started their musical group. All of this, you could see it through the book or the movie. On the contrary, in Rumble Fish you could see the social class represented by the places or parts of the city where you can include the gangs’ fights and the kind of living Rusty James and his brother had.

Also, social class is a characteristic that could be inferred from the story. On one hand, reading the book (The Commitments) you can feel in the air the issues that tell you about a group of people fighting and working hard to get a worthy life. On the other hand, in the other story (Rumble Fish), you didn’t have the same kind of information but using your imagination you could imagine in what kind of school Rusty James studied, in which part of the town was his house placed and what kind of hobbies Rusty and his friends had.

In conclusion, we can see that every story has something to tell and we can be represented or not for this but most of the time we are. Stories can be a resource to help us to see from outside our living and see ways we can change it, if we want to.

Art v/s Chemistry

I don’t remember when I first saw this painting but I can always remember it when I feel peaceful. I’ve never been closed to art even though I like it. However, I enjoy going to museums to see any kind of expositions.

Maybe, I haven’t had the opportunity to see classic art but I like this painting for what represents. It is a classic one, the one that represents the artist work of a life time. It can be any woman but this painting represent more than that. It is that kind of woman that can do whatever she wants and at the same time, she can enjoy to be quiet and in peace.

Chemistry was my least favourite school subject. When I was in school The sciences subjects were separeted in three different classes: chemistry, physics and biology. I didn’t hate the other subjects but chemistry I did. I’ve never understood anything and I feel it was because of my teacher.

He wasn’t very nice with us and he represented to much the authority inside that classroom, so if we failed we paid it.

I will always remember this: teachers can change your expectations about any subjects. So, as future teacher, I have to consider this because it can happen to me in the future: to become the English teacher or the English witch.