Week 15

Thursday, April 27, 2017

WEEK 15:  Using technology to provide feedback

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This week I read an interesting and pretty important article about “HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK” which explains the advantages and disadvantages of using it and also it provide good example to implement it in the classroom.

Something I want to remember from this article is the benefits of using screen capture software. Teachers, which are the most commonly user of this element,  use this programs to provide feedback to their students in such an interactive way that seems a face to face feedback. Showing a website and explaining it during the feedback can help greatly students due to everything will appear in one single video and they would not need to look for extra explanation. Also, it allows teachers to provide a lot of feedback in quite a short period of time which becomes a listening practice. Something that made me read more about it was that teachers who may notices a specific problem that a whole class is having, can easily write out the key points in Microsoft Word and then record themselves taking them through the points and what to think about. It is particularly useful in distance learning contexts because teachers and students never meet. Finally, it may also have certain advantages for dyslexic students as it relies less heavily on text. The only drawback that these programs may have is the cost for some of the most proficient one which include more tools and option for recording.