About Sessions (Modulocompetencia3)

Session 1
What makes a successful online student?
I think for being a successful online student, it is very important to have a basic knowledge of using a computer and the internet. Apart from that, to have a period of adaptation and exploration of the tool with which they are going to work in order to develop their selves-motivation and to feel comfortable in this online environment which they are not used to using for studying. Another thing that we have to take into account is the fact that many students do not have the resources such us the computer and the internet. That situation is became in an obstacle for the students' learning and available to fulfill the development of the different activities throughout the course.

Strategies for using chat as a communication tool

Well, the chat is a good strategy for communicating our ideas and thoughts, since throughout chat we improve our writing, enrich our vocabulary, and at the same time we get better our fluency in a funny way.

Using chats in EFL: A tool for collaborative learning
Well, I think it is a good idea the use of chat within the language education systems since students learn more when they are taught in a dynamic and interactive way. Besides that, students can be contacted with native speakers with who, they not only learn the language but also different cultural expressions and life styles

Session 2

According to your experiences using emails (Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc),
1) How could we use them into the classroom?
Well, we could use them in order to assign activities such as summaries, opinions, information related to the topic learned in classes, in order to share information and different points of view with the rest of the class.

2) What benefits and shortcomings do you see using emails?
• We can express our ideas freely, without any kind of afraid.
• Emails allow us to keep in touch with the others wherever you are, so you can be at the end of the world and that's not an excuse for not to doing your homework unless the internet signal can't be received there.

3) What sort of activities would you implement in the subject Modulo de Competencias Comunicativas III with emailing?
I would implement activities where students can apply all the basic skills in the learning of languages such us writing, reading, speaking and listening.

4) What academic benefits would emailing brings to you?
• I have learned more about the things we can do in different pages destined to do work sheets, blogs, etc
• My motivation was increased, since I consider using emails is a funny way to learn.
• And of course, I have improved my writing and every time that I do a new activity in the email I learn a new word.

5) Do we accept email rules nowadays?
Well, there are many people who don't know that those rules exist. And there are others who know them but many of them when are checking their messages in the email they forgive them. And that shouldn't be because our machines can be infected by viruses as a matter of carelessness.

Session 3
1) Based on "Engaging Digital Natives" :
a) Are teachers prepared to incorporating ICT (information communication technology) in ELT (English language teaching)?
I think teachers aren't prepared because they belong an age where ICT wasn't incorporated and has not influenced on the entire society. That's the main obstacle that gets difficult to teachers use the ICT without any problems, because they don't have a complete contact with that kind of tools that technology offers us. So it is necessary that teachers take some advising courses that help them in the task of teaching the digital native students in ELT terms.

b) What do teachers have to do in order to cope with their students using ICT?
Well, they must keep up to date themselves with ICT, to explore that world of digital natives, that is to say, they should be more interested in learning how to use all related to the computers and technology in order to understand their students and at the same time teachers make themselves understood by their students. And for that, they need to be dynamics and opened minded.

c) List the different terms used in the "Engaging Digital Natives"Podcasts, Blogs, Digital immigrants, Web 2.0, Participatory culture, The New Literacies, Wikis, Student Collaboration, Professional Learning Communities (PLC).Digital inmigrants,networked,blogs,podcasts,wikis, sociallearning, New literacies2)

2)Based on "Web 2.0 Tools in Your Classroom"
a) Which tools are mentioned?
Podcasting, Blogs, RSS, Wikipedia, You tube.

b) Which tools would you start implementing into a classroom?
I'd start implementing blogs and Podcasting, because they give to students the opportunity of learning from themselves since these tools allows them to share their ideas, opinions and whatever they want, and at the same time to increase their capabilities and their responsibilities of learning by their own.

c) Would these tools be effective in a language classroom?
I think so, because throughout them students can practice and reinforce all the language classes given by the teacher inside the classroom. Besides that, students can use them to contact with others who speak the same language that they are studying around the world and exchange necessary information for improving their knowledge.

d) List the different terms used in "Web 2.0 Tools in Your ClassroomCreative, Collective Intelligence, Ownership, Real Recognition, Blogging as a learning professional,