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PRIMER EXAMEN PARCIAL

1. Define the following as clearly as you can: a. C.A.L.L. b. Word cloud c. Cloze test d. OLPC e. To digitize f. To google

2. Watch these two videos: i) The history of technology in education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFwWWsz_X9s ii) A Brief History of Technology in Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0nlh5FU5A a. List the information they have in common. b. Say whether they share any findings with Ian Peters article on the origins of Internet.

3. Compare the OLPC and the Conectar Igualdad programmes (If you need information apart from the links used in class, list the ones consulted by you, below your answer). Focus on both similarities and differences.

4. What is Computer Mediated Communication? Is it the same as saying Internetbased communication? (You can recur to this link for extra information: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol1/issue4/december.html#Defining)

5. A. Why do we talk about Web 2.0? B. Is the expression Internet 2.0 right? C. Why cant the terms Internet and World Wide Web be used interchangeable? D. Which one do you use the most: Internet or World Wide Web? E. What do you use it for? F. Whats your opinion on the influence of Web 2.0 in education? Has it changed the way we learn today (and can teach in the near future)?

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6. Blended learning and Electronic learning are both possible in our context, in our university, in our career. a. Choose one of the subjects you attend (except ICT, i.e. this subject), b. imagine a course using b-learning and c. describe it. In your description of this, your ideal b-learning ............... (subject title) course, include as many tools and other resources as you think necessary, but say what exactly each one would be used for and why you prefer these rather than others. 7. Imagine you are a teacher wanting to learn students opinions and knowledge on mobile learning. Use the survey creator www.surveymonkey.com to create a survey with varied questions. The content of the questions are up-to-you but should be relevant, interesting and comprehensive. a. Choose at least five (5) different question types. b. Keep the number of questions per page small c. Save every question before adding another d. Edit each question as many times as you need. e. Check the question/s, survey works by answering yourself. Only submit the final version of the survey, that is, the one which will be assessed.

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This assignment is meant to be done and submitted INDIVIDUALLY. It is due 08/10, when it should be uploaded on www.scribd.com as a private document and shared with the teacher ONLY either via email or private message in FB.

All the best!

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Answers:
1-a)C.A.L.L:
Computer-assisted language learning is the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning.It can be used to reinforce what has been already been learned in the classroom or as a remedial tool to help learners who require additional support.

http://www.tcnj.edu/~mmmartin/collagen.gif

b) Word cloud: is a visual representation for text data who allows that students understand better a
topic, because organized putting the most important information in bigger letters.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Web_2.0_Map.svg/320pxWeb_2.0_Map.svg.png

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c) Cloze test: is an exercise where you have to complete the text by choosing the correct words from a list.
http://englishlearner.com/blog/tag/cloze-test/

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/xlm/14/1/images/xlm_14_1_173_fig2a.gif

d) OLPC: is a project who pretend provide for each student of developing countries to learn by
providing one connected laptop.

http://www.forachangingworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/PhotomondeOLPC.jpg

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e) To digitize: when you transform something in digital, you digitalize something, his allows, for
example, a photograph on paper can be scanned in order to be processed in a computer (or other similar digital device). http://www.alegsa.com.ar/Dic/digitalizar.php

http://www.balboastitch.com/upload/text/Learn%20to%20Digitize1.jpg

f) To google: is to make use of the internet searches (not only Google, but also of any search).

http://www.universitarios.cl/buscar-internet.jpg

2-a) After I watch the two videos I can say that in both explain that:
The technology in the classroom has changed. We can access to the information thanks to the advance of technology. We can create an interactive learning. Student can share ideas with others. Students can collaborate with classmates in school activities. We must adapt to technological advances because this is just the beginning.

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b) After I red the article I agree with Peter, where he says that the internet has no owner and no
single place of origin, because internet has several starting points in history, I also agree when he says that any event or occurrence that want to take over the "Internet" is false because it is not a result of someone specific, internet is a popular phenomenon.

3) Similarities between olpc and conectar igualdad:

To create educational opportunities for the world's children. Provide a netbook for each student. Provide opportunities to connect with the world of technology. Include TIC into the school curriculum. Provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration of technology.

ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD

this is an organization. distribute computers to the poorest children. in this organization also can make donations of DIFFERENCES computers for kids. computers are called xo. computers were designed considering everything from extreme environmental conditions.

CONECTAR IGUALDAD
this is a program. distribute computers to technical schools, public and teachers. computers are given by the program. computers are simply called netbooks.

computers were designed as any netbook.

http://laptop.org/en/ http://www.conectarigualdad.gob.ar/wp-content/themes/conectar_igualdad/pdf/decreto.pdf

4) Computer-mediated communication is any form of communication between two or more

individual people who interact and/or influence each other via separate computers through the Internet or a network connection. Say computer mediated communication and internet based communication for me can be the same, in both forms of communication the principal and important element is the internet.

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5-a) in my opinion we say web 2.0 not because web1.0 is gone, web 2.0 has evolved with the
advancement of technology and this allows the student to communicate and do their homework more practically.

b- No, I think that this expression is wrong because in my opinion internet is the same, perhaps it
evolving, improving and adapting to technological advances is its content (blogs, facebook, twitter, and wikis, etc)

C- We can not use the terms Internet and World Wide Web interchangeable because they are two
different terms, I understand that Internet encompasses a broader term possibilities in the search for information, unlike the World Wide Web that covers something more specific, such as a given page.

d- I use both, but I use more internet than World Wide Web. e- May be I use more internet because if you use World Wide Web you need an specific page, but
if you use internet you have more options and possibilities to find something.

f- In my opinion the use of Web 2.0 in schools is very successful because it provides not only for
the students, but also for the teachers that the activities given in class can be more practical, because they can shared the activities with other mates, finally I think that the use of web 2.0 allows better learning for students, as it can be more fun.

6-a) I choose Language English I. c) An ideal b-learning use in Language English I.

In a classroom where is present the use of b-learning students and teachers can make classes more interactive because they face and the teachers are present in the classroom. The teacher can use various tools, such as: The use of posters to explain a topic. Teachers can use magazines to make collages those students in classes explaining a topic. If the teacher has not finished issuing any class or want to review any issue that students are not understood, teachers can use virtual classes. I think in an ideal class of b-learning can not miss the use of books where students can view the topics that the teacher is explaining. Teachers can provide students with extra material such as manuals to teach a topic of interest of students. The teacher can use facebook to inform the student about the dates of exams, to answer specific questions or for any student consultation.

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I chose these resources and tools because I think that they are the most practical, basic and cheap elements that the teacher can use in class and they have a better control of each student's learning.

http://www.euskalkultura.com/noticias/necocheakoeuskalasteaII05.jpg/image_preview http://www.quimicaviva.qb.fcen.uba.ar/v10n3/petriella_files/image002.jpg

http://www.shinyshiny.tv/facebook-front_1796837b.jpg

7) http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3JRYGG3

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