Connectivism: Teachers' role

What is the Role of the Teacher in Using ITs with English Language Learners?

Technology is a fundamental tool that allows English teachers to integrate different skills with its various alternatives to incorporate it: videos, websites, blogs and social networks offer the student the opportunity to find entertainment and motivation to share information, explore new areas of knowledge , be autonomous and above all build better social skills.

Incorporating technology in the English classroom has many advantages that should be taken full advantage of, for example, the significant increase in student motivation, since it minimizes fears and pressure due to the knowledge they have in the field of new technologies.

In addition, it encourages autonomous learning, encourages critical thinking and respects the different rhythms and styles of learning, and, last but not least, the construction of better social skills that make this learning meaningful and valuable for them. This generation is characterized by being always connected and up to date with the latest trends in technology, and sees it as a powerful tool that allows them to explore, as they say, the world.

Thus, the role of the teacher has changed significantly. Currently, the teacher is a guide for the student, and today everyone, students and teachers, learn from everyone in a student-centered process but always with the challenge that the teacher has to update himself day by day and have an open mind to learn.