Internet as a Teaching Tool

Week 4: CALL Me … Maybe: A Framework for Integrating the Internet into ELT

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There is an already recognized the fact that the need for educational experiences is rapidly growing, the development of technology is rapidly changing, and it has become an important tool for a lot of activities, and the teaching and learning process is not the exception. Is well known that Internet technology allow teachers and students keep up with their minds, and it has different ways and methods to help students to understand and to practice all the new information, and also provides different ways to teachers to achieve the purpose of the class, and look for activities for the correct development of the class. It lett hem try their ideas as soon as they come up with them. Similarly, the Internet provides learning, teaching and research which involve interactions, either with students, teachers, the environment, or the learning material.


Unfortunately not all the students and institutions have the same opportunity to access to Internet, they may have a limited access to the Internet, but in that case teachers still have options to facilitate learning. Specifically, the Internet contains resources that in limited-access contexts can be retained, then exploited further. This section discusses types of content available and how to select, save, and use it.


We as students are using the Internet as a tool to interact with our classmates, and also with our professor, sharing our different points of view about different topics related to the implementation of ITC's in the teaching process. We know the process, we know how it can work, and we know that it works for us. Taking in consideration that part, we can apply this tool in our practice, keeping on mind the positive and negative effects.