Technology Teachers

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You Understand Technology
If you are reading this, you are probably pretty good with computers.  You know how to find our class blog on the Internet.  You know how to navigate the blog.  You probably comment frequently on posts.  Maybe you have even made a video.

Learning how to use technology can be frustrating for many students, and teachers as well.  The potential problems are endless.  Even after you finish making your movie, you have to move it from your computer to somewhere on the Internet.  And that requires skill.

You Can Help Other Students and Teachers
I knew this blog could be successful when I saw conversations happening in the comments. 

(Here's a secret: If you want to make a teacher cry with joy, compliment the work of another student.)  When I saw these conversations, I knew that this could really be a place where students from across the world could: 

• meet other English learners, 
• share their thoughts, questions, and creativity
• and teach others.

But I want every student and English teacher at our schools to be able to participate, share their lives, and teach us something about English.

What can you do?

If you are reading this, you can teach us something about using computers, the Internet, and technology.  I would like to begin collecting tutorials about many different topics.  For example: 

• How to open a Gmail address
• How to make a movie (on Macs and Windows)
• How to share photographs
• How to use DropBox 
• How to use Audacity
• How to use Google Documents 

These are only a few examples.  If you recently learned how to do something on the computer, tell us about it.

But I don't know how to make a tutorial!

There are many ways you can help others with technology.  

• Make a step by step list.
• Make a video.
• Record your computer screen.
• Share a link to a helpful video or website.

Here is a website with 8 free applications to record your computer screen.

But I don't know how to explain technology in English!

That's OK.  If you are a student in Algeria, your computer applications are probably in French.  If you are a student from South America, you probably use the Internet in Spanish. Learning to use computers is already difficult.  Learning to use computers in a new language can be overwhelming.  Tutorials in French or Spanish would be really helpful to other students using this blog.

Respond

What do you know how to do on the computer?

What is difficult for you on the computer?

-Eric, NYC