Second Post Technology and Language Learning

It goes without saying, that technology has become part of our life. People are trying to figure out how could it supposed to use in education lately. Technology is positively give lot of advantages, every school does their best to provide newest technology in their classroom. Teachers use it at for teaching and learning processes, supporting the lesson they delivered.

            In language classroom technology is also applied. Overtime, research discover many electronics teaching aid, started from the simple until the complex one. Nowadays teacher could use Microsoft Power Point instead of blackboard, listening files instead of native teachers, etcetera. Most people think using technology at classroom is a must. Actually, the main point here is how to use technology to help students learn and reach the learning objectives. Until now there is no measurement, which show how effective technology could help teaching and learning process.

            In  recent years, technology has developed faster than what people expected. The same holds good for why some research show people brain structure has change trough the adaptation in the latest technology. In this case, we can conclude that our student way of thinking and learning is also change as well. That is why it is important for teacher to  update to the latest technology. They attempt to use it as teaching aid. It is a good idea to use it as an alternative methods to deliver the subject. But we must be careful to use it as the only main method to teach, learning could also be fun even without technology. For example in the village at Papua where access to technology  is limited, the teacher who taught Papua students has an interesting way to teach. That situation help us to reconsider, what is the main  benefit of applying technology in classroom. Using it as teaching aids, alternative way of teaching or just to following ages evolution. 

            As we could not use this technology forever (Riordan, 2010).  No matter how good and sophisticated the technology we use in teaching and learning processes, there always be a good teacher behind.