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On another time and another course, I have discussed with class that children nowadays have been “in contact” with technology even when they have not being able to speak the language. Amazingly, they can learn and operate some kinds of technology by themselves rapidly. I think they are really great autodidactic learners.
Based on that discussion I conclude that technology has become an important part in their daily life. That conclusion agrees with what my TLL lecturer—Pak Teguh said. He reminded us that as a teacher we should not omit or keep the technology away from the students while learning and teaching process. What the teacher should do is utilizing the technology even it is their hand phone as the learning and teaching aid. If the teacher optimizes his/her creativity to use technology in learning and teaching activities, I think learning process will be more meaningful, enjoyable, efficient and effective.
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Actually, I haven’t used technology in learning process in classroom while I am a senior high student. I don’t know why my school did not permit the students to bring any kind of technology. The teachers also never use technology in teaching and learning process. That is very conventional, I think. That condition makes me and my friends missed a lot of capabilities in using technology that commonly has been had by our other peers at that time. Fortunately, I have gone out from that dark past. J
Of course when I have been a teacher I’ll never let my students experience the same condition with my past. That’s why I have to prepare myself to face future era of technology. It is like what my lecturers are doing nowadays, they lead me and my friends as the teacher candidates to have capabilities in using technology. We also are expected to be able to follow and adapt the technology development in the world. I’m still in progress to be the teacher who has those capabilities. The progress is never end, because even I have been that kind of teacher I still have to learn more, right? J
