ICT really can help students and teachers!

Technology develops rapidly. It is available anywhere and for any purposes. It also provides some ease for teaching. Teachers have got some possibilities to make a good use of technology for their teaching. I try to learn how to get benefit of using technology in helping students learn English and use their English. The ICT can making students autonomous, independent, providing choices, giving fun and enlarging students' horizon.
I have tried some activities of using technology for learning with my friends as a student, however, they could be no longer new to others. My point is that trying new ways of teaching is important and also interesting. I hope that those will make students enjoy their learning and facilitate them to learn. I have a plan to make activities for the student if I become a teacher, to use the ICT.

Here is the list of activities:

1. Using interactive software.
When it has been installed in a language laboratory, I just learn how to operate it and how can students learn using it. My duty then, just introduce the way to operate it if I as a teacher. Then decide the target students have to achieve when learning using it. While students work with it is just monitor. Finally check their achievements.
2. Asking students to explore the web to get source of learning.
After letting students learn from the text models I provide, I ask my students to find similar models from the website. It is possible to be done after I observe that there are some internet cafe surrounds. Most students seems happy with this kind of task. They have to download the texts and deconstruct them.
3. Asking students to submit their assignment via email
When I noticed that the ninth grade of middle school, students learn how to make an email address, I ask them to try to submit their assignments via email. I asked my students to compose a text then submit it. Nowadays, most of students use a mobile phone equipped with camera. I then asked them to make a video of themselves when they are producing monologue telling the way to do something.

I still do not have many experience in using technology. I am still learning. I do not think they are such kinds of tips. I do hope students can be my sharing experience and I am available for further discussions. I do ask your apologize for failing to attach a video when teaching using the third activities. Comments and criticisms are most welcome.