Future of Screen Technology

Future of Screen Technology
This is the result of TAT's Open Innovation experiment. It is an experience video showing the future of screen technology with stretchable screens, transparent screens and e-ink displays, to name a few.


How do you think the technologies might change teaching and learning?
I have selected some useful and valuable views of my classmates in the discussion from TodaysMeet and summarized  their ideas below


1.  Materials, Recourses and Learning environment
Advantages:

• Learners can have access to any materials. 
• Students are exposed to 'real-life' materials and authentic language environment.
• They can learn anywhere,not restricted to classroom

Drawbacks: 

• Too much overloaded input will add pressure on students' mind which distract students' selection of the valuable information 
• handouts and coursebooks may no longer be used

2. Learning Process

    Advantages:

• Technology can build up students' autonomy in learning.
• really learner-centered language teaching

    Drawbacks: 

• enhance interdisciplinary studies
•  the edu is mostly test-oriented so spending time on the Internet and computers can regarded as a waste of time.
• Overload psycho- cognitive processes- might be too much 
• There might be the danger of how to utilise all this knowledge.
• Less face-to-face communication

HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY IN ELT?

For teacher, as the  technology has  strong power to influence the leaner's learning, teacher firstly should comprehensively understand the technology that he or she wants to use in the language teaching. Teachers should have the ability to control the technology so that to avoid the discipline learning process or ineffective input.

Secondly, there are large amount of technologies available in the internet, teachers need to be cautious about  selecting  certain technology in teaching, considering students' needs, learning environment as well  as the aptitude and motivation of  different learners. 

Finally, tasks needed to be well-designed when using technologies; use the technology appropriable.  Consider the sequence and manage the time well.