University Mariano Glvez of Guatemala Facultad de Humanidades Escuela de Idiomas Course: Technology for Teaching Code: 6076-134 Professor:

Silvia Sowa de Monterroso Second Semester 2011

TELECOMMUNICATIONS Communicating and Accessing

Student: Mayra Haneth Barreno Guix ID: 6076-06-1927

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Introduction

The way people communicate with others has change dramatically in the past years. At the end of the past century and beginning the 21st, we have given important steps that have contribute to the way we receive or deliver information worldwide. Telecommunication refers to the communication at a distance. In other words it consists of different components that make possible asynchronous and synchronous communication in different times and locations. It makes possible the access of any kind of information due to the interactivity of networks.

Objectives General objectives:

Be acquainted with the advantages of using communication or information accessing tools.

Specific objectives
Integrate telecommunication tools in classroom as a medium to interact with teachers, students and people who integrate the community learning environment. Use the resources and services available to enhance students learning.

LEARNING WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS

- Interacting with others - commercial activities - Using resources - dos and Don'ts - Copyright
SEARCH STRATEGIES - Analyze topic - Choose Search Engine - Narrow the search Troubleshooting

EVALUATING INFORMATION - Separate Content from Form

- Attend to source
- Check for validity

Living in an Information World

Telecommunication as a general Concept

TEACHING WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FIVE PATERNS OF USE

TEN TELECOMMUNICATION TEACHING STRATEGIES

- Electronic KeyPals

- Tele-access - Virtual publishing - Tele-presence - Tele-mentoring - Tele-sharing

- Web mentoring - Web research

- Web collaboration
- Web survey - Cooperative challenge - Social Action - Web Publishing - Simulations - WebQuests

THE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Asynchronous communication
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Synchronous Communication

Telnet
- Internet service - Provider - E-mail - Listservs - Bulleting boards - Usenet - Newsgroups

- Internet relay chat

- MUD, MOO, MUSE
- Conferencing tools

The features and functions of telecommunication

Accessing information
- World Wide Web - Web Browser - URL

Search Engines

- FusionBot

- JTTP
- HTML - FPT

- Free Find - Google custom search

Conclusions

Guide students with the elemental components offered by Internet. As a facilitator our labor is to teach them to use different tools and integrate them to the curriculum for effective and meaningful purposes. Telecommunication can change and improve students learning in three different ways. First, as the way teachers teach. The way teachers deliver the information and how students received it. Second, it can provide in-depth and current resources and information. Third, telecommunications can provide the opportunity to make learning more interactive. Students can share information with students from other contexts, exchange knowledge and experiences.

Bibliography
Technology for Teaching By Priscilla Norton and Debra Sprague