I cannot imagine what it would have been my English language if I had studied in the 70's, even early 90's,

as they had not sufficient tools today, I also admire my teachers for having adapted to perfection the use of technology to create a good learning. For me as a future English teacher, today we have great advantages with the use of educational technology. Social networks, blogs and podcasts are an important role in learning a second language. In this essay I will try to tell me a little experience with educational technology in my learning the language, and thanks to technology have made great progress in my knowledge of the language.

When I started studying English for several years at a language school pays. I never ask for the CD ROM that came in the back of textbooks; even my teachers did not use them in as a learning tool, pretty much ignored. Until one day I was bored at home, I took the CD ROM and inserted it into my computer. A large list of exercises appeared on the screen, very similar to those seen in class, were even better. This leads to educational technology today is a step forward in education and always under renovation, this does not mean that we no longer need teachers in the future; on the contrary, teachers are the main role to guide and motivate students in their learning process, giving the theories that are the main part of the class. After my experience with the CD ROM everyday language began to interest me much more.

The main English-language universities have resorted to the use of technology as an important learning tool taking advantage of the important relationship between the Internet and the student, the most important in this relationship is to have the most contact with the language. Also sites like Spotlight Radio www.spotligthradio.net specializes in English language learning through Podcast and the goal is to improve student understanding the language through audio supplemented with reading and making it a very comprehensive tool and easily accessible for students by improving the Listening and Reading. We can implement other skills www.mylanguageexchange.com this serves to improve the main language skills like Chat Rooms, Pen Pals and video conferences. The Internet is a universe of learning and is overcrowded of websites to reinforce the language and can be used by people of all nationalities, ages and educational levels.

The teacher has to be a guide in the use of educational technology has to motivate and reassure the student and his role is important to impart sufficient knowledge in learning a second language. The knowledge and technology must go hand in hand for the purpose can be fulfilled. Many believe that technology should not be accompanied by education, but if the technology advances, we as future teachers we must move with it.

Also the teacher must engage the student learning environment, tools such as Facebook can be very good discussion forums and students are quite familiar. There are many ways of

teaching that are more important than technology and only the teacher is the one to do and this is the teacher-student relationship.

References: John Moravec, October 5th 2009, The role of the teachers in education 3.0, February 12th 2012, http://www.educationfutures.com/2009/05/10/the-role-ofteachers-in-education-30/ Spotlight Radio, February 12th 2012, http://www.spotlightradio.net My Language exchange, February 12th 2012, http://www.mylanguageexchange.com

Universidad de Quintana Roo

Alejandra Salazar Ortiz

The role of Educational Technology in my Academic Experience and Some Ways it May be Implemented in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.

Prof. Mara Isabel Hernndez Romero

February 2012