Technologies and Learning

The term CLOUD is referred to a lot of online services that are hosted on computers around the world and connected to the internet. The user can store information, use applications or request services from anywhere, furthermore the user do not usually knows about how and where  the information is physically. The main advantages are: - Costs : There are a lot of free services, and if case you pay for a better service, prices are lower compared to local services because hardware resources are shared between different users. - Management : Online services are managed by a company and we don't need to be worried for the server and services management. - Modern architectures : hardware, software and net infraestructures are updated to the latest technologies. - Agility : cloud work allows to share information easier, and is the perfect way to implement co-working. The main disadvantages are: - Security : Our data is not in our servers, information can be hacked or the vendor

I teach Basic Vocational Education (F.P. Básica) Students at this education level are very demotivated and fustrated with the traditional educational system.  I mainly use collaborative methodologies. I work in groups very often, I use the  flipped classroom, and instead of explain a lot of theory I prefer the "learning by doing" technique. They have to interact all the time, and sometime we use apps like "kahoot" to improve the interaction with new technologies like tablets or mobile phone that they love. The main advantages of this king of methodologies are that are funny, fast, and you easily get their attention, but as a disadvantage I can say that the teacher need to prepare a lot of resources, have to spend much more time than with traditional classes and the use of new technologies inside the classroom must be very supervised.