I have seen the argument made in scholarly papers about language learning that using technology for the basic drill components of language learning can reduce the workload of the teacher.
I am not asking about the merits of using technology, but about the motivation on the part of the teacher. Is shifting workload from the teacher to the technology a legitimate reason to incorporate technology?
Kaizena: A Magical Extension to Ease Teachers’ Workload
How it works: after you install the Kaizena extension, the teacher right clicks on the student-shared Google document. They can open the document using Kaizena, and the student work pops up in a new browser tab. Then the teacher can grade the work, highlighting sections that they would like to comment on. Once a section is highlighted, they can choose to leave an audio comment, text comment, or even a hyperlink to an online resource.
Teachers say that this method is saving them more time while grading. Of course there is a learning curve, but once the teacher masters the sharing process, it provides a good dialog for both writer and grader. Students can even insert a voice comment after reading. This collaboration with the teacher helps students gain a better understanding of how to improve their work.
http://www.slj.com/2013/10/technology/kaizena-a-magical-extension-to-ease-teachers-workload-tech-tidbits/
Dear Michael, I don't truly believe that teachers using technology reduce their workload whatsoever. there's a lot of work to be planned and made beforehand. I seriously believe that by using ICT in the clasroom students are more engaged and learn differently making use of tools they are familiar with. See the link below:
Best,
Laura
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/
What the teacher will do in a learning session that integrates ICT? The answer will help us to know the effort of the teacher (while keeping the rapid evolution of technology)
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