The first article is ‘TEACHERS’
ATTITUDES AND TECHNOLOGY USE IN
INDONESIAN EFL CLASSROOMS’
TEFLIN Journal, Volume 23, Number 2,
July 2012
The results of the analysis show that, in the teachers’
opinions, various types of technology ease the teaching process, provide models
of target language, arouse students’ interest in learning, and increase
students’ skills for future demands. Most of the teachers use technology for
practical teaching purposes and to make their instruction more successful. In
addition, technology is an important tool to present models of expressions and
interactions which are commonly performed by native speakers of the target
language being learned. Thus, technology provides important cultural information
that cannot be gained from the instruction by the classroom teacher alone.
However, we need to be informed that, as Chun and Plass (2000: 165) remarked,
the increasing use of web-based technology should be made relevant to
principles of second language (L2) acquisition. Accordingly, before using
advanced technology, teachers need to know the characteristics of their
students and their learning styles. According to Chun and Plass (2000: 167),
“we need to understand some basic principles of how individual learners process
and retain information in different modes and how they integrate this
information into the different aspects of their L2 competence.” Some students
might prefer to study in face-to-face fashion than through the online use of
the Internet materials. Thus, for this type of students we need to prepare them
first in the classroom by giving them some preliminary activities before the
students are asked to use the ICT. For example, in Cahyani’s (2011) research,
she assigned her students to write accompany profile. She prepared the students
to have a series of activities before the students submitted the result of
final project in Facebook, one of the Internet features which is popular
nowadays. The activities included specifying the company details, planning the
structure or organization, writing the company brochure, writing the product
and service, and writing company business strategies. After the students
finished preparing these writing products, they were allowed to upload the
company profile with all the pictures and the writing in the captions. Thus,
technology has been used by teachers because of its practicality, convenience,
and potential to create an interesting teaching and learning process. Interestingly,
technology is also believed as an important tool to prepare students to face
future challenges when they have finished their education.
The second article is ‘TEMATIK -
Jurnal Teknologi Informasi Dan Komunikasi Vol.
1 No. 1 Juni 2014’
Based on the research results and observations that have been
made , the authors (Asye Rachmawaty, ST, MM) ask some perceptions that may be
considered to improve the performance of teachers and students. The perceptions
of these include: Increase the use of information technology and the use of
media in learning, thus giving the material in the class is not boring. Improve
ethics in the use of information technology; good behavior the use of
technology; and the desire or consciousness to using information technology.
Improve the performance of teachers, especially in terms of the amount of responsibility
work done in a given period based on Legislation No. 74 Article 52 paragraph
(2),the efficiency of time to work on a work, idea or ideas generated, the
level of completion of the work, coherently preparing teaching materials;
logical; contextual; and cutting-edge, plan effective learning activities,
recovering the source teaching / learning media in accordance with the material
and learning strategies, start learning effectively, designing an evaluation
tool for measuring progress and success of learners, using various strategies
and assessment methods for monitoring progress and learning outcomes learners
in achieving certain competencies as recorded in the draft lesson. Many factors
that influence or support the creation of quality learning process in order to achieve
educational goals, one of which is the use or the use of technology in
education and the learning process (Miarso, 2004). Learning technologies that
today's applications such as process and product utilization of information and
communication technologies (information and communication technology / ICT) to
solve the problems of education and learning, has many benefits or advantages
(Surjono D. Herman, 2010). By considering the advantages of the various forms
of learning technology, it can be arranged right strategy and optimal
utilization to improve the quality and the effectiveness and efficiency of
learning. Utilization of information technology is a means of supporting / driving
force for the organization in achieving organizational goals. Use of
information technology can be done effectively if the members of the
organization can use the technology properly. Effective use of technology can
improve the performance. This is consistent with the technology acceptance
model (technology acceptance model / TAM). Thus, the higher the individual's
performance also increases the effectiveness, productivity and quality of
service of the individual.
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English Education Department Undiksha
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