Integrating Technology in ESL Writing.

The new age of technology has brought a new meaning in writing. In teaching especially, technologies have been very useful as effective teaching tools. The use of technology has caught many students’ attention with the colorful graphics and animation.

Technology has always been beneficial to teachers as they consume less time. For instance, instead of drawing pictures to give examples, teachers can just find the pictures in the internet and print them to present their lesson using the Power Point, which provide installed software to include pictures, animations, music and even videos. This certainly made learning fun.

Besides teaching aids, teachers can keep track on his/her students’ work too. The creation of blog sites and online forum has made life even better. Students’ work can be kept even more secure when it is stored as cloud computing, meaning that to be stored in the computer memory when uploaded.

Furthermore, many sites are providing tools to prepare teachers with their lessons both online and offline tools. For example, Prezi. This is another presentation tools that provide more animations and graphics that can actually impress students. For online tools, technology has made things easier by providing templates for teachers in preparing his/her students’ handout.

Despite the fact that technology may not be easy for some teachers, there are many other ways to improve such as attending courses and keep teachers updates with the latest teaching aids in schools. This at the same time improves the standards of our teachers in their teaching.

Therefore, the integration of technology has many advantages. It has made bot teachers and students’ life easier. Aside from its commonly use as a tool for communication, it also can modify our teaching methods better.