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ABSTRACT In the following essay, it is possible to read some important aspects of the use of cell phones inside the classroom. This topic has been studied during this technological area. Research studies are looking for the advantages and disadvantages that cell phones represent, some of them are going to be presented in this essay with the objective to give a clear idea of the impact of cellphones inside the classroom and probably it could help to take a position about this topic. Most of the educational staff perceives cellphones as enemies for students, without thinking about that this resource contribute significantly in educational field, in other words, cell phones are not a problem, maybe we can say that the problem is the way students and teachers use cell phones, they perceive this resource as a disadvantage and it is not, cell phones represent a strategic tool to be implemented inside the classroom. For that reason it is crucial for educational field tries to adequate cu...
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The use of cell phones for educational purposes.  Technology is one of the principal tools that people use nowadays. Technology became a resource which is used in different fields. Technology contributes in important aspects of our daily life, for example, it is used to speed up the food process, it is used for communicative purposes such as the use of social media or cellphones. Talking about educational field it is possible to mention the positive impact that the use of technology has on students "Technology is a powerful contributor to learning if it is used to deepen students’ engagement in a meaningful and intellectually authentic curriculum. (Costley,2014).  Teachers need to take into account that students are living in technological area, so education field has the need to adequate curriculum where technology is used. For example, the use of cell phones for educational purposes has a positive impact on stu...
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QUESTION AND OUTLINE

QUESTION : should cellphones  be allowed in the classroom? THESIS : The use of Cellphones for educational purposes have a positive impact in students. TOPIC SENTENCE : Technology is one of the principal tools that people use nowadays INTRODUCTION :  It facilities a lot aspects in our daily life, for example, technology is used for produce food, technology is used for a communicative purpose and educational field is not the exception, the use of cellphones for educational purposes has a positive impact in students. THESIS : Teachers need to take into account that students are living in technological area, so education field has the need to adequate curriculum where technology is used. For example, the use of cellphones for educational purposes has a positive impact on students. 1 BODY : TOPIC SENTENCE: Advantages of use cellphones inside the classroom.  SUPPORTING SENTENCE : The adequate use of cellphone give to the teacher the opportunity ...
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How do you think we could empower our Colombian students to critically spot fake news?

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How do you think we could empower our Colombian students to critically spot fake news? As we know students are exposed to all the information that they can get from internet, tv news, newspapers. It is part of the work for a teacher to motivate students to think, understand, discuss about social issues, but it is important that they don’t belief all the information from this tools; they have to think about it and avoid false news. For this process is crucial to engage students to think, analyze and present their own arguments about news. A good strategy is to implement the reading material and make groups in order to order to get different point of views about the news that we are talking about or the    Implemention of criticial writing for example "where teachers invite students to move into deepening interrogations of knowledge in a globla context" Students should have the opportunity to think in a different way, and look for information from others source...
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Henry Giroux: Where is the Outrage? Critical Pedagogy in Dark Times

I think that as a new generation of teacher students it was crucial that we take into account some key points from the video.  For example as Giroux mentioned it's time to reclaim the role that education has had along the years. Maybe people in charge of education in our country forget what is the real purpose of education, they are focus on carry out lesson only for give to students only one perception about it, and theachers are with all the autority in classrooms. Giroux give us and idea of what kind of students we need inside the classroom he said that teacher need to educate students capable to think, to question, doubt and defend education. This mean the implementation of critical thinking in class. On the other hand I think that Giroux had a really good idea about how education must be, but If we contextualize this concept of education in Colombia, I can say that we are so far of thosea ideas, because he was talking from his experience or maybe the reality in North Americ...
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REFLECTION ABOUT STEREOTYPES

Stereotypes are beliefs that people build about the peoples' behaviour, in other words is like a characterization of a specific group.  in the video I could see how people answered about the stereotypes that people have about them. But It wasn't a critical way to give an opinion about it, because they were speaking about personal opinions  or personal experiences, so they should think about their culture in general, maybe they don't like to say things like they are so lazy or that they only think about parties, but sometimes we can see that all of those stereotypes are true in the majority of people although I don't agree to give a generalization because as we know people have different behaviours, different beliefs and different lifes' styles. As we  know when colombian people decide to live abroad at the beggining is too difficult to normalize their life's styles because of all the stereotypes that people abroad have about us, the majority are relat...
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CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Mark Zuckerberg Can Still Fix This Mess. The news about Facebook is not getting better. The company  has sharply increased  the number of users whose data was improperly shared with an outside company connected to President Trump’s campaign, to possibly 87 million. Amid an outcry, Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, is expected to testify before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday.    EXPLANATION n 2014, 270,000 people were paid by an outside developer to install a Facebook app and answer questions like “Do you panic easily?” and “Do you often feel blue?” They weren’t told that their answers would become part of a psychological profile used by a voter profiling company, Cambridge Analytica — first to assess how they might vote and second to design personalized advertising for the purpose of changing their political views or their likelihood of voting, all to favor the agenda of Cambridge Analytica’s funders and clients . The app also scooped up inf...
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