1. Institution: Teaching Training College “Dr. Joaquín V. Gonzalez” Subject: Workshop on Multimedia Applied to the Teaching of English Work: Summary on Chapter 7 Nuevas Maneras de Pensar Tiempos, Espacios y Sujetos By Carina Lion From the book Tecnologías Educativas en Tiempos de Internet By Edith Litwin Teacher: Nora Lizenberg Student: María Cristina Sáenz Date: September, 2010

2. Index:Index INDEX 1. Introduction 2. Reasons 3. Time 4. Space 5. Knowledge 6. Technological Discourses 7. Challenge

3. 1. INTRODUCTION This chapter is based on the results of the investigation: “Teaching practices of university teachers analyzed from the perspective of the impact of technologies on knowledge" in the framework of "A New Agenda for Didactics" Faculty of Philosophy and Letters University of Buenos Aires

4. 2. REASONS 1. Simulation software in biomedical sciences 2. Virtual tutorials 3. Virtual communities for collaborative projects 4. Use of internet networks for teaching

5. 2. REASONS 5. Searching information on internet: - papers - academic articles - virtual libraries

6. 2. REASONS 6.Use of technological tools: - e-mail - chat - social groups - blogs - thematic forums - webpages - electronic journals - interactive museums - portfolios

7. 3. TIME Virtual: ephemeral, fleeting, timeless, simultaneous, immeasurable, unpredictable Real: slower, measurable, predictable Challenge: use technological resources marked by speed, but allowing the student time to build reflection and critical thinking.

8. 4. SPACE VIRTUAL: ilimited, borderless, global PHISICAL: limited CHALLENGE: the notion of virtual environment poses the challenge of thinking in spatial learning beyond the classroom walls.

9. 5. KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION ≠ KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION: a collection of unrelated facts, numbers or data KNOWLEDGE: the result of cognitive activity necessary to transform, contextualize and select relevant information in an idiosyncratic way, within the framework of disciplines or professional practices, which make them meaningful

10. 5. KNOWLEDGE EXCESS OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET CHALLENGE: develop categories and criteria for selecting relevant information concerning each specific discipline

11. 6. TECHNOLOGICAL DISCOURSES TECHNOLOGY IS CONCEIVED WITHOUT A CONNECTION WITH POLITICAL, SOCIAL, COMMUNICATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL PROJECTS. THIS DISCOURSE IS CHARACTERIZED BY A TECHNOLOGICAL TROPISM. DISTECHNIFY THIS SPEECH REPRESENTS A PEDAGOGICAL IMPERATIVE, SO THAT TECHNOLOGIES BE INCORPORATED INTO SOCIOCULTURAL, POLITICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

12. 7. CHALLENGE TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS SHOULD BE SELECTED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE CLASSROOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH: - THE FIELD OF THE DISCIPLINE TO BE STUDIED - THE PROJECT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED - THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES TO BE PROMOTED - THE SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CLASSES WHICH CONTEXUALIZED THEM