Technology in the Classroom

How many times did you ask to a student to turn off his/her mobile phone? Probably many more times than you can recall...
If you are about forty years old like me, surely that is something that as a student you didn't experience.
Nowadays it is more and more common for students to have an electronic device at school so why don't we start using them with educational purposes?
This is an idea of applying a technological device in your classroom...

Task	Macrofunction	Microfunctions	Grammar
Previous to the task: Every student is asked to bring pictures of their families in a technological device such as a tablet or a mobile phone. Situation: You are about to fly to Spain for the first time and you are alone. It is a thirteen-hour-flight so you are prepared to talk to other people in the plane. You show the pictures of your family to a new friend and you want to tell him/her who they are by describing them. You are also open to answer any questions. Procedure: go around the classroom and choose a partner. He/she will be your companion on the flight. Describe your family to him/her and take notes about his/her family.  After fifteen minutes, you will describe your partner's family to all your classmates.	Interpersonal or Social	Describing people in your family. Asking and answering questions.	To have To be Vocabulary related to describing people.

This very simple task can be used in early stages of learning (elementary-upper). The vocabulary used in the chart is aimed to Elementary students. If you want to use this task but with more advanced students, you can add more items of vocabulary and grammatical structures (describing habits, jobs, personality, etc.)

Hope you like it!!!!!