Teaching through Technology

       Since the emergence of the global pandemic COVID-19 in March 2020, all people's lives have changed. This disease has affected people and prevented them from practicing their lives the ways they used to be. People were instructed to stay at home, stop meeting other people, stop directly contacting other people or leaving their houses without wearing a mask, and even stopped from going to their schools.     However, education is very important to be stopped or ignored, and since going to schools is no longer an option, therefore, using technology was their first resort to solve this problem. As a result, online teaching was the official alternative in order to continue the learning process from home.      Using Technology and Online resources helped teacher, schools, universities, and students to continue teaching without being affected by the global pandemic. It allows students to learn without risking their lives and t...

       From my experience in Dhofari schools, the absence of technology did not go unnoticed. As a former student in a school that did not encourage the use of digital tools inside classrooms and offers around 30 computers in a school that has over 1000 students, I had asked myself many times how easy and different things could be if my school provided more computers and supported the use of technology in teaching. My questions and wonders were answered when I got to university and saw the difference technology made to the quality of teaching. Digital tools act as GPS for teachers, and this is the perfect analogy because GPS helps people to reach their destinations, and digital tools help teachers to improve their teaching strategies of finding and delivering information or lessons. Moreover, the benefits of digital tools are not limited to teachers, but technology, generally, is highly beneficial and essential for students as well. As a student, digital tools h...

       Learning a language generally is a very complex and challenging process, and teaching it is even more challenging. However, with the passage of time and with the remarkable development that all different fields are witnessing, the field of education has witnessed significant developments and remarkable changes with the emergence of different schools of thoughts and movements to enhance the quality of teaching. One of the changes is the introduction of technology and the usage of digital tools in teaching and in language teaching specifically. As time passes, it became a widespread belief that technology-based instruction can immensely contribute to the enhancement of education’s quality, considering that digital tools facilitate and improve the teaching process and outcomes ( Altun, 2015 ) . In addition,                " the integration of ICT in classroom needs serious consideration in order to increase t...