The technology in our favor! - by Solange Simon

The social behavior that has developed around technology is an inexorable reality. This has forced the education system to adapt and include new practices that help to attract attention in the classrooms. In the midst of this adaptation they have realized that ICTs are capable of opening up a new way of sharing lessons learned more effectively . "... information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to universal access to education, equality in instruction, the exercise of quality teaching and learning and the professional development of teachers, as well as to the most efficient management and administration of the education system "Unesco Teacher challenge The challenge is then placed in the nations to ensure that all young people have access to these devices to work in the classroom. And also in teachers, who have the need to specialize and know the use of these new technologies in education . At this point one of the most important challenges Unlearning to learnbefore is, paraphrasing Larry Niven, unlearning to learn. When dealing with the adaptation of the traditional educational field to an inclusive one with ICT , teachers must, in a certain way, unlearn their traditional ways and incorporate new ones . This affects not only the pedagogy but also to understand and see the world from the eyes of the children . According to Frida Díaz Barriga, a prominent pedagogue at the National University of Mexico (UNAM), "one of the most important challenges concerns the teaching task. The new demands to the teaching profession demand that teachers are precisely responsible for the technological literacy of their students and the mastery of a diversity of competencies required in the context of the demands of the knowledge society. The question is, are teachers prepared for it? Is everything being done to ensure proper teacher training? " Undoubtedly, the preparation of the teacher to face these challenges is fundamental . The study and updating of knowledge about the use of ICT in the classroom is central to the teacher in this age of knowledge.