Friday, July 30, 2010

Among the classes we have, teaching English with technology is the most practical and informative. Personally speaking, I am very interested in using technology. When I go back to China, I will use a class blog, where all students post on my site. I can post a question and ask them all to answer it, or I can simply have them turn in essay assignments by posting them. I can easily ask them to read and comment on other students’ work. I can direct everyone to read an exemplary piece of student writing. I’ve automatically got a copy of everything they’ve written in a digital portfolio.


I will try to enrich my blog gradually. This is really a convenient way to get the teacher and students connected. Since I can access the blogs from any computer anywhere, I never carry papers home and I never get accused of losing a paper. I have an automatic record of exactly when an assignment was posted. Also, students can turn in work in the evening or on weekends, which solves quite a few problems.

I expect more effective ways assisting English teaching.

Thank for Nikki!

3 comments:

  1. Great enthusiasm for using technology to enhance teaching! Does your university have a university-hosted blog site that teachers can use? I mention this because Penn State has this type of blog-hosting space that includes more advanced privacy settings than sites like blogspot. Using a blog like the one we have created on blogspot is certainly easy (and free), but it is also nice to have the option of using a university-hosted blog for long term classroom use. When we talk more about blogs in class, please remind me to mention privacy settings.

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  2. I think posting a question for students to answer and negotiate is an excellent idea!

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  3. Thank you for your words. I hope all I learn here may help in my future teaching.

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