We will lead our students to get access to the English learning website (Ohio ESL): http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/index.html
Criteria:1. whether the activity type—quiz is suitable for the learners (operational description)
2. layout—whether it is user-friendly (operational description)
3. timing—whether the 10-minute time limit is good for students (teacher fit)4. 1st language interference (teacher fit)
5. language difficulty (learner fit)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Relection on Internet for English Teaching
I agree with the authors of Internet for English Teaching that it is a complex process when teaching and assessing students through the Internet. I’m not very good at using IT, making use of IT in my daily teaching does pose a great challenge. As mentioned by the writers, it takes a lot of time setting up an on-line project.
To me, I think it even takes me a lot of time establishing a task, like a discussion board to my students at the initial stage. In my school, we have an E-class system and I am one of the teachers who is responsible for setting up the interactive forum or discussion board for the senior form students. At the very beginning, I spend much time familiarizing myself to the functions of E-class. Then, I need to think of the tasks and search relevant online articles for student reference. As mentioned in the article, some websites change their addresses over time and I need to check whether they are functioning on and off. After setting up the on-line task, I have to introduce the whole thing to the teachers and students. However, once the task is well-developed, it can be done very smoothly. During the briefing session, teachers need to tell students teachers will check student participation record and give them feedback. Teachers and students share their opinion interactively through this platform.After reading the part, I wonder if all students can really benefit from sharing a computer. If we would like our students to acquire IT skills through using new technology, will they really benefit when not all of them have equal chance to expose to it?
To me, I think it even takes me a lot of time establishing a task, like a discussion board to my students at the initial stage. In my school, we have an E-class system and I am one of the teachers who is responsible for setting up the interactive forum or discussion board for the senior form students. At the very beginning, I spend much time familiarizing myself to the functions of E-class. Then, I need to think of the tasks and search relevant online articles for student reference. As mentioned in the article, some websites change their addresses over time and I need to check whether they are functioning on and off. After setting up the on-line task, I have to introduce the whole thing to the teachers and students. However, once the task is well-developed, it can be done very smoothly. During the briefing session, teachers need to tell students teachers will check student participation record and give them feedback. Teachers and students share their opinion interactively through this platform.After reading the part, I wonder if all students can really benefit from sharing a computer. If we would like our students to acquire IT skills through using new technology, will they really benefit when not all of them have equal chance to expose to it?
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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