Thoughts on using technology in class
I am in favor of using computer-based technologies in class which can make the language classrooms both dynamic and efficient.
I still remember my first-year education experience in 2004 when we had no computers in class. Blackboards, chopsticks, tapes and books were the only tools for me to teach English. Each time I took a recorder to the classroom and my students could only “feel” English from their headphones. Then since 2008, we could have language classes in multi-media classrooms where audio and video materials could be employed to enhance language teaching and leaning.
Language is alive and students should learn live English. Technology in class enable students to access the current and authentic language in an efficient way. Teachers are neither the mere sources nor the authority. They are supposed to be a guide and a helper accompanying students to discover what they need and like by building interaction with students.
I imagine that your use of a blackboard, chopsticks, tapes, and books was still very effective! Your post seems very student-centered; I am sure that your students benefit from your desire to provide them with current and authentic language.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! How do you use chopsticks in the classroom?
ReplyDeleteI agree that technologies have many advantages to be uesd in language teaching and learning. I hope what we learn in Nikki's class can bring some changes to our way of teaching language.
ReplyDeletesorry, every one. i must have made a mistake. i used chalk not chopsticks.Michelle, you are puzzled, right? maybe i can dance with chopsticks. in the south part of China, girls dance using chopsticks and dishes.
ReplyDeleteHaha. I imagined you teaching with chopsticks; I will have to re-imagine the situation now :-).
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