Two Ways of Using Blogs
1. Blog can help me with communicating with other teachers, sharing experiences and learn from each other.Through blogs, teachers offer valuable feedbacks to each other.For example, if a teacher want to design an activity, but he does not have a good idea about it, he can ask for ideas from other teachers via writing a blog. Other teachers can also learn interesting ideas of activity design from him. To conclude, blog is a platform for information sharing among educators.
2. Blogs provide me a direct and efficient way to interact with my students. Through blogs,students can post their homework as comments. They can also ask for help on it, instead of sending me emails. The questions students have asked can be shared with their fellow students, thus everyone can learn from the comments.In other words, blog is a place where students can solve their problems on learning and also learn from each other.
STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
Language and communication are at the heart of the human experience. The United States must educate students who are linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate successfully in a pluralistic American society and abroad. This imperative envisions a future in which ALL students will develop and maintain proficiency in English and at least one other language, modern or classical. Children who come to school from non-English backgrounds should also have opportunities to develop further proficiencies in their first language.
STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING
COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATE IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics
- Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
CULTURES
GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER CULTURES
- Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied
- Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied
You have pointed out good ways to use blogs both for professional development and for interaction with students.
ReplyDeleteI like your ideas about sharing different cultures and understand of other cultures. It is a good way of letting students learn more comfortable.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of using a blog within the classroom as a forum to give feedback for the teacher and among students. I sometimes think of it in very broad terms and I like that you have reminded me that it is also really useful on a small scale as well. Thanks!
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