I remember in the summer of 2005 my friend Chris told me I had to get a gmail account. He was so adamant that gmail was going to be "the next big thing." Too bad that never took off; I was really rooting for those cats....
JK, still using the same gmail account he made me get that day to do basically everything!
Props to blogger for still having all my old posts from 2008 to 2012. I love strolling down memory blog. Mostly the entries are me promising to blog more. As if the universe were just screaming for that. I especially love how inauthentic my blog voice is. I wonder if my Xanga is still out (in?) there somewhere.
The note in the Prologue about computer tasks taking a long time really resonated with me. I always had this issue playing Pokemon on GameBoy Color, right, because my sister would be cities ahead of me, even if we started playing at the same time! I was still back there shaking the trees and fighting every last trainer because I just couldn't bear the thought of missing something. Spoiler alert: did eventually beat the Elite Four. So no worries.
I think of technology as something that doesn't come quickly to me but that I don't mind reasoning through, even if it means a lot of doubling back and re-reading and second-guessing.
In this course, I'd love to gain some familiarity with nifty, user-friendly language teaching/learning tools. My school does not have a wifi network -- at least not an active one that I can use on my personal devices -- and the English corner itself has little to no 3G connectivity, so off-line tools would be extra helpful. The computers in the computer lab have internet access, though, so online formats could work as well. I'm interested in using ICT creatively and interactively.
I feel wary of using "technology" for its own sake, because if the kids are doing a task that could just as easily be done on pen and paper, how integral is the "technology" to their learning? Or maybe it is just as important to do even basic things digitally, because that's how we do most things.
In any case, if you read this and you come across any of my old posts, please tell me. Because I tried to take all that nonsense down, and I don't know if I did it right. Thanks!
1 comment:
Have been searching and searching but unfortunately could not locate any of your old posts. Bummer... If they were as much fun to read as your present one, I'd have loved to go through them.
You are obviously very familiar with blogging so nothing new to teach you there but hopefully I'll be able to introduce you to some (online and offline) tools that can help you in your lessons.
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