I am sure there is a popular saying that the Internet adversely impact the relationship between individuals. While, at least, for blog, i need to say it help us to build a closer relationship with students.
As Rita Zeinstejer said in Blogging in Language Learning, few students will say no if you ask them to surf the Internet. students will not only like to surf the Internet, but also like to display their own voice on the Internet. Everyone can has his/her audience.
For example, if you distributed handouts of a literature and ask the students to prepare their own point of view in next class, you may not receive many valuable ones. But if you post a literature on your blog, and ask your students come to comment. That would be different. They know their view will be viewed by teachers, friends and even the one they have a crush on. they may probably forward this literature and dig it in a deeper way to show their intelligence.
Students can also display their private stories and pictures to get others know them better. So do the teachers. in this way, the teacher may find one silent student in classroom actually have many amazing shining points. and this will become one very valuable material to apply in your classroom. While for students, they will see a out-of- class teacher, surely teacher's personal stuff like teachers' beautiful vacation pictures will short their distance and enhance improve the efficiency of the class.
I love your idea about the students can use internet to further their understanding and get more touch with concerned other resources. Blogging is a very convenient way to make students do their homework online and post it online. Also, blogging can make the silent students more active online and bring them more confidence.
ReplyDeleteYour ideas for blogging are fine and the images you inserted in your posts are great, especially the one with Shakespeare. However, the information that you have put in two posts really need to be in just one post. Please combine them.
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