I have been working a lot with my school's VLE, and have been enjoying it a lot. One thing that I have been trying to keep in mind is, what will encourage the students' learning? Someone reminded me today that technology is a tool to help students learn, but I have been thinking about this idea. As an English teacher, I am leaning more towards the idea that teaching literacy through the use of technology is not the only thing that is important, but also teaching technological literacy. Students are constantly bombarded with text messages, emails, pop-up ads, banner ads, and such a plethora of messages that as a teacher, I must teach students the skills they need to be critical readers of e-lit.
I have also been thinking about the environment a lot lately. I am thinking of starting an environmental awareness club next school year.
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Monday, 22 June 2009
First words
I suppose it's time to get this blog underway, eh?
I hope to accomplish a few things with this blog:
1. exercise my own writing skills,
2. encourage my students to read and write for enjoyment,
3. open up a forum for some language discussion.
First word:
redundant -- I am growing to dislike this word, despite liking the way it rolls off the tongue. I don't know how often I hear or read the phrase, "made redundant." Let's call a spade a spade; let's call it what it is: laid off, let go, dismissed. These are all weak ways of saying that you have been made jobless. In the current economy, the last thing we need is another euphemism. We should all be a little more blunt, and by blunt I mean honest. We will never build a society or economy of trust and prosperity, while we are hiding the truth with pretty words.
I hope to accomplish a few things with this blog:
1. exercise my own writing skills,
2. encourage my students to read and write for enjoyment,
3. open up a forum for some language discussion.
First word:
redundant -- I am growing to dislike this word, despite liking the way it rolls off the tongue. I don't know how often I hear or read the phrase, "made redundant." Let's call a spade a spade; let's call it what it is: laid off, let go, dismissed. These are all weak ways of saying that you have been made jobless. In the current economy, the last thing we need is another euphemism. We should all be a little more blunt, and by blunt I mean honest. We will never build a society or economy of trust and prosperity, while we are hiding the truth with pretty words.
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