A web based resource I might use in my classroom is Ning.com. This was a website I became very familiar with in high school. It is another networking/blog styled website where students can practice their writing, either in english or a foreign language. It is an extremely helpful when teaching a foreign language, because students can blog in the language and comment each other, encouraging them to communicate in the foreign language. As an english teacher I would encourage my students to keep up a blog on the ning because it is a good habit to write everyday, no matter what it's about. It would also be nice to have a year or semester's worth of writing saved in an organized way online so that the students can go back to it whenever they want and won't accidentally throw it away.
I honestly don't think I will use Excel in my classroom. I plan to teach elementary school aged students and if I do teach an older age group, I would be teaching english. If I do use excel in my career, it would be to calculate grades and keep a grade book, which I think is a really great tool excel has to offer.
No comments:
Post a Comment