While browsing various engines I learnt an important lesson: not only should I use different engines myself but, also, I should advise my students to do so as well. Usually, it is me who provides all the available material on the web. Why not ask them to serch the web for something new on their own?
I usually use Google for my scholarly purposes. Now I have discovered that other engines can also offer interesting information .. I wonder why I have not thought about this before?
Manana,
ReplyDeletenot many teachers are meant to be Internet "geeks" (a know-it-all web expert). Before I became a curricular developer, I wasn't aware of the endless possibilities available for us all.
The nice thing about this particular exchange of information and knowledge is that all of us are language teachers craving for ideas coming from other colleagues to achieve a better teaching performance in our schools.
Now that this great exchange has started, it is our responsibility to share it with others.
Best regards,
Jonathan
Dear Manana,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I have to tell you that your blog really looks appealing. Still, it is not just the wonderful pictures you are posting, but even more so the ideas, many of which so far I have had to agree with.
Let me refer specifically to the one in this post - students contributing their sources to the course. The inversion of the roles in the classroom of the 21st century will imply students taking greater responsibility in creating the content. I know this should definitely be applicable in tertiary education that we happen to be involved in.
In doing so, however, students will have to be given some guidelines(objectives) to follow, just as we do. They do not lack technical skills but they may lack perspective. This is where teachers come in.
So, future is tomorrow, and it is so great we are thinking about it today.
Best wishes,
Andreja
Andreja,
ReplyDeleteIt is so good that we seem to be sharing the apprach to teaching- I am particularly pleased because sometimes I feel so much hostility from the teachers of 'old generation' who do not want to be bothered with teacher development/ lifelong learning.
I am happy when I see that students are actively involved in the process of learning and eventually help create/amend the courses.
Thanks again for your comment!
Manana
Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never!
Let me thank you for visiting my blog and posting a comment there.
I am extremely happy that I am a member of a group of motivated and thoughtful teachers who try to make the process of learning and teaching more student-oriented. Moreover, I also think that task/problem based methodology is one of the best at the moment as it challenges the student and thus increases their motivation.
you are lucky that your University's philosophy is based on this approach. Our system of education is under a reform and we are trying to break away form the old, Soviet-style way of learning and teaching. Believe me, this is quite a painful process!