How could you use blogging classroom instruction?

The internet has become an interesting place for education. It positioned itself in an awkward place. On one side of the argument, the internet is a great source of knowledge, but a counter argument is that it became a haven for plagiarism.

But I realize that it has so much more the offer than a pool of knowledge. It allows users to connect with others in a very viable way. I can email to my students and their parents to keep them up to date. Blogging offers an interesting way to teach class. A lot like podcasting or posting a recording of the teacher's lecture, teachers can post classnotes or even the lesson itself and allow the students to follow on what's going on. This doesn't replace the classroom itself but it allows it to be a supplement for the students.

Furthermore, using the educational blogs as a personal blog can be beneficial for the students. Students would relate to the teascher more readily. However, this can be a problem if students become too close to the teacher. Some people can view this as inappropriate or some teachers can view this as an invasion of privacy. So making it personal can create some issues.

I do believe that this is probably a slow transition from the old schooling to a newer way, reaching students beyond the classrooms.

And now the obligatory adding image part of the exercise:

And now the two site which I spend waaaaay too much time (time sinks basically)

-Reddit

-Youtube

Google map part c.

AND NOW YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE!!!

... Approximately...


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Google map part b.

And now for the second part of the exercise!


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Google map part a.

This is for the first part of the exercise of the google map and blog work.


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*tap tap tap* Is this still on?

This is the first post in a looooong time.

Why do you ask I revive the dead? One of the classes I enrolled in is Integrated Technology in Classroom, and it requires me to have an active blog site. So I decided to revisit this old relic and try to be more active.

So for now this is it. Maybe in a near future I will add more.

So until next time!

First day at school

So it finally happened, my first day at school. It wasn't that bad, I said hi to a few students and introduced myself to some of the teachers. It was awkward at first but that was mostly due to my lack of Korean. Later in the morning, we held a small opening ceremonies introducing the new kids with the new teachers as well. Of course I had to do a small introduction myself. Honestly, I felt quite nervous at the first day despite the fact that most of the people here don't understand a word I was saying. I said a few words, along the line of "I'm from Canada" and "let's do our best to improve your english". Then I just hung around for the rest of the day not doing anything until I decided to go home. <.<

The next day, I had to go another school which is much smaller than the main one I go to. There is 13 kids in the entire school and it had every elementary grades. I had grade 1 through 6 in one class with an age gap as wide as 6 years. I have no idea how to do this. orz

Fortunately, I was with my coteacher that day so it wasn't that bad; it was just very loud.... oh so very loud...

Now I'm back to my main school and wait for some students to do a quickie. My mentor teacher said it wouldn't last long, about 15 to 20 min. Then I another one with the kindergarteners. yay for a short day~

Mood: meh
Weather: cloudy with a bt of drizzle.

Hello~

Well, this is my first entry.... So I don't know what to write about cause I don't work too well under the pressure that this is a first blog... Therefore I'm going to make a brief hello and work on another one later.

So ya, I made this blog since I will have a lot of free time once I get my place in Gunsan (pronounced mostly as Goonsan for some reason). O ya, I'm in Korea now teaching English in an elementary school. Currently, I'm staying in Jeunju University for my last week at orientation. I'm getting pretty excited to start working. That or just bored since there isn't much to do around here other than listening to a dozen more lectures <_<;

Well I guess that's it for now. Next time, I'll blog about my first 3 weeks here. Til then, adieu~

Mood: Meh