Week 5 Discovery: Making a post with Web Poster Wizard

 It's  00:51 Taiwan time.  All my family have slept for almost 4 hours.  I am so surprisingly sober! Just created an online worksheet using Web Poster Wizard.  

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=155529

I also use Rubistar to create a Rubric.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?ts=1304355408

There are so many links that keep me awake! http://www.4teachers.org/tools/

Yaling, Taiwan

Week 5 Reflection on Technology in Classroom

Even though it's the first day of Week 5, my inner urge to learn flames.  A teacher is a good teacher because he/she never quit learning, with the belief that every student is teachable.  We are now in a digital world where distance is between "clicks of the keys".  If we don't not take it seriously to bring in technology into our classroom, we are standing in the way of our students' future. 

Instead of seeing myself as a teacher, teaching my students, I prefer to see myself as a facilitator to introduce technology to them.  They learn so fast once they are motivated and know the what they are learning for.  The more time I immerse myself in teaching, the more awe I have for the importance of a teacher's responsibility.

There is this website http://4teachers.org/ with DVD about Technology in the classroom that make my heart beat speed up.  It is what is happening now and it is becoming a norm worldwide.  We should think to ourselves whether to use lame excuses such as  short of financial support or parental understanding as ways of delaying our students' learning English through technology.  

These two DVD clips speak a lot to me.
 
Cyber Summit on 21st Century Skills: Kansas Technology Rich Classroom Project      by ptumarkin |   2009-05-14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu99aC8YK4Y&feature=player_embedded#at=110

A Vision of K-12 Students Today   by bjnesbitt  2007-11-28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&NR=1&feature=fvwp     
  
This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging their students.

 
I hope they speak to you, too.

Yaling, Taiwan

Change the World in 5 Minutes - Everyday at School

This is a meaningful DVD clip to watch and practical in our classroom. by FILMAUSTRALIA |     2008-03-17