¡Hola! This is my first blogging excursion so, I'm excited to see where it takes me! In addition to being an ITSer, I'm a Spanish language teacher. As I think about blogging and wikis as tools, I think of the 5 C's of foreign language learning.
-Communication-Culture-Connections
-Comparisons-Communities
So what? Well, I think that blogs and wikis will enhance my students' experiences in these five realms of language learning.
In general, I've been hesitant when people talk to me about using blogging and wikis as teaching tools. I know fabulous teachers who effectively and creatively use these tools. They communicate with students, other professionals and to connect themselves and their classes to their material, concepts and meaningful new resources and people who share their interests, questions, etc. I think it's great! So, why am I hesitant? I think it's a combination of my lack of experience with these tools and my hesitation to put myself and my students "out there" on the internet. The more I read and talk about blogging and using wikis, the more I like what I hear from students and my peers about how they use them as tools that spark thinking and spice up the process of turning concepts and information into meaningful knowledge that benefits learners both as students and as citizens!
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