The new Medias I will be exploring are Ning, and Teacher Tube:
Ning is a place where individuals can blog via the internet. Ning is a social site and is sometimes compared to Face Book and My Space. One can have students connect with their inner creativity to create their personalized blog page. At first I thought Ning was just another place where one can post blogs. One thing I found extremely interesting (there were several things video, uploading pictures,…) is that Ning actually has a chat room. Thus, this would allow my students to ask any questions regarding their blogs. http://www.ning.com/
Teacher Tube: Since, I teach ESL adult students I thought that incorporating educational videos would be a great way to teach my students. I have never been a fan of You Tube, but when I heard of “Teacher” Tube, I decided to venture into this new media. I discovered several educational and not so educational videos on this site. There were several videos where teachers were rapping the concepts or rules to the given subject (e.g. fraction, multiplying by 9, etc.) This type of media is asynchronous communication. One will not receive instant feedback like one would when using Talk shoe or Skype.
Although, I found both of these new Medias tangible for e-learning; with all the filters in the district, I would be unable to use them in the classroom. Thus, I am pondering upon having the students’ text me. It may be something geared towards the following:
Students will translate the following question to English and text them to a classmate or friend.
1. ¿Como estas?
2. ¿Que estas asendo?
3. ¿Le puedes mandar un texto a mi maestra?
1. Text a friend in English (greeting) 5points
2. If friend responds in English 5points
3. Proper grammar and sentence structure 10 points
Note: MUST be written as a complete sentences
