I agree with the positives of blogging as shown in the video “Why Let Our Students Blog?” There are so many reasons why we should use blogging in our classroom such as 
Ø  Communication with a worldwide audience
Ø  Excitement of creating new and original pieces of work
Ø  Collaboration, discussion and feedback
Ø  Motivation
Ø  24/7 access etc. [...]

I agree with Naomi’s comment in regards to the use of online journals in teaching and learning. It is definitely a positive change to the traditional approach to teaching. I think that besides having the opportunity to present their work to their peers and get a feedback, the main part of the whole process, in [...]

I have just finished reading “Is It OK To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?” and I 100% support the proposed ‘standards” for teachers mentioned. Even though I am not that advanced when it comes to computers, I do believe that there is no excuse in saying that someone is computer illiterate or has no interest [...]

I found the research study done on learning a foreign language through multimedia software very interesting. The study examined the experiences of two young children when learning Modern Standard Chinese in an unstructured home environment. The Language Market multimedia was used as a fun and interactive way of language acquisition where the children had complete [...]

I read Masako’s posting about the use of games as a teaching and learning tool. I agree with the point raised that teachers can’t rely simply on games just to make lessons more interesting. However, I think that there are some interactive websites that can be successfully used in language classes during the production stage. [...]

Article “Cyber Nightmare” explores the dark side of widely used technology, more specifically the extent and the impact of cyber bullying in schools.  It is shocking to find that up to a third of school students may be victims of this new trend, starting from an unkind text message, to extremely disturbing videos of someone [...]

I agree with Athina’s comment regarding the use of mobile phones as an assignment tool as suggested in “Pay Attention” video.  The points she made need to be taken into consideration when using any type of technology in a classroom. The reason for this is that besides computers, which are provided by the school, most [...]

Reading Prensky’s article ‘Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants’, got me thinking about where I stand when it comes to technology and what kind of impact I, as a future educator, want to have on my students and what am I willing to do to get there?
In his article Prensky talks about Digital Natives, children born into [...]

 I watched the video ‘Concern over Teen Internet Habits’, which talks about dangers of the new social networking trend, after the double suicide of two Melbourne girls who publically announced their intentions on the internet prior to their deaths.  I definitely agree with the concerns raised over teen internet habits, the amount of time they [...]

While reading Manuela’s posting on Multitasking, I couldn’t help but think of my little sister, who at the age of only 10 happens to be a ‘technology freak’ who manages to talk on the phone, play Nintendo DS, and at the same time try to do her Maths homework. As Manuela says, even though multitasking seems to be a [...]