teaching writing and speaking using
technology can be great! I looked at the sites that Avraham sent us and I liked
most of them. they are fun, motivated and some of them encourages creativity.
for teaching
speaking i liked the voice thread, especially because i could actually use it
with other people so i understood this tool better.
for spelling i
found the spelling bee the most easy and clear site, but i felt that all the
sites for spelling does not give the teacher place to write the specific words
he/she wants the students to know. only the eduplace site, the "spelling
match" relates to a specific book and material, if i understood it well.
I didn't like the
pre-writing sites. i believe that good brainstorm has to be written by hands.
to write a draft you need your best thinking and you can get it only if you write
it down on a paper and not on the computer, so i don't think I'm going to use
those tool ever...
i found the while-writing
and post-writing sites and tool helpful. motivated and appropriate to the 21st
century. the SMS generator is AWASOME!! i always wondered how can you create
fiction messages. I'm sure that students will love it and already does it. the
storyjumper is great for young children to get into a process of writing- in
the beginning they can do the site's stories and in the end of the process they
will get the blank book and be as creative as they can be. the last site/tool i
want to discuss about is the printing press because it has varied printed
things- newspaper, flyers etc. this variety can produce many creativity works
of the students about one or two topics.
i would definitely
use those excellent tools in my future class. i think that teachers should give
their students many opportunities to learn, and in this week i found lots of
them!
