[etni] Re: The Facebook thread leads to a general question
- From: Abigail Moskovits <abigail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: naomi.shema@xxxxxxxxx, etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:55:41 +0300
There is such a thing, but I have yet to find the position in Israel. I
have my Masters in Curriculum Development and Instructional Design -
instructional design these days is centered around the use of technology in
the classroom as an instructional tool as well as a method for making the
educational experience a time-relevant, socially relevant interdisciplinary
experience.
The field is out there in America and the consultants are
enriching educational life there. It is severely lacking here in Israel!
Abi
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:40 PM, naomi epstein <naomi.shema@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> A big thank you to all of you who are patiently explaining and suggesting
> such useful information!
> Before I make a few comments on the recent info, I have a general question:
>
> Is there such a thing as a counselor for assisting integrating technology
> into English lessons? Thanks to ETNI and other teachers I correspond with
> abroad, I'm discussing,exploring and experimenting with technology in the
> classroom. Yet I wonder if there is some counselor whom a teacher can turn
> to discuss specific needs (in my class I have a computer with no Internet
> access, students with a hearing problem, etc.?)
>
> Anyway, there have been a number of suggestions such as using a Moodle, a
> jing, which can do more than Facebook. However, what really draws me to the
> Facebook option at the moment is that the students are ALREADY ON it. I was
> surprised at the number of students who had basic problems with my very
> simple wiki class site or using email - beyond Facebook they don't do much
> on the computer at all (some, of course, are whizzes with the computer).
>
> Joel's letter raised one thing to worry about. My thought was that if the
> students have Facebook accounts anyway they will use the class page
> dedicated for them and that's that. I wouldn't have to worry about complex
> security settings because I want the material I post to be available even
> to
> pupils / teachers from other schools.
> But could parents complain that the school is promoting use of Facebook by
> having a teacher use it as a class site?
> I have never asked for permission to use tech with my students and I
> believe
> that it is good for them. No one has minded. But has Facebook become such a
> contested issue that I should check with my principal first?
>
> Thanks again all!
> Naomi Epstein
> --
> Naomi Epstein
> "Shema" Counselor for Teaching English
> to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
>
> http://shemaenglish.posterous.com/ (Hebrew Counseling Blog)
> http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/ (Professional Blog - English)
> http://englishcenterlakash.wikispaces.com/ (Exercises for Students)
>
>
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