Levy - Ch.2. Design
Richardson Ch.5. RSS
Comment on one or two issues raised by Levy and Stockwell Call educators must think about when it comes to the design of CALL products. Then, comment on what types of RSS feeds you might be interested in using with students or following yourself.
The issue that stood out to me is the availability of technology in the school. During my teaching experience, state of the art technology was not available to the students on my campus. Therefore, this would be a huge consideration for implementation of CALL on a public school campus with limited technology. Even though I don’t classify myself as computer savvy, I have always found a way to fulfill the technology TEKS for public school. I usually enlisted the help of the district technology guru to assist with creating lessons and tutorials for my students. We learned together.
Another important issue is having clear goals and objectives. I agree that using technology for the sake of technology is not a clear goal. I did refer to the technology TEKS for goals and objectives for lessons; however, I did implement “Discovery Friday” once a month. One Friday of the month, students were allowed to explore one of the software programs on the computer. During the last ten minutes of computer time, the students used a word processing program to write a short reflection.
I have always wondered about the RSS symbol and now I know! Yes, I agree it is a useful tool and I plan on utilizing it as well. I have been tinkering with the RSS and made quite a mess, but my son bailed me out and cleaned up the mess. I will start over and plan on finding information regarding communication disorders in the bilingual population, RTI issues in the public schools, and ESL current research.
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You are right Patti. Using technology is very complicated and we may struggle if we are not well technically equipped. It should be effective under specific organized and managed objectives. What your are achieving in “Discover Friday” session is great thing since you know your students’ abilities and interests within appropriate environment.
ReplyDeletePatty, so you got yourself in a mess and so did I. This is true of our younger generation (my son) came and rescued my mess. I do like technology, it came be overwhelming. If we take the slow approach with ELL, I am sure they will enjoy it and receive it more than us. I think this RSS feed is a good tool for learning in the classroom.
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