We've now come to the end of another semester (more or less) and so I would like to share a few reflections on this semester's course in New Technologies and Language Teaching.
One of the highlights for me has been the way that the teachers taking this course have picked up the practical skills of designing websites (we used Google sites) and regularly writing posts to their blogs (linked under 'Student blogs' from this site). With most of the websites that were created, it was pretty clear that they could be used in an authentic teaching context, either to support a particular class, or a particular English language teaching textbook. We have also had some interesting discussions as teachers have tried out their websites in real teaching contexts, and I think I have learned from their experiences (one example being Teresa's recent posts about using her website in her school - here and here).
I always enjoy the discussions that we have have in the blogs for this course, and this semester has been no exception. It has been really pleasing to see people interacting with one another in the blogs to share ideas, provide feedback and learn from one another. It was also good to see teachers using the blogs as a way to record the main points in a particular lesson - for example this post by Sonia where she 'live-blogs' some of the lesson content.
Now that the course is basically over, I wonder if there are ways for this group of teachers to stay in touch, and to continue the kind of support that they have given each other over the past 13 weeks. One way, perhaps, is to keep using these blogs as a place to share the resources we find and the (technological) teaching experiences we have... Any other suggestions?
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