I just LOVED the www.noodletools.com! A really, really helpful site for teachers who know exactly what they are looking for and do not have time to waste. I only had the chance to do some "research" in the CIA site especially made for countries (facts, history, photos etc) and the INFOMINE which provides you with specific information on anyhing. It didn't come as a surprise after all, the announcement that Encyclopedia Brittanica will never be published again... No one will ever need paper encyclopedias anymore, since the Web is the soul provider of anything. That's why today's kids are called "digital natives". That's, also, why more and more people opt for online learning: it's more easily accessible from the comfort of their home, and they can find information on anything they may think of or need for their assignments. It makes me wonder, though... Wil we ever feel the nostalgia of the old times when we had to go to the library to get the badly needed book or when we could not afford to buy a new dictionary? It's all (or most of it) for free now. And, the most important, you don't have to go anywhere!
As far as my reading is concerned, I have finished most of it (the parts which I considered more important for my posts on Nicenet). At first, I found the ABCD method really easy to understand and implement in my lessons, but now I realize that this is not the case... You have to be specific in what you expect your students to be able to do (and to what degree) after the class, and this is not easy at all. I am about to post my plan in the Nicenet thread and I hope I will get some feedback from Jodi in order to see whether I have made it so far or not.
This course is a real challenge for me.... It contains both unfamiliar things to me (keeping a blog, do "serious" and specific Web search) and,also, a lot of motivated and well-informed classmates whom I have to keep up with.....
As far as my reading is concerned, I have finished most of it (the parts which I considered more important for my posts on Nicenet). At first, I found the ABCD method really easy to understand and implement in my lessons, but now I realize that this is not the case... You have to be specific in what you expect your students to be able to do (and to what degree) after the class, and this is not easy at all. I am about to post my plan in the Nicenet thread and I hope I will get some feedback from Jodi in order to see whether I have made it so far or not.
This course is a real challenge for me.... It contains both unfamiliar things to me (keeping a blog, do "serious" and specific Web search) and,also, a lot of motivated and well-informed classmates whom I have to keep up with.....
After read your post I feel kind of homesick too about the printed or written books too!, (I have a kindle and love it but…) I still treasure my paper books, on the other side yes we are living now in the transition era from us the -analogical- people to our kiddos –digital- ones. Sometimes I wonder and ask myself; are we buying and enjoying the last paper book issues? Thanks for share and greetings !!
ReplyDeleteDo you like reading books on Kindle Poncho? I don't have one but I don't think I would like to have... I mean, the "aroma" of the pages and even the sensation of flipping them...well it's not even it the close on Kindle!
ReplyDeleteYet, Of course I love the digitalized era. If it wasn't for it, we wouldn't take this course and we wouldn't "meet" so many people!!! Right?? Thank you for your comment.
And your classmates have to keep up with you.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say that I also liked noodletools. It is really great, and even the free subscription has so many things to offer.
And concerning books, nothing can replace a book. However, taking into account that the new generation is born with Kindle then they might have a different opinion. My friend's daughter is crazy about it and reads books only on Kindle. So it depends on how young you are :)
I know... I (speaking as an older person) hadn't even dreamt of books existing in "machines"!! A friends' nephews were looking at a record once and they were heard saying to each other: "What is this?" "I don't know... It must be a huge CD"!!!! No comments!!!
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