To use Internet for language teaching, it is important to have a good planning. I agree with the writer that a shorter or fewer tasks is easier for student to complete. It is especially important for the Primary kids that they can share the workload with their groupmates. Students will be benefit from doing Internet group projects because they can share the computer resources because some of the schools do not have enough computers for them to work on.
Besides consultation with different groups independently, teachers can also set up discussion board or blog for students to ask questions and share their resources with other groups.
For the teachers' preparation, they have to set up clear guidelines for students and the criteria to assess their work. Teachers in the same form can have lesson planning together to get to a smooth functioning of the Internet projects in different classes. To be more user friendly, teachers can prepare some useful websites which may help students to work more easily.
However, it is important to set tasks that are suitable for students' ability in using computer and other applications. For example, a P4 student has learnt some simple application in word processing like insert pictures, borders and draw tables.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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