Reflection on Week 7: Digital Language Learning Materials
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1. How does it affect me as a pre-service teacher?
As a pre-service teacher, I personally think that being exposed to the DLLM is somehow has opened up our minds and change the way we (I) think. How? Alright, firstly, getting to know more about DLLM has made me realize that however sophisticated the digital language learning material is, there's always a time where we need to ask ourselves (teachers) several crucial questions, "How does this material can help? In what way? Does it really help with the presence of this material or, it just doesn't make any difference with or without this particular digital language material?" It is important to know what is the creative ability that a certain DLLM could bring into the classroom and how well does it perform in ELT. Secondly, I personally feel that learning DLLM this week has given me the opportunity to try out a few others DLLM I have never had any idea of, before. Now I certainly aware which DLLM will suit a certain activity/task I'd like to give my students later on.
2. How does it affect my current level of knowledge?
Previously, when one asks me what are the examples of DLLM I would definitely answer all those typical, commonly used social networking sites such as Facebook, Edmodo, Schoology, Twitter, Tumblr and Blogspot, or other digital teaching aids such as the computer, projector, CD-Rom and et cetera. However, after a week of being exposed to other DLLM such as EnglishCentral.com, Yabla, LanguageLab, GarageBand, Moodle, Ning, Flat Classroom and so on, I feel like there are actually specific platforms of digital language learning materials that can be used and not just being stuck on one or two choices of materials. I do realize I have known more than I did before, it has certainly opened up my mind -- to figure out how easy, sophisticated and fun a DLLM can be.
3. How can I use that knowledge to improve myself?
As a pre-teacher, I should take this exposure as a starter for me to have the initiative to search for more and more DLLM. Not just search for them but also briefly try them out, in order to understand how they really work and what preference do they offer as well as what are the pros and cons in integrating them in my ELT processes. I believe that when I am learning it myself, I am opened to discover several other ways to integrate DLLM in my ELT. I believe that the more I get myself familiarize with these digital materials, I will gradually improve my skills in using technology and in this age, teachers are demanded to be technology savvy.
As a pre-service teacher, I personally think that being exposed to the DLLM is somehow has opened up our minds and change the way we (I) think. How? Alright, firstly, getting to know more about DLLM has made me realize that however sophisticated the digital language learning material is, there's always a time where we need to ask ourselves (teachers) several crucial questions, "How does this material can help? In what way? Does it really help with the presence of this material or, it just doesn't make any difference with or without this particular digital language material?" It is important to know what is the creative ability that a certain DLLM could bring into the classroom and how well does it perform in ELT. Secondly, I personally feel that learning DLLM this week has given me the opportunity to try out a few others DLLM I have never had any idea of, before. Now I certainly aware which DLLM will suit a certain activity/task I'd like to give my students later on.
2. How does it affect my current level of knowledge?
Previously, when one asks me what are the examples of DLLM I would definitely answer all those typical, commonly used social networking sites such as Facebook, Edmodo, Schoology, Twitter, Tumblr and Blogspot, or other digital teaching aids such as the computer, projector, CD-Rom and et cetera. However, after a week of being exposed to other DLLM such as EnglishCentral.com, Yabla, LanguageLab, GarageBand, Moodle, Ning, Flat Classroom and so on, I feel like there are actually specific platforms of digital language learning materials that can be used and not just being stuck on one or two choices of materials. I do realize I have known more than I did before, it has certainly opened up my mind -- to figure out how easy, sophisticated and fun a DLLM can be.
3. How can I use that knowledge to improve myself?
As a pre-teacher, I should take this exposure as a starter for me to have the initiative to search for more and more DLLM. Not just search for them but also briefly try them out, in order to understand how they really work and what preference do they offer as well as what are the pros and cons in integrating them in my ELT processes. I believe that when I am learning it myself, I am opened to discover several other ways to integrate DLLM in my ELT. I believe that the more I get myself familiarize with these digital materials, I will gradually improve my skills in using technology and in this age, teachers are demanded to be technology savvy.
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