How would I use blogs, wikis and delicious with my students?

 

       Teaching and learning before technology was very boring , With the vast development of technology, It becomes something very intersting. When I become a teacher I will use different types of technology tools to help me teach, , and tell them about the importance  of  the usage the  social networks in our life, especially in education.

 I would use social networks  such as blogger ,wikis and Delicious with my students as much as I can to improve their learning . These online tools are very helpful for both teachers and students

 

 

 

blogger is one of the very good and useful tools for students. I would like to teach my students first, how they can be use it. Second, ask them to create an account and following each others. Third, ask them to write posts and add comments for each other's without copy and past .students should post at least three times monthly ,then I will give them feedback .

 At the reading class, I will give them an article to paraphrase, and write their reflection. For example, I may give them an article about the use of technology in education , and ask them to paraphrase it. Then, the they have to write about the importance of using technology in education  and how to use it effectively . They also have to reply on three of their classmates posts.

 

 

Wikis are excellent website for collaboration. Wikis are a wonderful tool for students to work together and produce high quality texts.

 If I use wiki with my students, I will put the assignments and the handouts on wiki. I would divide the class into groups; each group will have their wiki. I’ll post some topics related to our course, each group will select a topic and collect and search information about it then post it in their group and discuss it with their classmates . The wiki also has a lot of communication features so I could set up online discussion / forum tasks with students so that they could discuss the story and make decisions about how they want to change or develop it.

 

 

Delicious is a social bookmarking site where we can save links to all of our favorite websites. In delicious the students can add and share  links with others  that they need it in their courses. I would ask my students to make their own Delicious and for each lesson they have to add  a website that they find it useful and beneficial to our lesson, and share it with their classmates. It's a useful and enjoyable way to share links  that will help them in developing their English language. I will use it with my students to add useful links that help them understand more .

 

 

These websites can improve the teaching quality and the students achievement. Technology really help developing and enhancing the learning process .

 

 

The Possiblity of Reaching Bax’s Normilasation Saudi Arabia Why is it possible?When is it possible/reached/achieved?How will it be reached?

Bax argues that, "Our aim should be to attain a state of `normalisation' in which the technology is invisible and truly integrated"

 

  In the article “CALL past, present and future” by Stephan Bax suggested many ways to "attain a state of normalization in which the technology is invisible and trulyintegrated" . he suggest  that we can't realize this normalization until we consider the technology or computers as a part from the tools in the lesson, CALL will be normalized if computers are treated as very important tool to learning process ,and will not be affective without it , when indicate  students’ needs first then using computers to serve these needs. . Bax summarized that in 3 steps “The first step is to identify the criterial factors which normalization requires. The second is to audit the practice of each teaching context in the light of these criteria; the final step is to adjust our current practice in each aspect so as to encourage normalization” .Finally , he mentioned the 7  stages of normalization in CALL :

1) Early Adopters; teachers and educational institutions need to adopt the technology out of curiosity—and that would be one of the initiative steps towards normalization.

2)Ignorance/Skepticism.

3) Try once; people would try it at first but reject it because or early problems. They can’t its value.

4) Try again; someone would tell them that it really works so they’ll try it again. And they would see its relative advantage.

5)Fear/awe; more people start to use it but still there is fear along with exaggerated expectations.

6) Normalizing; gradually it will be seen as something normal and usual.

7)Normalization; the technology will be so integrated into our daily lives to the degree that it becomes unseen—normalized

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The Possiblity of Reaching  Bax’s  Normilasation in Saudi Arabia  :

in Saudi Arabia ,in the past, the teacher explained the lesson to the students by using the traditional tools in education such as  , board,  chalks and pens and this making them not interesting and boring .

 .But nowadays we are starting a new system for the learning process. Most of Saudi universities used technology in the learning process.We integrated technology in some of our schools it is a good step to move toward normalization .I hope further development in the education system in Saudi Arabia .

Normalization and integrating technology in learning in Saudi Arabia is not impossible , but it needs really hard work from the ministry of education ,and we are as students and teachers should work together although this process will take years and will not be easy. I have a strong believe we will reach to normalization someday .

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