Technology and Web give a channel to Everyone

Every teacher should be aware of the strong importance and benefits of using technologies in the classrooms. As Blake J. Robert said that, “All language professionals need to become acquaint with the potential advantages of using technology in their programs. Without some general claims to success and media superiority, chairs, deans, and other decision-making bodies won’t understand or support new ways of teaching second languages with technology.”(page4) For example, with a class blog, the teacher can review students’ learning capacity so that adjust his teaching methods.

Students also can receive different kinds of advantages through using technologies such as webs. “It is misleading to talk about technology as if one were dealing with just a single, homogeneous tool; different technologically based tools render different advantages for L2 learning.”(page4) With blogs, students can not only use discussion boards to discuss some questions and issues in the class, but also talk about interesting experiences and stories.

“More important, the web gives all peoples a channel to express their voice, promote their self-image, and legitimize their goals. This sense of authenticity provides endless topics for cross-cultural analysis and discussions in any content-driven classroom.”(page5) As Blake said, both teachers and students can be given a route to enforce their teaching and study.

Blake, Robert J. & Dorothy M. Chun. (2008). Brave New Digital Classroom: Technology and Foreign Language Learning. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.