Teachers' role in the new IT era
Teachers have to rethink about their roles in this new era. The textbooks and reference books are not doctrines just for teachers anymore. Students can find much more learning materials and get answers to whatever questions they have. Being a teacher does not mean being authentic anymore. And they are facilitators, consultant, and motivators now, which makes different requirements for us.
2007年1月28日星期日
The relevant policicy and Chinese English teaching reform
The relevant policy and Chinese English teaching reform
The widespread wave of IT began to touch us from about 3 years ago, when 180 key universities in China joined the program of “Cultivating students’ autonomous learning ability”. Our university established several large language learning labs as well as other universities. Several departments are assigned as experimental classes and they learn by the software and local network particularly designed for them. They can choose what they feel fit for themselves, and proceed their learning step by step.
The widespread wave of IT began to touch us from about 3 years ago, when 180 key universities in China joined the program of “Cultivating students’ autonomous learning ability”. Our university established several large language learning labs as well as other universities. Several departments are assigned as experimental classes and they learn by the software and local network particularly designed for them. They can choose what they feel fit for themselves, and proceed their learning step by step.
IT and Chinese English Teaching and Learning
Nobody can refuse the impact of IT on our everyday life. And it seems impossible for us to live without internet nowadays. Its influence on Chinese English teaching is quite strong: it changes the mode of students’ learning; it changes the way of our teaching, and even some teachers are afraid of being replaced by computer and internet so as to lose their jobs.
2007年1月19日星期五
A wonderful prediction of future in the past ---comments on Bill Gate's The Road Ahead
I really admire Bill Gate's intelligence, because his prediction 10 years ago have so many similarities with our teaching today.
In our university, we have a local internent network for the experimental classes, so the students can choose suitable materials by themselves instead of "one-size-fits-all learning". Problems do arise, but internet really helps a lot.
And also multi-media is widely applied in Chinese classroom, it can really arouse students' interest and motivate the students and teachers to invest more information.
While there is still difference, the white board or the blackboard online is not so popular now, as a way of interaction between teachers and students, the merits are enjoyed by us when we are learning here in NTU.
I hope to let my students to enjoy the kind of free interaction when I am back to China.
In our university, we have a local internent network for the experimental classes, so the students can choose suitable materials by themselves instead of "one-size-fits-all learning". Problems do arise, but internet really helps a lot.
And also multi-media is widely applied in Chinese classroom, it can really arouse students' interest and motivate the students and teachers to invest more information.
While there is still difference, the white board or the blackboard online is not so popular now, as a way of interaction between teachers and students, the merits are enjoyed by us when we are learning here in NTU.
I hope to let my students to enjoy the kind of free interaction when I am back to China.
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