tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351892925602384171.post1363124213711760648..comments2014-01-06T12:06:05.015-08:00Comments on ICT in English Teaching - Group 1: Answergarden.chDavid Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515641832552848143noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6351892925602384171.post-77748886948862151932012-11-11T05:08:16.430-08:002012-11-11T05:08:16.430-08:00Hi!
I like the idea with answergarden.ch. I think ...Hi!<br />I like the idea with answergarden.ch. I think that it is a great tool to be used as a complement to a webpage or a blog. I also like what you did with the topic “My room” where you let the pupils create a word bank and then use the words. I think that language teachers (obviously not the people in this course) often forget to teach the pupils to use the words. They use the classic translate-the-words-homework instead. When you gather the words that they know and let them work with them, that’s where you create learning.<br />If I do understand you correctly you used answergarden to discover the pupils preunderstanding about the Vasa dynasty. That’s also a great idea. But, as you say, it’s a bit of a problem that you can’t see who wrote what. I guess that you can’t see which answers are posted by the same person either? So you can get 60 answers but only two of the pupils have answered. That’s of course something that you can prevent as a teacher by talking to your pupils.<br />This Friday I went to the cinema with my pupils. This was the last lesson of the week and we only had a few minutes to talk about the movie. I think that I could have used answergarden to ask the pupils what they thought about the movie and then use their comments as a basis for the discussions in school on Monday.<br />Thank you for the tip about answergarden.ch!<br />//HelenaHelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483529234318152752noreply@blogger.com