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EDU 225
October 18, 2015
student use (Thiele, Mai, and Post 2014). There are different ways that
it can be used in the classroom to help enhance instruction, using
PowerPoints, videos, or blog sites are all great ways that teachers can
use technology in an English classroom.
Many times students can be shy and or do not want to
participate in classroom discussions, this can really affect their
experience in the classroom; by creating blog posts in which students
can access, they can become more involved. Providing a variety of
opportunities both in and out of the classroom can really help them
and their overall success. Quesenberry, Saewitz,, and Kantrowitz writes
that, The use of course blogs led to multiple positive self-reported
student learning outcomes (2014). Blogs empower teachers to further
their instruction outside of the classroom, which helps students
become more involved with the information that they are learning.
Blogs have also been shown to support critical thinking, and
engagement (Quesenberry, Saewitz,, and Kantrowitz, 2014). This
should always be the end goal and encouraging students to go out and
share their own personal opinions will help students will allow them to
have a better understanding and it will can make the class fun.
Technology not only allows students to learn how to critically
think, but using different devices helps teachers create a classroom
that students want to be apart of. When making lessons teachers can
use technology to reach out to their students and this becomes
References
Quesenberry, K. A., Saewitz, D., & Kantrowitz, S. (2014). Blogging in
the Classroom:
Safitry, T. S., Mantoro, T., Ayu, M. A., Mayumi, I., Dewanti, R., &
Azmeela, S. (2015).
Learning, 10(3),
10-14. doi:10.3991/ijet.v10i3.4356