It was interesting to know about virtual schooling and online language learning. Lily was saying that it was crucial that we as language teachers learn technology in order to utilize it for language teaching rather than technology itself. This reminded me of "teacher's hat." Lily was also suggesting that appropriate teacher preparation be conducted. By referring to the figure 1 and 2 provided in her PowerPoint, we can recognize how much we are prepared. However, I am afraid it is a bit subjective. I am still wondering when we can judge we are ready for online teaching. Furthermore, Lily stated that we have to know enough to support students rather than be an expert. Again, how can we decide if we know enough to support students? If I were not confident enough, should I not try and learn more to be confident, or still should I try any to become confident?
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There is no limit to perfection! So, there is actually no way to know when one is ready to teach online. I guess you have to just go ahead and try. Then you can see what skills or knowledge you lack or maybe discover that you ARE perfectly ready to teach online;)
One of my girlfriends teaches an online course at her school. She is not all that technologically advances, but she understands technology more than most of the other teachers at her school. She lives in a really small rural city. I think expertise is relative to each situation.
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