Never Perfect

I was checking my website right before the class. I found one mistake that I really hate. Now I am in a hurry for fixing it, but I have to install Dreamweaver first… I decided to write the final blog while waiting.

Website creating is more than tough, while it is enjoyable, too. I am glad that I am done, but it seems like it will never satisfies me. It is like a learning process. The more you do, the more you desire.

I am really curious how my web-based genre-based writing project works to my students. I am planning on piloting this with some of my former students who already graduated from my high school so that I can receive feedback and revise toward actual use. Well, it is time to get ready the food for final exam party. See you!

Last blogging for CALL?

 

Well, excluding the final presentation potluck day, this session was the final session for this class. What happened to me in the last class is… I was late for class. Being punctual is my philosophy of life, and it is extremely important to being Japanese. Otherwise, I would be Japanese Monkey? Anyway, from 3:30 to 6:20, I was having APP meeting with my advisor. I have one more step toward the completion of Chapter 2, I was so excited and did not think about time. No, rather, I did not think it was possible to spend almost 3 hours for the meeting. Perhaps this is why I did not notice 6 pm was already passed. After I got of my advisor's office, I was going to the library. It was really really dark and quiet. "Wait a minute, something is wrong…(Jimi Hendrix)" The time was already 6:22… I was late… So, for those who thought I was taking a nap, I was NOT!! It is embarrassing for me to be late for class that much…

PodCast. What made me think was the comment of one of the interviewees. Some teachers are TOO confident, so when they use technology, they do not think. See? I had a hunch that it would be the most difficult part of CALL not to overuse technology once we become accustomed. It may be natural of human beings to be less careful about what we are familiar with. And I am glad that we have been thinking of justification of the use of technology. I think this is the most important thing we have learned in this course. We know the usefulness of technology in language teaching, but also we are critical about it.

However, 30-minute podcast made me think of use of podcast as we talked in class. I am not a multi-tasked person. When I drive, I enjoy driving, so it does not work to keep myself concentrating on podcast. If sitting in front of a computer, there are many things to distract my concentration, such as screen saver and anything coming in my eyesight. Personally, I think podcast is useful with a SHORT clip less than 3 minutes. If longer, I will have trouble to concentrate. It is definitely different from reading.