EDUC5990-02

Name: Yi MAO

When I studied from primary school to high school, my teachers usually used a traditional way of teaching such as text book, conversation, no technology in the classroom, no social networking. But in my college years, teachers have added the use of multimedia to teach us. For example, in Joe’s class, we can share our thoughts via Padlet; chat room in BigBlueButton or class SPLOT as discussion forum. Joe usually shared videos, links, PPT or other useful information on Moodle or Kumu Wiki, we can read them in our spare time. I think social networking is another good way to influence students’ motivation and change their behavior as I mentioned in my group presentation last Thursday. Facebook allows instructors to create groups that are easy to open and manage; teachers also can read ‘likes’ to know whether or not their students enjoyed the class. Social media might help instructors share their own teaching material which can be viewed by students anytime and anywhere. It might increase students’ knowledge of different culture at times because of diverse users on Facebook or other social media. However we should have awareness of privacy and security. I would say that not all information is about educational reliable resources. There are people who can use our personal information to commit cybercrime. We should think carefully before posting on social media account.

Nowadays, teachers are looking for new ways to transfer knowledge to students and check their skills. There are currently many tools of technology. Thanks to COVID 19, we can develop entire remote learning course that can be exported directly to educational field. The use of technology helps students’ self-learning ability and it allows teacher to teach a large number of knowledge given the fact that they may not have enough time to do that in class. Remote learning helps teachers also reach all students through virtual communication especially shy students who may not participate in a face-to-face interaction. When Joe showed once VR/AR technology in online class, I found it amazing. I would like to use 3 Dimension space in my future French teaching. Students can become more and more engaged in the learning process with a blended learning style (traditional + technology). However in some Chinese remote areas, students cannot use technology in the classroom because of lack of technological support or training. I hope the Chinese government could solve these problems in order to let all students connect with the technology.