What I learned in WEEK 4

In the week 4, I discussed on teaching reading and writing with technology, after reading articles on the topic. Then, I thought about the current concerns that I have in my teaching context and posted concerns such as lack of time to input, limited content in the textbook, many students, and easy to get distracted.Finally, I wrote a technology enhanced lesson plan. it was really good and tough experience because I had to synthesize the ideas about the objectives, web sites, learners' needs, technology setting and activities including critical thinking and meaningful context using 4 skills.

I chose Phonics Silent-E as a topic for  my lesson plan. Since I found a great web site called Starfall http://www.starfall.com/, I had been thinking about using pages in the site for my teaching. I faced on the reality that my school has poor technology environment when I started to plan.
In my teaching context, bringing my computer into the classroom is the most realistic, because no computer in the classroom, the computer room are usually used by another class and Lab is in another building far from our building. In addition, I need to think about other concerns such as lack of time, limited content in the textbook, many students, easy to get distracted.
Therefore, I concluded that it is acceptable to have the students learn in whole group with one computer in the classroom and to provide them with homework which requires learning individually with technology at home. I chose following web pages:

1. The movie "Silent-E" http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/silent-e/load.htm?f
2. Making a word http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/silent-e/load.htm?f
3. Picture hunting http://www.starfall.com/n/picture-hunt/long-a/load.htm?f

Finally, I am very glad that the classmates posted comments for me and shared their great ideas and helpful information for me. Thank you very much!