This week's article supported all that we've been learning in ESL 509. Titled Digital Literacies in Teacher Preparation by Mirjam Hauck and Malgorzata Kurek, published in the Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Due to the nature that most of the publication reiterated what we've been discussing together in the course, I'll pick out just a couple of highlights: "teachers and educators need to become key players in shaping their
students’ attitudes and practices through purposeful selection and use
of technology-based tools, tasks, and environments" and because of this "first, be digitally literate themselves and, second, be professionally
prepared to assist learners in developing the multiple literacies needed
to engage with others online in an informed and meaningful way". This can seem like a very difficult task because technology is constantly changing and students (unless given a laptop from the district) can have a wide variety of devices with different processors etc. The best we can do is to be as informed as possible and seek out additional help when we don't have the answers.
Question: is there an area in CALL, MALL, or technology in general in which you feel you are competent or excel?
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