Reflection on blog of Cora Blades:
I too believe that communication is an essential part of a distance learning program, but I remember the first online courses that I took had minimal communication. This must have been over 10 years ago when we were just getting used to e-mail and going to websites. I am impressed that you contact your parents by e-mail! Most of the my students' parents don't speak English or even know how to use a computer. I can imagine a day when we can send an e-mail in English, and then it gets automatically translated into whatever language is used for the destination.
By the way, I have 1-to-1 computers for all of the students in my classroom. Yes, my students log in to their Ning accounts everyday and write in the e-journals. I have found that this works best as an everyday activity to get the students accustomed to being part of an everyday "conversation".
Reflection on blog of Christopher Cannon:
I am excited to hear that you use online technologies in your elementary school. I believe that it is so important to get our young minds accustomed to technology at a very early age. I just read a news article about ipads being used in kindergarten (Clcik HERE for the story and video)
I wish I had this technology when I was little. By the way, my 10 year old niece helps me out with my smartphone when I can't figure something out!
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