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technology-enhanced langauge learning and literature, media and cultural studies
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Sun, 03/15/2009 - 23:42
What effect does the rise of networked technology inside and out of the classroom have on students' interaction with literature, media and culture?
The first obvious is that this generation has a far easier time having sustained contact with media and other cultures at least. Granted its easier to read a copy of something done by Shakespeare at the Gutenberg Project, but I really doubt too many of our students do that.
One thing Im noticing as a Webhead (yeah, I like technology) is that it seems to getting more necessary to have basic visual skills like image design and even editing video (which I am definitely NOT good at) in order to take advantage of what the Web, esp. Web 2.0 has to offer.
As for intercultural contact, I have used chat for this with good, funny and sometimes negative results. However, almost all students walk away with something from the experience... as I did when I used chat to improve my Spanish before coming to Mexico.
Thu, 03/26/2009 - 17:48
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Hi Christien and Leigh,
I think that making them become aware of plagiarism and what it means can be a good starting point, working beyond the plot and involving them in tasks that call for voicing their opinions comes next. Each student has a writing style and that is noticeable after two or more comments are written in class, and it may be possible for the teacher to know when they resort to copy and paste. Another tool that may explored is to write the part of the writing you doubt is of their own authorship in the google bar. Anyway I believe that written assignments that demand their comparing, contrasting , analysing or drawing conclusions are almost impossible to be copied and pasted. do you agree?
For one thing: it is so much easier for students to find summaries for their books and other materials that can easily be copied and pasted - we have to realise that as teachers and try to find ways to get students to hand in their own comments - what can be done about that and what ways have others found?