Erben, Sarieva Chapter 1-2

Erben, T. & Sarieva, I. (2008). Calling all foreign language teachers: computer-assisted
language learning in the classroom. Introduction: calling all foreign language
teachers (pp. 1-12). New York: Eye on Education.

Chapter 1
This chapter is about Erben’s desire to provide foreign language teachers with technology assistance to have them use that knowledge in their classrooms. Finally a framework that assists technology strategies that helps to train teachers to be technologically savvy!

Chapter 2
This chapter talks about the design of content standards consisting of five C’s-communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities. Developed to assist teachers to provide language teachers with a framework to help them learn to use technology features in their lessons to provide a network for students to expand their language knowledge. The goals for the program is to promote higher thinking skills and knowledge construction that also assists students to be able to find, think about, and gather information. Students are given the opportunity to engage in their learning through various means and not to rely on the teacher to give them lectures and they are able to find information and share it through other means than traditional writing and responding techniques that were used before technology was developed. Language skills will be able to be posted on the teacher’s web page and students can have access to various ways to learn words, structures, and explanations of second language.
Techoliteracy is another tool of literacy knowledge. It helps teachers to become up to date on the technology usages of today’s youth. By providing and using the tools in technology to enhance learning, students will be well on their way to becoming life long learners.
I think I would use the current technology as much as I can create and have it be a relevant tool in my classroom. I already use digital pictures but I want to have my students create material that they can easily do in kindergarten and first grade. I already see my Yup’ik teacher use the recording and video aspect of her digital camera to record my students participating in songs and Yup’ik dancing. I think I would love to use the blog if I had enough people to chat with or share information with. Technology to me used to be a scary thing, but I am slowly getting sold on its use in the classroom.