Web analysis

 The goal of analysing pages is to identify what  purpose the page or site has, what the domain is, for example if it is governmental, commercial, educational, or others. Moreover, this helps to identify who the author is, whether he has a specific view point; if the material presented in the site or page is appropriate for your learners, how old it is, when it was updated and more. 

Considering that kind of information, it is useful for teachers to identify what is the best page to use in order to design material and find different activities.

Following careful instructions and some questions to guide our analysis, we decided to investigate "MES-English" and the "BBC page". 

What I found interesting in MES-English is that you cannot only create flashcards, boardgames, crosswords and many fun activities for children,  but also the drawings are humorous and they are divided by topic, for instance: adjectives, daily routines.

As regards The BBC page, what I like about it is how they present a wide range of vocabulary activities,  listenings, videos all related to the news of the day. 

As a result, we learnt a lot about different pages and now we are ready to choose the best one that can help us to plan our lessons.

To conclude, if you want to discover what the best page to use in your class is do not forget to check its credibility, appropriateness, authority, clarity, and others.

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants

Our first reading was about Digital Natives and Digital immigrants by Marc Prensky.

 Prensky suggests a distinction between Digital Native and Digital Immigrants. AS regards Digital Native, he says that: "... our students today are all "native speakers" of the digital language of computers, video games and Internet". What is more, he refers to the idea that we are living in a society where we socialize in a different way; i.e. young people today are online most of the time, making friends, chatting, and even studying. That is why, it becomes a challenge for teachers to get students involve in the day-to-day classroom. 

On the other hand, Prensky speaks of Digital Immigrants referring to those persons who "speak an outdated language"; he explains that Digital immigrants do not believe that children can learn through interacting with the net, watching television or listening to music. 

 Concluding with the topic; I share a video where he explains "the roles of the Teacher". I chose the video because I think that it is important to know what we are going to be. Hope you enjoy it!