Blog #8: Open Topic / Reflection

• Reflection of what I have learned about in the course, CALL

- Actually, I'm not a person who is talented on using computers such as surfing the Internet or solving any problems when they are broken etc. However, this course, above all, helped me a lot to feel more familiar and comfortable in using computers. Whenever I click some icons, I  used to feel  afraid it would bring me unwanted places or make some terrible problems happened. As I did review what I learned and try to use some tools, however, I was getting accustomed to using it without realization.
- Every week, I was so amazed that there are amount of beneficial materials and sources online, which I would never know about if I hadn't had this class, CALL. Especially, some tools making cartoons and comics were greatly amazing! Who created these kinds of website? And How did they think of this? Moving characters' joints and changing facial expressions were the most impressive functions of the cartoon's websites. In addition, I learned a lot of educational websites like TED, Scribblar or Voice thread.

• Any future goals or plans to use technology in my classroom.

- Even though I learned many kinds of nice resources, if I don't try to use it and adapt it to a real class, it would be useless and just forgotten. Thus, I should try to facilitate it more often in class and modify it appropriately.
- Those tools that I learned should be adapted properly according to many kinds of contexts such as students, environments or administrative situations. A tool I would like to use in my classroom is 'Voice thread' as an assignment during vacation seasons. Since teacher and students cannot meet each other, they can asynchronously record their voices and upload regular assignments. And sometimes for some shy students who feel ashamed before other peers, speaking with others in class will be embarassing and eventually constraint. This kind of tools, however,  provide them practicing, recording and deleting repeatedly.