Okay well, never done a blog before but here it goes!
This subject I feel would have been great to have last semester because in my LOTE staffroom I was working with an individual who was very capable with computers. If I can recall correctly, he had a degree in programming or something along those lines. He was pretty awesome how he incorporated language learning and programming into many of his classes.
He used to go home the night before and actually create games similar to those "Math Blaster" games but for Italian. They would be great for getting the students to learn vocab, sentence structures and so forth. He said it was very easy and that he would teach me how to do it sometime next year! So looking forward to that, as for some reason once you stick kids infront of a computer their eyes just light up and become fixated on the computer ---- regardless to what they are doing on the computer! So I feel if you can kinda trick the students into learning with the computer then it probably a handy trick to have!
Unfortunately I don't have a programming degree or background... and therefore will have to wait and see how this subject unfolds so I can really begin to think about using computers and technology as more than just a glorified textbook/typewriter!
-Matt
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