Comments on: The Evolution of Teaching http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/the-evolution-of-teaching/ education.media.technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: KirstenWinkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/the-evolution-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-206 KirstenWinkler Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:18:47 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=516#comment-206 As I said, I take the classic course books, ship them to my students and then make some easy slides reflecting the content of the exercises for the virtual classroom.<br><br>But I think it will come in the near future. Maybe next year. As I said, I take the classic course books, ship them to my students and then make some easy slides reflecting the content of the exercises for the virtual classroom.

But I think it will come in the near future. Maybe next year.

]]> By: ChrisN http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/the-evolution-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-203 ChrisN Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:46:44 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=516#comment-203 Most Course Books now come in the form of a Student's Book, a Workbook, a Teacher's Manual together with a CD for classroom use and a certain amount of back-up material (interactive exercises on the publisher's website). Can we look forward to these books being adapted for shared viewing (between the teacher and the student) during online lessons?<br>Or have I missed something and such material is already available? Most Course Books now come in the form of a Student's Book, a Workbook, a Teacher's Manual together with a CD for classroom use and a certain amount of back-up material (interactive exercises on the publisher's website). Can we look forward to these books being adapted for shared viewing (between the teacher and the student) during online lessons?
Or have I missed something and such material is already available?

]]> By: KirstenWinkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/the-evolution-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-169 KirstenWinkler Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:06:12 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=516#comment-169 Quite easily. My new German courses include classic text books that are included in the package price. They are shipped on demand tp the students by Amazon and this way the student not only has the secure feeling of a classic textbook but also the opportunity to work between two sessions more intensively.<br><br>To make use of the virtual classroom I simply adapt some of the exercises in the textbook into lesson slides for the classroom. This way you get the best of the two worlds ;). Quite easily. My new German courses include classic text books that are included in the package price. They are shipped on demand tp the students by Amazon and this way the student not only has the secure feeling of a classic textbook but also the opportunity to work between two sessions more intensively.

To make use of the virtual classroom I simply adapt some of the exercises in the textbook into lesson slides for the classroom. This way you get the best of the two worlds ;) .

]]> By: China_Mike http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/the-evolution-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-167 China_Mike Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:36:44 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=516#comment-167 Kirsten,<br><br>Getting rid of books at this stage would mean getting rid of stories encoded in a simple, understandable technology (print) which we all spent years learning to master. This saddens me. There are so many great stories out there that students can enjoy and learn from.<br><br>I am afraid that teachers who speak of the elimination of books don't understand what a pleasure it is for students to read and understand a story in a foreign language. I'm afraid that teachers like this have been conditioned to think of books in only one way- as course books. NOT SO, NOT TRUE! The question is, how can we include text-based stories in an on-line teaching venue? Kirsten,

Getting rid of books at this stage would mean getting rid of stories encoded in a simple, understandable technology (print) which we all spent years learning to master. This saddens me. There are so many great stories out there that students can enjoy and learn from.

I am afraid that teachers who speak of the elimination of books don't understand what a pleasure it is for students to read and understand a story in a foreign language. I'm afraid that teachers like this have been conditioned to think of books in only one way- as course books. NOT SO, NOT TRUE! The question is, how can we include text-based stories in an on-line teaching venue?

]]> By: Kirsten Winkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/the-evolution-of-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-1805 Kirsten Winkler Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:45:37 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=516#comment-1805 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New Blog Post: The Evolution of Teaching http://tinyurl.com/dfxu4j Who is dying out, who not? Or is there maybe co-existence?</span></span> New Blog Post: The Evolution of Teaching http://tinyurl.com/dfxu4j Who is dying out, who not? Or is there maybe co-existence?

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