JEAN VALJEAN
Editing a Wiki page is something that gives students freedom and a
sense of authority to some degree and it has important implications for
language teaching. Applying such a prjoect to the classroom is so wise because
students think that their preferences are important and they have the right to
decide on their own without being directed: they choose their favourite
characters and write freely. Having the right to edit the page completely on
your own ( word choice, character choice, adding any pictures and other realias
etc.) gives them feeling that they are the ones who will take decisions and
they are seen as individuals ; individuals who have their own taste and who can
make up their minds in course works. Leading the students to edit a Wiki page
is also motivating for them because they feel that they have followers of their
pages : the teacher and their peers. Carrying the pressure of this in a
reasonable extent, the students take more pains on the project which is one of
the bringings of this project to the classroom.
Similarly, we created a page for which only we’ll be hold responsible.
Choosing a character was a bit time- consuming actually. But when I consider
how time-saving the project itself is , it is nothing of value. We were due to
give a detailed description of the character and brief information about the
novel and to add related visual data such as videos, pictures etc. by providing
reference.
In my teaching years, I really want to
use such a project in my class.I think, in the global world surrounded by
advanced technology , we, futures' teachers, will already have to use such
technologies in our own classrooms. Therefore, knowing these educational
technologies such as blogging, podcast , wiki gains more and more importance
day by day.Creating their own Wiki page, my students become more creative and
active in the classroom and in the learning process. It gives students an
ethusiasm to participate in and they also get the chance to evaluate
themselves before the teacher seeing their friends’ pages.
I chose the Jean Valjean character in the novel:
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.To learn more, please visit my page ;
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