Journal 9- Teaching students to use their heads, hands, and hearts-Nets 5

Bucciarelli, Lisa. (2009). Teaching students to use their heads, hands, and hearts. L&L, 37(3), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=November_No_3_5&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=4436&ContentID=24621&DirectListComboInd=D
This article was written by Lisa Bucciarelli; who is a Spanish level one and AP Spanish teacher. She went to NECC 2007 and was excited to use the web 2.0 digital tools in her classroom. She did this by having her students create an e-portfolio of their course work using the free website myeport.com. She stated that she knew she had a students with a variety of technological abilities and addressed this by making sure students completely understood their assignments and made sure she just did not do it for them. She also provided the article with sample assignments she used in their e-portfolio.

Would it be easy to loose focus of the subject at hand when using technology in foreign language subjects?

I believe it could be but it extremely important for the teacher to first focus on the specific goal at hand then use the technology to aid in reaching that goal. I believe by adding in technology to the subject matter it allows for more creativity and students will learn more because they enjoy the assignment.

What would be the biggest challenge when integrating technology into different subjects?

I believe the biggest challenge would be the distraction level. If the student has a problem with the technical terminology used in describing the assignment they may be discourage from learning the subject at hand.