I'm all "atwitter" as I patiently wait for some "tweets"!!! I set up my PLN using twitter but this will take some time for me to utilize. I had no problems setting up the account and I'm anxious to see how I will be using this PLN in education.

The Sixth Sense is an interesting thought, and I wonder what the future holds for the use of this new technology, not only in daily living but in education. As I read Deb's blog and learned about "Smart Fabrics" I thought about how techn0logy is going beyond the "powerpoint" and "Smartboard". I better keep up!!!

Just started learning about the Google apps. I know for sure I would use the Google dictionary and make sure my students know how to use it.

How Would You Handle This???

The focus for this blog is to encourage my ESL students to "discuss". I want them to discuss problems they encounter in their daily lives and also to share ideas and solutions. We have had discussions in class and now it is my hope to use social media to continue the discussions.

Here's a situation one of my students encountered:
This student and his family went to Sam's club to purchase a TV and they took their 11 year old son along. They were going to have their son write out the amount for the purchase on the check for the TV and they would sign it, as they have done in the past. They were just learning how to write themselves. When it came time to write the check, the son didn't know how to write the amount of the purchase in words. As the family waited to see how they could solve the problem, another store patron helped the son spell the words and correctly fill in the check.

My question to my class would be: How would you handle this?? What are your suggestions and ideas??