ePals

When I was in school, my classmates and I are always arguing about emails. In the Business Writing class, our teacher ask us to use e-mail to contact with each others. However, because everyone uses different email account, like gmail, yahoo, hotmail...ect. Therefore, missing emails often happen.

Now, there's new thing for us to try!!! ePals, which could help students on their communication.
By using ePals, students and peers could send mail and messages to each others. They don't have to worry about missing emails again. Moreover, they could send messages immediately, practicing using emails to work with others and engaged parents into the class. This would be very helpful for the kids in high school.

In my future class, I would ask my students to set up an account in classroom. Then, they will have to hand in their assignments by ePals, communicate with their classmates by ePals and learn workplace skills. It would be especially useful if I am teaching a class like Business Writing. Students could use ePals to be familiar with the environment of offices. Also, I could talk to the parents about how their kids are doing in the class. Moreover, parents could engaged with their children by doing assignments and school works together.

Now, let's ePals!!!

Story time!!

Tell story with only pictures??
It's already old fashioned!!


Try our slideshow maker at Animoto.

Nowadays, people tell stories in a cool and fashion way.
Animoto, which is a place to make short digital video. This is a very easy place for novice to learn even if they don't have any experiences on making digital story book. It is actually very good for teacher to teach students on using digital to make story book and tell story or to introduce something.

This kind of digital story telling is actually good for the classroom. What teacher could do is assign a topic like festival, unforgettable experience, introduce your family or friends. Then, students could make their own digital story and share with their classmates. Moreover, they could keep the video for a very long time. By doing so, students could learn how to make video, tell the story, and cooperate (if teacher assign students work in a group). The best thing is, this kind of story telling could use in a very wide range of students. They would all make it if they are over 3 grade in elementary school. What they have to have is only know how to use computer.

For myself, I would definitely use this tool to teach my students. Digital thing could always attract students' attention. Also, they could learn a new topic by making a video. Moreover, they would have a very good chance to practice their oral skills. 

Ready?
Let, tell a story!!!

Let's tell story by digital.

Digital story telling could be fun!!!
This is the digital story book of mine!!

In the classroom, teacher could set up a topic like "Travel" and show students about what she has done. Like the example above. Digital storytelling would be a lot of fun if teacher use it in ESL classroom. With students from all of the world, they definitely would have different culture and adventure to share.

Bookr, where I and my students could create our own story book in a very convenient and easy way. Students could have a lot of fun during making their own story book. Also, they would be very eager to show others their own country or cultures. Students could learn not only culture but also how to express. They will have to introduce their story to others, therefore, they will have a chance to learn how to do a presentation and how to make it fun!!

All in all, combining digital story book in the classroom especially like ESL classroom. Assign for a topic. Then we could see students amazing creativity!!!

New way to tell stories- Digital storytelling.

We could tell the story by ourselves, why use digital one??

Photo by Profusions

Digital telling is actually a new way to use video or picture to tell the story. Why do we need it?


The definition of "Digital storytelling" is the practice of using computer-based tool to tell stories. Most digital storytelling focus more on specific topic and contained a particular point of view.

Actually, in this new technology century, people are eager to use technology to combine with many things.One of the thing people do is combine story telling with digital. By using pictures or images to tell story, it would actually attract people's attention. Moreover, recognize how sharing and bearing witness to stories can lead to learning, action, and positive change. (Center from Digital Story Telling).

For my class in the future, I would definitely use digital story telling to teach and to interact with students. By using digital story telling, teacher could express their ideas more clear. Also, for those students who are visual learners, it would help them learn more efficiently. On the other hand, students could learn and have fun while they are searching videos or youtube on the web (The Educational Uses of Story Telling.) Moreover, teacher and students could create their own time machine. While teacher and students work together, the could learn from not only the topic but from each others.