A picture is worth a thoudand words. That was when words had a high value. Now a picture is worth a hundred thousand words. Why is the spending time with your computer so enticing? Because there are lots and lots of pictures on the computer, or, in the computer, as the young children say. In our school we have a mobile projector of high quality, so I hoping already next week to start using it. Sometimes even just showing a picture for three minutes at the beginning of class will be very helpful, but certainly some lessons are based on powerpoint pictures.
I like the University of Tennessee website a lot because it is very well organized, practical and extensive. Sribd.com has some fun things for kids. Certainly here in the north of Israel on the top of a mountain, connecting our students to the uses of english for educational purposes and the internet is critical. This is also something which I want to address with them from the standpoint of an educator. I know that a person can spend hours online and forget to read a book, speak to a friend or wash the dirty dishes in the sink. Internet is one of the focal reasons they need English, and we will also devote time to discussing the internet.
I am looking forward to using pictures in the classroom to really bring students in to using language. Oh, and don't worry, words still have a high value, the highest value.
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