by lizzie delaney

5 ways in which teachers can be involved in electronic communication!

elizabeth_delan — 2014-05-25 08:54:24 UTC

please feel free to add your own ideas

Teaching Interactively

elizabeth_delan — 2014-05-25 08:54:52 UTC

By developing an electronic system of communication, the impact of your teaching is extended way beyond just the classroom. You can post class notes, extra readings, homework tasks, writing ideas, extended research web-links and other activities to do outside of class. This type of electronic communication and collaboration will build and sustain momentum for learning with a generation of ‘digitally native’ students. T

Sharing Information

elizabeth_delan — 2014-05-25 08:55:22 UTC

The electronic communications system provides the potential for an open flow of information between the classroom, home, students, parents and teachers.By doing this, the teacher is actively involving the students and even parents in the classroom happenings, and allowing access to assessment and other classroom information from anywhere, 24/7.

Building Learning Communities

elizabeth_delan — 2014-05-25 08:56:12 UTC

An electronic communication system invites students to join a community of learners who are exploring topics of interest. Students are also becoming involved in each others’ learning, therefore gaining wider perspective by hearing what other students are interpreting from the work.

Publishing Student Work

elizabeth_delan — 2014-05-25 08:56:54 UTC

A teacher’s electronic communication system can be an inviting way for students to publish and display work done in the classroom or at home.

Energising Student Writing

elizabeth_delan — 2014-05-25 08:57:36 UTC

Establishing an electronic communication system opens multiple possibilities for students to write to you and to each other. It is an opportunity to emphasise writing at a time when the teaching of writing in schools has become, in the words of The National Commission on Writing, “the neglected ‘R’.”