tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636554082628957198.post6343987860154234832..comments2023-12-12T09:43:21.574-08:00Comments on Building Teaching Skills Through the Web Course: Week 3 (19 - 25 April): Skill-building Websites for Oral/Aural Skills andHalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00546607689660411763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636554082628957198.post-81501968736291649492010-04-27T07:08:35.364-07:002010-04-27T07:08:35.364-07:00Hi Nadina,
Actually, it's up to us to use any ...Hi Nadina,<br />Actually, it's up to us to use any invented tool wisely.The Web is the most important invention in history. The world is a village. It's total stupidity from our side if we didn't use it wisely.<br />Thanks for passing by.<br />See you around,<br />HalaHalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546607689660411763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636554082628957198.post-39286058919817915492010-04-27T07:04:37.405-07:002010-04-27T07:04:37.405-07:00Salam Mohamed,
I am sorry, but I can not agree wit...Salam Mohamed,<br />I am sorry, but I can not agree with you. It's the Web 1.0 that you are describing, the "interaction wit ha machine", when all the websites were static and no one can add anything. Retrieving information was the only trend. Now, we are using Web 2.0 and the Web 3.0. WE are the Web now. The USERS are the ones who are "creating",shaping and formulating the web, not the software. It's we, the "humanware", with our feelings and motions that forms the new innovative use of the old-invented Web.<br />Thanks for dropping by.<br />See you around,<br />HalaHalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546607689660411763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636554082628957198.post-29501392130142049922010-04-24T15:34:00.881-07:002010-04-24T15:34:00.881-07:00Hello Hala,
nice ideas shared in your post. I tot...Hello Hala,<br /><br />nice ideas shared in your post. I totally agree with you that theory is different from practice. Virtually, I know how to fly a plane, because I read about it on the internet. Practically, I am lost in front of the panel board with thousands of lights and buttons...well, the same thing happens when we speak about technology and when we use it. However, I consider it a positive thing: it's a tool which can improve our life in so many different ways. But, I never forget that the computer is a good servant, but a bad master. It's up to us to use it wisely.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />NadinaNadina C. NICOLICI https://www.blogger.com/profile/08542957127352594622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636554082628957198.post-33675652551961613222010-04-23T05:19:45.761-07:002010-04-23T05:19:45.761-07:00Dear Hala,
I agree with you that technology is a ...Dear Hala,<br /><br />I agree with you that technology is a tool not "a teacher" as Dennie (2009) puts it. But don't you think that this tool is a double-edged sword? <br /><br />It is true that technology might have enhanced autonomous learning but hasn't it also dehumanized interaction? In other words, we interact with a machine that has no independent thoughts or feelings that a human person has. Does this lead to negative consequences? <br /><br />Yours,<br /><br />Mohamed <br /><br />References:<br /><br />Dennie Hoopingarner (2009): http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121675554/PDFSTART?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0Mohamed Hasanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049663591825447432noreply@blogger.com