Homework 4

1. How can the Internet be used as an access point to real-world knowledge our learners may lack?                                                                                                
 

•  One of the most typical example is cyber class. We can take any class from any where in the Internet. Our learners, sometimes, don’t have enough knowledge of certain part of Studying English such as pronunciation. In this situation, we can find the video or MP3 files in Youtube which is learners want to see or listen. It shows how the Internet is used as an access point to real-world knowledge. 

• Plus, they can have indirect experience of any subject from the Internet too.

 

2. Examine how the Internet can be used as a starting point for authentic, relevant simulation work and as the source of materials which promote collaborative learning, communication, knowledge sharing and higher-level thinking skills.

• The way to use Internet as a starting point for authentic, relevant simulation work is finding proper web site which is related with a topic that you plan to simulation

• There are some examples,  

http://www.foxmovies.com/, http://www.amazon.com/, http://www.bbc.co.uk/.

• Internet can collaborate learning, communication, knowledge sharing and higher-level thinking skills. One of the best example is ‘Wikipedia’ I think. People, live in all over the world, communicate in the cyber place and sharing their knowledge. This process gives us higher-level thinking skills because many opinions(answers, comments, replies) belong to a certain question can make synergy. I mean many different ideas are better than one definition and it is easier to happen with the Internet than face-to-face.