Hao to Learn

First Encourter It is so quite a surprise that I can see a tool that I used to use  before in ICT class. Actually, I saw Duolingo quite often in China and heard of it many years ago. Like the Duolingo English ability test for applying colleges, learning a language, the advertisements and so on. And  the first time I really saw how it was used was when  I was watching a game streamer, Mayumi, who is from Brazil but streams on a China streaming platform. She didn't know Chinese at all, yet she needed to communicate with the audience. So she opened Duolingo and tried to learn Chinese there. Thoug we are talking about learning English through Duolingo in ICT, I think we can also learn something from others' experience of learning other languages.   Mayumi's experience of learning Chinese I firstly thought it was many years ago when I saw it. However, when I wanted to search for a video （start from 16s）  about Mayumi learning Chinese with Duolingo just now, I fo...

To be honest... 😅This is really a tough topic for me. I don't like WebQuest the first sight I saw it ( Because I mistook the website  QuestGarden.com  as WebQuest. It has the old-fashioned website design (with no offense at all) and the large amout of words in each of the WebQuest🤐). So I was trying to escape from the fact that I have to write something about it.  At first, I thought that WebQuest is outdated and wondered why we should still study it. So I tried to search for some information about WebQuest and was so surprised to see that on Weibo (a social media platform like Twitter in China), there are many people who have the homework about designing a Webquest. One blogger shared her  experience of learning based on the use of WebQuest through which she did learn a lot and she's really grateful to and likes the teacher who uses WebQuest in teaching. So I guess it's time for me to put away prejudices and reconsider the role and the use of WebQuest in teaching ...

Why Tools and Technologies? Being a lifelong gamer, I am fascinated by various interesting games and advanced technologies.  Being a easily-distracted student, I am well aware of the importance of a class being interesting.  Being an inexperienced teacher, I am afraid of my classes being  dull and not eye-catching enough to my students.  Personally, I would be more willing to engage and motivated in the class with games and competitions especially in a e-game way. Therefore, the tools introduced in ICT class seem to be able to spice my class a little bit and create some interactions in the class. Among these tools, I would like to choose first and make fun with.  Get Started With Kahoot To be honest, I never heard about Kahoot when I was in China. The first time I got to know this tool was in socialinguisitic course last term. Though I was already a mature adult for many years, the games still aroused my sense of competitiveness. My friends and I were so eager t...