My name is Rachel. I fear that anything that I have to tell you about myself, aside from that one immutable fact, is probably extraneous to the purpose of this blog.
I feel that media technology has, or can have, a multitude of different roles when it comes to teaching, and it is truly at the discretion of the operative in charge to determine to what end they utilize it. For example, a teacher that wishes students to find articles from an online database to study can easily do so through many programs now available from universities and libraries worldwide, though this hardly seems the most innovative use of an ever-expanding, multi-purpose tool. There are almost boundless uses for the internet, and countless items to be found within (or is it on?) for the purpose of teaching. In my own experience, it seems that teachers less familiar with the internet tend to assign obscure, confusing assignments that require locating arcane texts online, and those familiar with internet news sources, databases, and otherwise often assign work that is relevant and interesting both.
To wit, I have never kept a blog for a class before...
