Question 1.
This is how American college students learn. Are you learning in a similar way?
Though I’m not learning in a totally same way as the video said, I do learn English through some ways that are similar to what the video mentioned. For example, I learn English through my MP4. I love to buy books which include compact discs and I also like to find English related websites which provide mp3 file download function, like ICRT EZ news, BBC learning English and VOA News. I will put all of the mp3 files into my Mp4 when I finish my homework. I also set up different categories so I can find the file I want to listen easier. By this way, I can hear English everywhere, everyday, and don not have to worry about wasting times.
Question 2.
What does it mean by “Networked Students”? Is it a good or a bad change, and why?
I think “Networked Students” means students who get and learn from the Internet information they need and they also have their own ways of sharing their feedback and learning reflections with people who are also interesting in topics networked students posted.
I agree that the Internet brings convenience to students, for I am also a person who likes to search things I need through the Internet. But actually, I do not think of “Networked Students” as a good change in study. From my point of view, even though it is quite convenient to use the Internet as an approach to find information on website, it is easy to get internet addicted. Once a person is accustomed to accomplish his or her works through network, he or she may probably eager for quicker work efficiency. A person will try to do several things at a same time, and gradually he or she loses the ability to think and remember something clearly and in an organized way. One day when the computer breaks down, he or she will just feel like losing the most important part of life, feeling anxious and uncomfortable.
In this 21st century, computers and Internet become something we cannot live without, I think. I’ve known the importance of this tool, how it helps and entertains us especially after entering the university. I experience its convenience and essentiality more. After becoming a university student, we do assignment by computer, hand in assignments through Internet, download lots of materials from Internet, and even share our works on Internet. Before entering university, we do homework with pens, we have to write it down on the paper and hand in to our teachers. However, according to my relative who lives in New York, they do and hand in all the assignment through computers. It’s really different from Taiwan, and I think this could be one way for us to do.
回覆刪除This semester, I become a “network student” in some courses. For example, what we are doing now in “the right to write” project is one way. We type our ideas and thought toward some events and then post it on our blogs, then our key pal can come to see and share the opinions. I think it’s a good and interesting way to learn, express and communicate. Besides, I attend the other online courese this semester. This is a wholenew experience for me, we can’t meet the professor face to face; instead, students discuss online and email the record to the professor, and all the class materials like podcast and power point are available on line, any questions, announcement or suggestion will be there on the website. I think it's a good way for learning as well; we can listen to the lessons again and again if we don't get it, and it's more flexible for time management. However, it REALLY means more responsibility for students and there sometimes may be techinical problems we have to overcome.
I think being a network student is good; it's convenient, diverse and time-saving. In this generation, everything goes with computers, and so does the learning. (That's why we have the term "e learning".) Different from the traditional classes, it may lead to less "real" interaction with classmates and teachers. An instructor is still in need to guide students and make the class class instead of just a time for surfing the Internet.
Before 2009, I never thought of becoming a net worked student in my life. Just like what you mentioned, before university, students do their homework with pen, and hand it in to teachers by hands. After entering college, everything has changed! Computer and the Internet become indispensable. But hey do both good and harm. On the one hand, I do think it is good to make good use of the Internet and computers because they make lives more convenient; on the other hand, I personally encounter some problems after being used to using the computer, such as back pains. Sometimes the pains become unbearable and hinder me from sleeping well.I think I have to find out a way to deal with it.
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