Reflective Journal 4: Skill-building websites for reading / writing skills and technology-enhanced lesson plans

 In this module, I learned about different websites for developing reading and writing skills and how to make a technology-enhanced lesson plan.

Firstly, I was introduced to some useful websites to improve learners' reading and writing skills such as British Council Writing, Purdue, Breaking News English, and Many things. They were experiences by my classmates with very positive feedback. Besides, they suggested some other interesting ones, including News in Levels, ReadWriteThink, Write and Improve with Cambridge, National Geographic. I was quite interested in the website Learning A-Z suggested by Huệ Dung and Bùi Hà because it provided a huge source of reading materials for kids and young learners. I need to pay a membership fee if I want to use it for a long time. I will consider it to teach my son vocabulary and reading skills. Most people prefer Quill to teach writing, but I found it quite complex because it required teachers to create a class and add students. 

Secondly, in the online classroom, we discussed our technology-enhanced lesson plans designed before. I used my previous lesson plan and changed some activities to use technology. Most of us made the mistake of abusing a lot of types of technology, which may be time-consuming or complicated for learners to acquire a second language. My instructor advised us on the limit of one or two types of technology in a lesson.

After the module, thanks to the suggested websites from my instructor and classmates, I was confident in designing reading materials for my IELTS students. I realized that they were more engaged in the lesson than before.
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