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My name is Jess McCulloch. I live with my husband, daughter and several pets in the outer northern part of Melbourne.
I currently work part-time at the Chinese Teacher Training Centre, which is part of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at Melbourne University. My role there includes research into Chinese language programs, and running ICT workshops for Chinese teachers. With the other part of my time I am Mum to little Zoe, which is my favourite job of all. I have also begun my Master of Modern Languages Education with a focus on using social networking in the Chinese language classroom to engage students and encourage them to spend more time on their Chinese outside of the classroom.
I am particularly interested in how ICTs can improve engagement, motivation and teaching and learning in Chinese language classrooms. This blog is really a learning log for me as I stumble through cyberspace, find new tools, and think about how they could best be used in the classroom. This blog does have many posts that detail things I did in my classroom. As I am not in a classroom this year (2010), my posts will focus on what could be done in a classroom as well as posts that are relevant to my studies. Hopefully you will find some helpful ideas and resources here.
You will notice that the URL for the site is ‘technolote’ - for those of you not part of the Australian Education system and may not have come across this acronym before, LOTE stands for Language Other Than English and is the study of modern foreign languages in Australian schools.
I’d love hear about what other language teachers are doing with technology in their classrooms. Please drop me a line and let me know what your lesson ideas are. Share lesson plans, resources and inspirations.
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