Blog Entry 4

I read this chapter about supporting student communication, and my mind kept going back to my department. While not students communication, most of what we discuss during our planning time goes back to supporting student communication. Since we teach English, a lot of our time is spent planning and teaching writing, and the score they get on the graduation test in writing is all about how well they communicate. We also have English standards under the category Listening, Speaking and Viewing (LSV). These are in every high school English class, and they deal with how well the students listen to discussions, respond during discussions and view video/multimedia presentation. Since I am the most "technologically savvy" teacher in the English department, the job of creating ways to incorporate technology to increase students communication usually falls on me. It was great to read about the benefits of technology-supported communication.