BENVENUTI!

This blog is meant to enhance my teaching through the incorporation of various 21st Century tools and strategies.

I have been a middle school Italian teacher for seven years and am always seeking new and innovative ways to promote second language learning, as well as, enhance my lessons. I am currently enrolled in a masters program on Integrating Technology in the Classroom and am hoping that my course work and peer collaboration will provide me with great new ideas that will help me to better engage my technologically advanced students. After all technology is the way of the world!

I am very excited and intrigued by all the advances in technology and ways to incorporate them, however, due to lack of proper equipment and knowledge I have not had much experience with many programs and tools. I would like to start incorporating more lessons using podcasts, Skype, web quests, blogs and various other tools that encourage students to collaborate and converse with other students around the world. 

I am well aware that the old fashioned approach to learning that I grew up with is no longer affective, students need and deserve a new and improved way of learning that prepares them for our global technologically savvy society. They are begging for a change and I am looking to provide that. With a society that advances daily, it is my duty as an educator and life long learner to advance with it.

I am very new to blogging and welcome any communication. I firmly believe that the greatest lessons are created through peer collaboration. If anyone has any suggestions for me of ways to enhance and improve my lessons through technology they are greatly appreciated. I look forward to our discussions. :)


Ciao!

Signorina Petruzzella