Want Learners to be Self-Motivated? Internet Makes it Come True

Many pedagogical theories and studies showed that student will learn better if they are being appropriately motivated. But what kind of teaching approach or who can motivate students? Dose it suit everybody? After watching two videos about future teaching through Internet, the answer should be learner themselves.         

The first one is Future LearningDocumentary. Video games was described as “powerful learning tools that have ever been created” in the video. It is amazing that you can always notice that no matter how old a person is, he or she will play the game again and again until reach a higher score or even master the game. During the whole process, the player completes the task independently and continuously. Furthermore, some video games are designed to be relevant with daily life, and also usually present it in a fun way. As a language learner, I want design a video game just like The Sims Games which you have to live in the TL country to survive by communicating with your neighbors, your friends, and your boss. If the player could use the language and vocabulary correctly and appropriately, he might be a successful businessman and rich otherwise he might get punched or lose his job. With the development of science and technology, I hope my idea will come true some day.

Another video is A Vision of 21^st Century Teachers. All the teacher said nothing but holding a white board to show what they want to say. I think this might indicate an image of future teacher. Just as the first video has mentioned, when children are given the permission to the Internet, there should also be an absence of teacher to let students to try to learn by themselves. But by ‘absence’, I do not mean that teachers are unnecessary or disappear in the future. What teachers need to do in the future is to give high quality orders and let computer to do the basic works, which offers students an opportunity to explore the information freely and independently.  

To sum up, online resources are boundless and powerful. Sometimes the teaching activities or materials might not be motivated enough for everyone in the class. But what if find a way to let students motivate themselves in a cyber-classroom? That would be easy to make students study spontaneously and have fun at the same time. Internet tools such as blog, twitter, YouTube, will polish your teaching with fascinating effects and surprising outcomes.