Twenty-first century English classrooms!

     Facebook, blogging, Twitter, and video chat. Text messages and cell phones, writing papers and reading books. These are all of the things that are incorporated in the English classrooms of the 21st century. I think by incorporating all of these new technologies into the classroom, we can make our own learning styles; also we might be able to understand things more differently. I must admit that I am a huge Skype and Facebook fan, I'm on one of the two almost everyday. I do find it helpful to know that I have access to all homework and school material online. It helps me not procrastinate as much as usual.
     By putting facebook and twitter, along with blogging in the classroom , students don't have to feel so self conscience about what they are writing. They can go on someones blog or facebook and read about how other people are responding to the teachers requests. They can also have someone they can converse with about the books they are reading. Blogging helps you express your feelings on books and other things, without giving stage fright to most people. I feel like I am approaching my second quarter blog with my own decisions. I like the freedom I get for my creativity and my own thoughts. I love that classes in high school are keeping up with the new technologies of their students. They are making everything easier to learn and discover this year. Reading my second quarter book has been a new experience for me. I feel more at ease with the fact that everything can be done on my own time. The teachers doesn't tell you what to write about and everything can have your own twist of creativity.Usually there when teachers decide to teach a book out loud in a classroom, there are lower grades and test scores by the end of that book. I would say that is because there is a lower amount of students that have the ability to pay attention. Now I'm not saying that learning a book through blogging and Facebook make my attention span longer (because it surely doesn't ), but for the amount of time that my attention does stay I learn way more than I would reading aloud.
    With all of that being said, I can finally say that I'm glad we have blogging, Facebook, and Twitter to do our English homework with. Some may say its a waste of time and not needed, but I vote otherwise. I feel this technology use in my English classroom has helped my learn in a way that my mind is more adapted to, not forcing me to read in a way that the teacher thinks is necessary.