APPENDIX J

Sample Dialogue Questions for Discussion List Participants

  1. At what point in your teaching career did you being using the Internet approximately?
  2. In the credo discussion, teachers talked about their many frustrations with using the Internet. These frustrations included lack of preparation time, lack of technical support, uncertainties about how and when to use the medium etc. In spite of these frustrations, many teachers like you are still using the Internet.My question for you this week is: What beliefs motivate your decision to want to use this new medium for teaching French? What's in it for you? What's in it for your students?
  3. When you use the Internet to teach French, do you and your students function more, less or the same amount in the target language (French)? Does the Internet require a difference in the language you use? Does it make using the target language easier or more difficult for you or your students?
  4. My question for you this week relates to hypertracking-being offtrack while online! "Often when students are put in front of a computer, they get absorbed randomly browsing sites. They are visiting sites that may not be related to their curricular material, and indeed, may even be undesirable to teachers and parents. Once hypertracked, it is difficult for the teacher to bring their attention back into the classroom." Is this issue of "hypertracking" an issue for you? How do you deal with it?
  5. What skills do teachers need to be able to use the Internet? Do you feel you have these skills? Where and how did you develop them?
  6. Do you specifically teach any strategies or skills to students to help them work in this new learning environment? Can you suggest some skills which you think students may need to be taught?
  7. A lot of the literature on school reform is referring to the Internet and technology in general as a means of changing current practices, of breathing new life into schools. Has the Internet changed your practices in any way? Have you taken somewhat of a different approach to teaching as a result of using the Internet?
  8. How are you adjusting to this new environment? What does it feel like to be a teacher in such an environment? Is it exciting? disorienting? confusing? frustrating?

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