Rachel Arenstein used his English teaching time to teach students how to create an English porfolios. The students were in fifth- and sixth-grade. They had to design their web pages in English with Hebrew instructions and English software. These trained students' artistic skills and interpersonal skills. Besides, students were learning English and computer skills at the same time. However, Arenstein spent quite a lot of time to teach them computer skills before they can create web pages.
I think it's good to combine different skills in learning. Also, students are highly motivated and they show great interest in creating their own porfolios. However, teachers have to spend quite a lot of time in teaching computer skills which is a luxury in most local schools.
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Yes - regarding computer skills, see also Venus' comment. Who should teach digital literacy: English language teachers, IT teachers or both? You can probably guess my thoughts on the matter!
I like this idea of webfolios because students are publishing their work online. They are not acting as mandate writing machine, but writing for fun and authentic context. They have a sense of ownership of their work. That motivates them to write actively.
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