Hi 
It is true that publishers are worried about the internet putting some "mess" in their business, but I think that in a certain way, the world must go on turning and indeed it is! When Gutenberg or whosoever started the printing business, I am not sure many people could predict that a number of centuries later it would take the turn that it took. 

I think, publishers should not worry but look for ways to adapt to the "technological new deal". We teachers have started, thanks to courses like this one, to use lesser and lesser paper materials for our courses and the way forward for teaching is with the plain integration of technology. This change has taken place in many fields and is welcome, so why not in teaching?

And I keep on saying that a book is but a pile of sheets bound to each other in one way or another. If what is on this paper could be made available online and users be given an opportunity to download it, even after paying for it, would it not make life easier for those who cannot always have access to the books they want/need?

This week there were two discussion topics which appeared to be very interesting, and I was very keen on the topic on "one-computer classroom". 

About three years ago, each classroom on our language center was equipped with a large flat wall-mount screen connected to a computer. The purpose of this was to help teachers have quick access to the listening and video resources which were saved in a central server and which could be accessed from each classroom. The computers also helped with administrative tasks such as roll-calling. At that time, I did not know anything about teaching with a computer in a classroom, but I thought that it could help a lot. 

Apart from the purposes these computers were installed for, there was the possibility of using the screen as a board, which I started doing. I would open a microsoft word/Ooo writer new file and enlarge the cases and what I wrote could be seen from the back of a 30-participant classroom.

Eventually, I also discovered that as they were connected to the internet, I could also make profit of the possibilities offered by websites like google, wikipedia and many others to explain concepts, realities and facts which could be difficult to explain in a classical teaching situation. The internet also gave me the opportunity to find extra-curricular materials which could help make my teaching more lively and dynamic.

With the reading materials of this week, especially 

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech092.shtml, 

I have learnt so many other strategies which can help me in my work. However, I felt the tips displayed here were mostly meant for schools/centers where it is difficult to find more computers apart from the one in class which is likely to be the teacher's own.

We in our center have a 16-computer internet-connected lab where some of our participants can exercise themselves, which makes one-computer sessions in class give less headaches. 

I also came across this website which provided me with more resources which could be very useful in teaching with a single computer:

http://www.lttechno.com/links/onecomputerclassroom.html

I also fell in love with wallwishers which I discovered this week:

http://padlet.com/

Now, I am struggling to put together my ideas about my project for Natali to have something to read by 8th April which is the deadline if I am not mistaken.