Reaching out

I have just been to a workshop on Blogs and here I am, blogging!

I am a Languages teacher, very excited at the possibilities offered by new technologies and social tools in Education. I want to find new ways of engaging my students in the use of Spanish outside the classroom. We have formed some exchange groups taking advantage of the fact that at the college where I work there are lots of Spanish speakers learning English. The problem is that some of my students are shy and don't feel confident enough to make "face to face" contact.

This is where the blogs come in, they could start using this tool to reach out for Spanish speakers in the virtual world and...who knows, there might be someone out there willing to talk.

Any comments, ideas, suggestions would be appreciated!!