New Class Methods - The Virtual Disk

From January on, my students will have the opportunity to experience a new system in class, the "Virtual Disk", which is a file-storing website where you guys will be able to follow our syllabus, keep track of every new word taught, get extra exercises and mp3 files for listening practice online, keep track of every class replacement and, last but not least, know exactly how much you'll have to pay for the current month.

One of the greatest challenges we face today is the green issue. Day after day, companies and people are trying to find solutions for the environmental matters and for energy-cost reduction.

Every end of year, I'm used to organizing my classroom and teaching stuff, so that I can start the next year with a new energy. Realizing the stack of papers I acumulate in the end of every single year, I decided there might be something I could do to change the game, especially because all those papers were printed to have a collection of signatures on them that didn't amount to anything but to that stack itself.

Having thought of getting rid of those stacks, I also came up with a system where you guys would have full access to our studies, reports, and exercises, without my having to print anything else. Thinking green, I was able to solve a problem in my classes, which is the distance between one class and another, the time you spent without practicing.

Our Virtual Disk is not a state-of-the-art software, it is just a part of a famous internet company's website, but we were able to use it to change the way we behave in class.

We've been using that for the past 2 weeks now and, I've already heard good things from the people I deal with directly, which is why I believe this year will be different for all of us, as far as your development in class is concerned.

So, if for any reason you haven't received an invitation to the website in your email, please reach me through my email and I'll provide that to you right away.

Just remembering that this system is useless if you guys don't participate, if you don't keep checking it from time to time, especially in your search to new exercises and for some listening files.