Hello All,
The second week is about to end and the time is really
running fast. This week we had a lot of activities. We discovered many new search
engines that could help us get many teaching resources. Noodles.com was really
an eye opener for many of us. I always depended on Googles for any web resources
and now I have so many options. So, in discussion 1 of the second week, we went
through many search engines and shared our opinion regarding this. I liked
Kidsclick.com, biography.com and sweetengine.com the best. I think these 3 search engines are really good
for younger learners, so I would like to refer these sites to my younger
students and the teachers who teach young learners.
We also worked on
ABCD method. For me this is a new method. We went through some websites that
are mentioned in our reading list, followed Donna’s instruction and example and
then made our own ABCD model. Besides, Donna gave us inspiring feedbacks which
helped us to know if we were on the right tracts.
We also had
another discussion where we described our classes and the technologies that we
use in the class. I was feeling shy while participating this portion as in my
school we hardly use any technology. However, when I went through the other
participants’ write-ups, I no longer felt lonely. This discussion was also a
first step towards writing our project paper. I was really shaky at first
thinking about how it is going to be but when we finally gave our first step to
the project; I felt that it was not as difficult as I thought. Donna’s guidance
and the way the course has been designed do not make us feel as if the course
is an extra burden. I am eagerly looking forward to the following week and of
course reading the other participant’s blog.
Cheers
Proggna Paromita Majumder
Hi Proggna,
ReplyDeleteYour reflections of the second week are very similar to mine. I also feel the course is designed very well and in spite of the stress in the beginning of every week evrything seems to go smoothly in the end. I find the project we going to work on very useful as we will be able to impy it in our classes. I also like the idea that evryone can choose the skills he/she needs to improve with their students. This way we will be able to see the impact of the project on our students. I wish you all the best for the rest of the course,
Greetings from Poland,
Ula
HI Proggna,
ReplyDeleteas you said this week is very first step to our final project. I also think, as Ula mentioned, that this project will be great chance to step out of our classrooms and enter world of technology in order to upgrade our students and us. I also downloaded project template and examples , It's going to be hard but very profitable for our professional careers.
greetings from Serbia
zeljko