Week 9 Reflection
It has been a tiring , stressful week for me . I had to prepare tests for 5 classes and correct about 240 sheets . My computer caused some problems , another virus , other problems to overcome .
I could finally download ‘ Hot potatoes ‘ ( strange name , isn’t ii ? ) . I had a lot of troubles getting familiar with but I could at least create a cross- words game and I had a lot of fun working with it . The other participants did very good work and I was surprised once more by their computer skills , their performances , their teaching skills . Now I’m afraid the end of the course will leave an empty space .I’m sure we’ll keep on collaborating . Maybe one of the objectives of the course was creating a web , a community of teachers from all over the world , collaborating , helping each other and working as a team for the improvement of their teaching and for the introduction of technology in their classes , creating an atmosphere of autonomous learning , a learner- centered class where learners from different learner styles get responsible for their learning . This course is going to path the way to more technology use in our own classes and why not allow us to communicate what we have learnt to colleagues in our respective schools and countries . When I think about all the lovely people I’ve known and all the useful hints and teaching materials I’ve learnt thanks to this course , all what I can say is that I’m a lucky woman , I’m a lucky teacher .
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Week 9
It has been a tiring , stressful week for me . I had to prepare tests for 5 classes and correct about 240 sheets . My computer caused some problems , another virus , other problems to overcome .
I could finally download ‘ Hot potatoes ‘ ( strange name , isn’t ii ? ) . I had a lot of troubles getting familiar with but I could at least create a cross- words game and I had a lot of fun working with it . The other participants did very good work and I was surprised once more by their computer skills , their performances , their teaching skills . Now I’m afraid the end of the course will leave an empty space .I’m sure we’ll keep on collaborating . Maybe one of the objectives of the course was creating a web , a community of teachers from all over the world , collaborating , helping each other and working as a team for the improvement of their teaching and for the introduction of technology in their classes , creating an atmosphere of autonomous learning , a learner- centered class where learners from different learner styles get responsible for their learning . This course is going to path the way to more technology use in our own classes and why not allow us to communicate what we have learn to colleagues in our respective schools and countries . When I think about all the lovely people I’ve known and all the useful hints and teaching materials I’ve learnt thanks to this course , all what I can say is that I’m a lucky woman , I’m a lucky teacher .
I could finally download ‘ Hot potatoes ‘ ( strange name , isn’t ii ? ) . I had a lot of troubles getting familiar with but I could at least create a cross- words game and I had a lot of fun working with it . The other participants did very good work and I was surprised once more by their computer skills , their performances , their teaching skills . Now I’m afraid the end of the course will leave an empty space .I’m sure we’ll keep on collaborating . Maybe one of the objectives of the course was creating a web , a community of teachers from all over the world , collaborating , helping each other and working as a team for the improvement of their teaching and for the introduction of technology in their classes , creating an atmosphere of autonomous learning , a learner- centered class where learners from different learner styles get responsible for their learning . This course is going to path the way to more technology use in our own classes and why not allow us to communicate what we have learn to colleagues in our respective schools and countries . When I think about all the lovely people I’ve known and all the useful hints and teaching materials I’ve learnt thanks to this course , all what I can say is that I’m a lucky woman , I’m a lucky teacher .
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Week 8
Again another week full of collaborative leaning and collaborative teaching !A discussion on learners autonomy which revealed that in spite of the fact that we come from our different countries with different cultures , we face the same problems and have the same challenges in creating a learner- centered class and improving our students autonomy . The challenge is ambitious since we were not educated to be autonomous and our students are not . Our respective countries educational systems do not encourage us to use other methods , approaches , they do not allow us to be independent , eager to use the teaching materials that we think are appropriate to our students rather than a official syllabus and an official textbook .
This week I had the opportunity to work with Aleyda for our projects . We exchanged a number of emails and I know now how lucky I am to have this opportunity to collaborate ad learn from a colleague who is so far from me . Isn’t technology a miracle ? If we , teachers , can lean so many things from each other thanks to technology , our students can also leap in this amazing world and improve their English by being self-reliant and autonomous !
The teacher’s strike is over , here , in Algeria . I wish I could go through my project the next days
Again another week full of collaborative leaning and collaborative teaching !A discussion on learners autonomy which revealed that in spite of the fact that we come from our different countries with different cultures , we face the same problems and have the same challenges in creating a learner- centered class and improving our students autonomy . The challenge is ambitious since we were not educated to be autonomous and our students are not . Our respective countries educational systems do not encourage us to use other methods , approaches , they do not allow us to be independent , eager to use the teaching materials that we think are appropriate to our students rather than a official syllabus and an official textbook .
This week I had the opportunity to work with Aleyda for our projects . We exchanged a number of emails and I know now how lucky I am to have this opportunity to collaborate ad learn from a colleague who is so far from me . Isn’t technology a miracle ? If we , teachers , can lean so many things from each other thanks to technology , our students can also leap in this amazing world and improve their English by being self-reliant and autonomous !
The teacher’s strike is over , here , in Algeria . I wish I could go through my project the next days
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