Week 6
It is a crucial week really when we have to deal with two different tasks simultaneously. Firstly we must focus on the weekly tasks and assignments such as: nicenet thread, making an interactive power point, reading related articles and posting as usual on this blog. The second area to deal with is our action research project, which generally speaking hasn't been turning out as we expected and not to mention our routines.
However we could accomplish the second area successfully if we focus from the first one, because there are so much background knowledge that we can learn from it which then ease our phases toward the project. All the reading materials have opened our eyes of how important enhancing the students in the learning process which means teachers should make engagement with he students so that the learning objective can be achieved. This can be done by making an interactive Power Point presentation for the class. From the informed websites also we can learn how to create this media of teaching. One new presentation tool that I learned from this class and really make "a wow factor" is Prezi. Some of us have managed to create Prezi for their teaching and I will do that soon.
Besides learning from provided modules and websites I think the thread is the place where all of the participants of this class have got justification over their understanding while they read the articles and websites alone. I sometimes find myself unsure about my understanding of the materials but when we discuss it together on the threads with colleagues and tutors we can be more confident to counter the uncertainty. This week we don't only have Robert as a tutor but we also have Nicole who always give us clear and deep explanations. I especially remember when she responded my post on team learning which reminds me of the unthinkable aspects on managing groups in team learning for large or small classes. Nizara came at the end over this subject too.
Nizara is not the only participant this week that I justified myself from but also from the others, which might not be mentioned one by one. I learned from them on how to enhance my students by Virtual class, Inverted classroom, the useful task such as, think pair and share;one minute write; question of the day and I even know how to differentiate between activities that best applied for basic, intermediate and advanced classes. Actually enhancing the students can not be assumed that the smaller the class the easier will be, because it depends on how you create a dynamic class by involving your students more. Teacher could avoid their students from faded out by getting technological tools in their teaching activities.
Talking about technology, we had a task this week to create an interactive power point which I did. My tropical fruit power point was made under a supervision of many materials given in this class, suggested websites and of course from the self created Power Points by all participants of this class that has been attached on the wiki page. My slides has a very simple approach compared to the others as it is designed for beginners. I would be nice that we can adopt all those creations for my teaching.
By the way, I would say that I learned from all of you my friends, all the materials and definitely from both of the tutors.
Good night
Imas
It is a crucial week really when we have to deal with two different tasks simultaneously. Firstly we must focus on the weekly tasks and assignments such as: nicenet thread, making an interactive power point, reading related articles and posting as usual on this blog. The second area to deal with is our action research project, which generally speaking hasn't been turning out as we expected and not to mention our routines.
However we could accomplish the second area successfully if we focus from the first one, because there are so much background knowledge that we can learn from it which then ease our phases toward the project. All the reading materials have opened our eyes of how important enhancing the students in the learning process which means teachers should make engagement with he students so that the learning objective can be achieved. This can be done by making an interactive Power Point presentation for the class. From the informed websites also we can learn how to create this media of teaching. One new presentation tool that I learned from this class and really make "a wow factor" is Prezi. Some of us have managed to create Prezi for their teaching and I will do that soon.
Besides learning from provided modules and websites I think the thread is the place where all of the participants of this class have got justification over their understanding while they read the articles and websites alone. I sometimes find myself unsure about my understanding of the materials but when we discuss it together on the threads with colleagues and tutors we can be more confident to counter the uncertainty. This week we don't only have Robert as a tutor but we also have Nicole who always give us clear and deep explanations. I especially remember when she responded my post on team learning which reminds me of the unthinkable aspects on managing groups in team learning for large or small classes. Nizara came at the end over this subject too.
Nizara is not the only participant this week that I justified myself from but also from the others, which might not be mentioned one by one. I learned from them on how to enhance my students by Virtual class, Inverted classroom, the useful task such as, think pair and share;one minute write; question of the day and I even know how to differentiate between activities that best applied for basic, intermediate and advanced classes. Actually enhancing the students can not be assumed that the smaller the class the easier will be, because it depends on how you create a dynamic class by involving your students more. Teacher could avoid their students from faded out by getting technological tools in their teaching activities.
Talking about technology, we had a task this week to create an interactive power point which I did. My tropical fruit power point was made under a supervision of many materials given in this class, suggested websites and of course from the self created Power Points by all participants of this class that has been attached on the wiki page. My slides has a very simple approach compared to the others as it is designed for beginners. I would be nice that we can adopt all those creations for my teaching.
By the way, I would say that I learned from all of you my friends, all the materials and definitely from both of the tutors.
Good night
Imas
Nice recap of the week, Imas. It’s true that the readings, the discussions and tools that we’re introduced to in this course will in the end make it much easier for us to implement our final project, and more importantly, to enhance the quality of our teaching.
ReplyDeleteJust like you, I feel that I am blessed to be in this course, so that I can learn from you all and have an opportunity to share with you all my little knowledge of ESL teaching.
Good luck with your final project, and see you in week 7.
Ky