Hi Everyone,
Greeting from Bhutan!!!
The days seem more cheerful as we move towards our destiny, taking each step very cautiously. It is rightly said -Journey of a mile begins with a step.
We started our long journey from week-l, we started as a stranger, never knew that we would become one BIG family, instead of a class. It pains me, when I think about the GREAT moments that we shared in this course, now knowingly or unknowingly, is coming to an end.
All is well that ends well -Shakespeare, never knew we would become so close that the thinking to part away will make my heart ache. I feel everything must be happening for a reason and hope reason be good.
My Reflection of this week:
1. Partner Sign-up: Partner signing was the first assignment that I did in week 8, I emailed Mr. Prodhan to accept me as his partner, he readily accepted me and now I remain very much obliged to him. Thank you Mr. Prodhan. I also read and checked the project plan sent to me by my partner. I commented on his write up using checklist, which I am going to post in our week 8 resource page before 1st March.
2. Discussion: I posted on discussion thread regarding the tool that I am going to use in my future class.
Who will be my learners?
Will it encourage learner autonomy?
What are the constraints in using it?
I am planning to use nicenet as well, along with my other tools, because I think this tool is very nice and very user friendly for my students.
3. Task: Using nicenet I created nicenet class and even posted question on it with direction on assignment due-date. My class name - My English Class. I will use it for posting assignment topics and use for discussing on certain topic. I even up loaded my class in our week 8 resource page.
4. Weekly Blog: Wrote weekly blog, describing in brief about what I did the entire week 8 and also commented on my colleagues blog post.
Happy Reading
Regards
Pema
Bhutan
Hi Pema,
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that you have created a Nicenet classroom. Hope it helps you manage your teaching as well as encourages students' participation online more. It's good for us to combine technological tools into our class as our students will not only keep practicing their English skills in a new way, but they also will be able to develop some computer and ICT skills, that would benefit them in surviving in the digital world.
Have a good weekend:)
Ta, Thailand
Dear Pema,
ReplyDeleteAlthough we are not peer review partners, I read your plan with interest, especially when you described your students and your environment. Your country is so different from ours. As you often have Internet accessibility problems, I suggest you creating tasks that can be downloaded to a computer and in this case you don’t depend on the connection. I got to know now “HotPotatoes” and I think this tool would be great for you as well. The activities made by the teacher can be downloaded, printed but used as interactive off-line games as well. Crosswords, multiple choice questions, gap-filling exercises, mixed sentences and matching activities are all popular among students. If I were you, I’d create a lot of activities for students using this great tool. https://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Best,
Linda, Hungary