Week 3 - 27 October
Unfortunatelly, the next week is over and me still promising myself to find more time to get into technology. The time is "shrinking" each day, every week so I try to do my best to follow the assignments and the colleagues from the course ( even today when we changed the time by setting it one hour back in Poland, still 24 hours were not enough ;-) )
As for my reflections, well..... all of my colleagues are really doing a great job, just the men for the job. I wish I could join them:-)
Referring to the material given this week, I found it really interesting and involving; for sure, some of the sites and activities I found there I am going to use with my students, some of them I would send to my friend who is using ICT in teaching to young learners.
I was scared a bit about Delicious but there was no point in it; it turns out to be really a helpful site; I will try to add more links and sites to the list.
Sunday 27 October 2013
Sunday 20 October 2013
Week 2 - 20 October
Hi
another week has just passed by so fast and still so many sites and search engines waiting to be discovered. I would never imagined that the number of search engines to be used can be so enormous. So far, my "searching the net " was limited to the use of Google and, to be honest, I was satisfied with that. Right now, I know that internet is not the sky's the limit.
This week we were given a chance to check various search engines and exchange our opinions about it. Some of the course friends did really a great job, sharing with others the sites they find useful.
Another, quite new to me, task was to state the objectives according to ABCD rules - at first, I got confused reading all the entries my friends published but than I decided to stick to the instructions and I did my task - hope it's done correct; we'll see.
I really liked the task about describing the class I teach; giving a short description of them was like looking at my students from another perspective;-) I do hope to introduce some changes for good when teaching them this year, thanks to this course.
By the way, I would also like to share with you a great site connected with the subject of technology: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ I think that everyone would find something interesting for himself / herself.
Waiting with the anticipation for the next weeks - we'll see what they might bring to us....
another week has just passed by so fast and still so many sites and search engines waiting to be discovered. I would never imagined that the number of search engines to be used can be so enormous. So far, my "searching the net " was limited to the use of Google and, to be honest, I was satisfied with that. Right now, I know that internet is not the sky's the limit.
This week we were given a chance to check various search engines and exchange our opinions about it. Some of the course friends did really a great job, sharing with others the sites they find useful.
Another, quite new to me, task was to state the objectives according to ABCD rules - at first, I got confused reading all the entries my friends published but than I decided to stick to the instructions and I did my task - hope it's done correct; we'll see.
I really liked the task about describing the class I teach; giving a short description of them was like looking at my students from another perspective;-) I do hope to introduce some changes for good when teaching them this year, thanks to this course.
By the way, I would also like to share with you a great site connected with the subject of technology: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ I think that everyone would find something interesting for himself / herself.
Waiting with the anticipation for the next weeks - we'll see what they might bring to us....
Friday 11 October 2013
Week 1 - 11 October, 2013
Week 1 Reflection
Getting
started
I am just
getting started with my first blog thanks to the opportunity I was given to
attend the online course. Blog is a completely new tool for me to be used in my
teaching career although I’ve heard about it but never read any of the blogs.
My “friendship”
with the technology I started not so long ago though computers were always
present in my either personal or professional life. But I have to admit that so
far I mostly used a computer as a typewriter, probably being unaware of the advantages
you get from using it. But hopefully, the world is changing so am I.
Since I am
here on this course, I do hope to learn a lot, not only from our coordinator but,
first of all, from you, the participants of this course.
Since it is
a new subject to me, you may easily guess that I have never used it with my
students before. However, after reading the article “Blogging for ELT” I may
soon change the way I work with my students in class. All these reasons for
using blogs in the classroom mentioned in the article may enrich my way of
working with them and, first of all, motivate my students to do a little bit
more than just the exercises from the coursebook.
Since 2009
in the Polish education system, using ICT is obligatory, no matter what subject
you teach thus I am strongly convinced that blogging is may be a powerful tool
to be used not only in foreign languages but also in other subjects.
I didn’t
find blogging too difficult but I may be wrong, this is just the beginning and
still a lot of new tools to be learned and tried out. I haven’t added any names
yet but I do hope to do so soon.
My final
reflection is to mention that this course is not only about the technology,
but, first of all, about building the collaborative group ready to cooperate in
an international multicultural environment.
I am happy
to be here.
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